Enclosure No. 4.
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Translation.
(Extract from Tsun Wan Yat Po, Hong Kong. 31st May, 1927)
Conversation with Yeung Yu Ting on his return to Peking.
Report from Peking dated 18th May)
At 9.05 a.m. yesterday (the 17th May) Yeung Yu Ting
arrived at Peking. Information as to his return had been
previously received in Peking, and among those who were
present at the station to welcome him were Chan Hing Ah,
Ying Shi Lim, Wong Ki, and other important officials in the
Shun Shing Wong Fu (Residence of Prince Shun Shing). Yeung
was accompanied by his two Secretaries and two advisers, and
was escorted by about 100 body-guards. After alighting from
the train, he went back to the Shun Shing Wong Fu, and at
3 p.m. yesterday he granted an interview to our reported
there and conversed with him for about an hour.
We now
publish his views below:
The Russian Problem:
Since the Russian Revolution all countries in the
world have servered relations with Russia, with the except-
ion of Germany, which has given her official recognition.
Some time ago, in view of the close proximity of the provinces of Kirin and Heilungkiang to Soviet Russia, Mukden
was the first to have international intercourse with her.
At first Soviet Russia sent Lai Kam Fook to Harbin to
negotiate a Russo-Mukdenese Agreement with us. Secondly
Karakan was sent to China, and thirdly Borodin. They carrie
on negotiations in Harbin and Canton, which were, however,
fruitless on account of various difficulties. But this
shows that Mukden had been friendly with Soviet Russia.
Fourthly