In Peking, Mr. C. T. Wang, Chinese Christian statesman, was commissioned to negotiate with a representative of Sovietland about full recognition by China of the Soviet Government and other questions. Wang failed. The reason for his failure is one of those diplomatic unmentionables.
On 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...