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THE RAID ON THE PORTUGUESE CONSULATE AT HANKOW.

WHAT HAPPENED TO "THE LOOT.

SCHEME TO MURDER MR. BELCHENKO.

Continuing the series of articles on the "Red" influence in

- China, which have been appearing in the North-China Daily News, the writer, a former colleague of M. Boradia, denda mamly with the raid at Hankow on the Portuguese Consulate and the attempt to murder M. Belchenko. "

The reader must not,gather from | to kill Berchenko but prevented the the anecdotes which I have given, others from harming him. This connecting. Petroff with the crimes man, by the way, had been sent and outrages of the Cheka in up from Shanghai in January for Hankow, that stich methods were special work" and was recommend- employed by him only or that no ed as a safe blower. others were capable of such crimes. Petroff did not introduce crime into

Red circles in Hankow; he only systematized. it. The robbery of the, Portuguesa. Consulate, for in stance, took place before Fetroff's arrival and was planned by Borodin and his staff. This incident, from the outsider's point of view, is so familiar to all foreign officials in China, that the inside store, from the Red angle may be of more than ordinary interest..

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When the raiding "party reached Belchenko's house, the criminal" cut out a pane of glass and opened a window, whereupon Eirisheff entered first, while Brin, Bkibin and outside to make sure that the ope the "criminal watched for a time

ration was unobservéd Beichenko was taken by surprise and, tied up while his house was thoroughly ran- sacked. He was then told by the looters that his personal safety de- ponded on keeping silent about the raid for three days; which warning must have made an impression, for it was not until the third day that he reported the matter to Eugene Chen Chen, of course, expressed regret, but had only to say that the robbery bad taken in the French Concession where his Government did not enjoy jurisdiction, to dis Borodia of this conversation and claim responsibility. Chen told the latter laughed heartily, being. well pleased that the "boys" had done the job so well.

The present Portuguese Consul, Mr. Belchenko, is an old Russian resident of Hankow and was at one time Russian Consul at Hankow, and Consul-General at Canton. His political inclinations are, of course, strongly

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and he was known to all of us as a shrewd observer of all Communist doings and, therefore, as a very competent adviser to the British and other foreigners in the port. His presence Lanoyed Borodin and the latter re- peatedly told the U.8.8.R. Consal that he ought to discover some way of compromising and discrediting Now, in addition to the papers Balchenko. Many attempts were that had been brought to the Con- made to bribe servants and others sulate, I was told by Borovoi, the in the Portuguese Consulate, but if Consul's secretary, that a rich haul. any documente were ever secured, of jewellery had been made, includ- they were not of the sort that ing diamond studs, gold watches Borodin could use. Nothing of any and chains, crosses, medals and the kind could be learned to his dis-like. When Borodin arrived to look credit and his enemies had to cop things over he decided to leave the fess that he was leading a very dis-examination of the papers" to creet and quiet life. It was im possible, moreover, for any of our agents to establish relations with him since he knew too much of our organization..

"The Fruits of the Burglary, -Early in March Borodin suggest ed to Eugene Chen that if the Government" asked for Belchen- ko's recall we might get rid of him. and I believe that a note was sent to the Portuguese authorities, but nothing came of it, so Borodin's last resort was violence and upon this be made up his mind,

On the morning of March 17th, I called at the US.S.R. Consulate, entered the office of the Vice-Consul in charge of intelligence work the secret room and found there the fruits of a burglary of Belthen- ko's' house and office. On a centre table was a heap of documents, note books and files, and under the table were a couple of trunka. Borodin's

Petroff, whose arrival was then ex- pected, and to arrange later for the division. of the jewellery among the workers. The next day, when I went with Galen to see Borodin. I found Kirisheff already busy divid ing the trinkets into two lots. The. more valuable things were put aside as presents for the delegates to the prospective Pan-Pacific Party Con ference. They were to be given as “' souvenira." The rest of the loot

was to go to the participants in the robbery, members of the Consular staff and others. I felt that it a souvenir might sometime be useful to have of the Belchenko robbery in my own hands, no I asked Kirisheff if he was not going to give anything to Galen's sub. ordiantes.

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This account of the robbery of the The previous night (March 16th) Portuguese Legation naturally abes they had gone to Belchenko's hout the U.S.S.R. do credit and it may

Do. to rob it and to kill Belebenko him- bt vociferously denied by the Red self. The man assigned to do the Consular folk, but if they under Shell Transports murder was an ex-officer and "a take to challenge the accuracy of Star Tunes criminal; and he was told. that this sccount, I shall enterge upon Waterbonda..

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