The last public appearance of the Soviet Ambassador to China, M. Ivan Louganetz-Orelsky, was on the occasion of the public celebration of the 2ist anniversary of the October Revolution, which was held on November 7 in Chungking.
Mr. Sun Fo, President of the Legislative Yuan, and Dr. H. H. Kung, President of the Executive Yuan and Minister of Finance, were also present at these celebrations.
M. Luganetz-Orelsk has remained in Chungking since his arrival here on October 20. A burly man, standing well over six feet in height, he impresses those meeting him by his obvious intellectual powers. He is known ds a hardworker, and remains a number of hours daily in his study Members of the Soviet Embassy here are noted for their disinclination to mix with others in the city. They form a separate community, and do not encourage social relationships with those outside their own sphere. They preserve a studied aloofness, although they are by no means unfriendly discourteous. They act as if eve man's hand were against them.
This spirit of distrust is universal among Soviet Russians in China, and extends to the Chinese, as well as to other foreigners. 1t is plainly seen among Russian aviators, who guard and service their own planes. All the men are skilled mechanics as well as aviators, taking turns to fly and over-
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Several thousand Chinese refugees are being accommodated in the university compound. Patrols of the Japanese Fujii detachment were fired upon from the compound shortly after 10 o'clock on the night of November 21, the message said. From midnight of November 29 until the following morning scores of rifle shots were fired from the university com. Pound, some of the bullets passing the heads of the Japanese sol-the message stated.
On the night of November 30 more than a Fen rifle shots were fired at anese patrols from the university grounds, the message declared.
Japanese military authorities were aid to be watching the situation with "grave concern." Chinese junks near Honam were suspected of making use of American flags, the report said.—Domei.
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