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...Dean, needless to say, is L. M. Karakhan, Bolshevik Ambassador to China, tall, black-bearded and suave, who was once called: "A Bolshevik who can wear white gloves gracefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Dean | 5/4/1925 | See Source »

Protracted negotiations, inaugurated in 1921 between Russia and Japan, were at last brought to a successful close on the first anniversary of Lenin's' death by the signing 'at Peking by Bolshevik Ambassador Karakhan and Japanese Minister Yashizawa of a treaty of recognition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Japanese Recognition | 2/2/1925 | See Source »

...object of the sudden invasion and seizure of the Forbidden City, wherein, before 1912, no stranger was allowed to enter, was not made clear. M. Karakhan, the Bolshevik Ambassador, was popularly supposed to have inspired it; Dr. Sun Yat-sen's name was also mentioned; some thought it was a desire on the part of the Provisional Government to seize precious treasures hidden in the City; most were of the opinion that the coup forestalled an attempt to restore the Ta Ch'ing Ch'ao (Great Pure Dynasty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Ousted | 11/17/1924 | See Source »

...Russo-Japanese parley, was again resumed at Peking, capital of China, between L. M. Karakhan Soviet Ambassador to China, and Kenkichi Yoshizawa, Japanese Minister to China. The Japanese evacuation of the northern part of the island of Sakhalin (TIME, July 7), was hitherto the stumbling-block in the negotiations. An early agreement, resulting in the recognition of Russian by Japan, was forecast by political observers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Russian Accord | 8/18/1924 | See Source »

Despite the gorgeous capitalist disguise of Comrade Karakhan, he was an Ambassador without an Embassy. The Diplomatic Corps at Peking is composed entirely of Ministers, none of whom relish giving presence to a Bolshevik Ambassador, and they have done much to hinder the Chinese Government from handing over the old Russian Legation. But, through the reported efforts of Dr. Jacob Sohurman, U. S. Minister to China, they were expected to acquiesce in handing over the ex-Russian Legation to Comrade Karakhan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Disguised | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

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