Word: russia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Friday an agreement had apparently been reached between Mr. Wang and M. Karaghan of Russia. The agreement was initialed by them. For some reason the Chinese Cabinet delayed its acceptance of the agreement. On Sunday, M. Karaghan rather undiplomatically told Mr. Wang that the agreement must be accepted within three days, or Russia would withdraw. On Wednesday, the Chinese Cabinet, ostensibly in a huff, told Mr. Karaghan to leave the country. On Thursday, M. Karaphan not having left, the President of China transferred the conduct of the negotiations from Mr. Wang to Dr. Wellington Koo. But the prospects for settlement...
...central point of controversy is admitted to be the romantic and potentially superb Chinese Eastern Railway, which runs through Manchuria and Mongolia to Russia. A great part of it is now under absolute Soviet control. France, America and Japan are interested in the railway. The Russians say that negotiations broke down owing to the sinister interference of France, America and Japan. Certainly the Japanese expressed delight when they learned of Mr. Wang's failure...
...Archbishop Zepliak, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Russia, convicted and once condemned to death, was released from prison. He will be banished. This action follows strong representations made by the Pope to the Powers...
...talk tomorrow afternoon Mr. Eaton will describe details which were not permitted to appear in news dispatches from Russia. He will also deal with the question of official recognition of Soviet Russia by the United States...
...most interesting incidents during his stay in Russia which he will relate will be his appearance before the most dreaded woman in all Russia, called by her followers "Sinova, "the Merciless." As chief of the foreign division of the Cheka, a secret society which has perpetrated many acts of terrorism, she has made her name one of the most feared in Russia...