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against Chang, Russian influence in the Peking-Shanghai

area would have been immensely strengthened and even

the Central Goverment at Peking might have been over-

whelmed. In any case there was imminent danger to the

commercial interests of all nationalities. This danger

has now passed; foreign trade is reviving, while the

Russians are left lamenting the useless expenditure of

money on financing and equipping the Kuominchun army

commanded by Feng Yu Hsiang.

The future in the North is very uncertain.

The Central Government at Peking is very unstable and

has long since ceased to govern, but there is no one

outstanding personality who is likely to take charge of

affairs and endeavour to weld together the discordant

elements. The latest development is a Russo-Chinese

dispute on the C.E.R. Should this not be settled soon

the whole situation in North China will be affected and

even Japan may have to intervene.

5. The Soviet schemes for the Bolshevisation

of China look both imposing and alarming on paper, but

when translated into action practical difficulties betray

their weaknesses. The Bolshevik machine, in fact, is

not yet capable of sustaining the load which it is

designed to carry take. I am informed that the

personnel of the Soviet Embassy is being constant ly changed and that considerable mutual distrust prevails among those whose duty it is to carry out Soviet policy. Comparatively few of the agents employed have the enthusiasm necessary for the work or are remunerated on a scale corresponding with the responsibility and difficulty of the task imposed. Practically every responsible person I meet is of opinion that China is

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