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Until September last, Soviet Russia was the only country to maintain an Embassy in China.
On September 26, it was announced from Rome that Ttaly's keen sympathy with the progress of the Chi-hose Nationalist movement had developed a growing cordiality in Sino-lallan relations which had Jinduced the Italian Government to. raise its legation in China to the rank fof embassy. This rapprochement was held to be the outcome of the work of Count Cinno as Italian Minister to China and the Count's views on Far Eastern questions were considered to have had great weight with nis father-in-law, Signor Mus-
The decision was.declared not to conflict with the agreement among certain European Powers to make Jmutual consultation a condition precedent to the creation of Ambassadorial Missions in China, for that agreement was, it was claimed, conditional on the absence of any European Mission with Ambassadorial rank (as none then. existed) in China. The advent of the Russian Embassy changed those conditions.
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