The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29
MPERIALIST
AIDS FRAME-UP
SOVIET Gre
WI Pei-Fu Henchnan
SEXES Steamer Oleg

PICKING, China Glass;, April 10
(By MaiD .-E. C. Osarnin. Soviet
consul general in Tientsin, sent the
following note to Chang Tung-Li, spe-
cial commissioner for foreign affairs
for Chilli province, of which WI Pei
Flu, an imperialist tool, is military
dictator, in connection with the de.
tention Of the Soviet steamer Oleg.
Military Authorities Seize Steamer.
con March 10, 1926, the Soviet mer-
camille fleet steamer Oleg, carrying a
cargo of Chinese cabbage (seaweed)
was sent to Tientsin. At Taku Bar
the aforementioned steamship was de-
tanned by the Chinese military author
tiles and prevented from proceeding
to Tientsin. The real reasons for the
detention of the steamer are unknown,
altho in the local foreign and Chinese
press false information has appeared
to the effect that ammunition was car
ried by the S. S. Oleg.
zone of the foreign papers went so
far in its efforts to mutilate the facts
as to give alleged particulars of the
ammunition carried as well as the
value of the same.
Fail to Notify Soviet Mission.
upon the detention of the steamer
the Chinese naval authorities, with
out notifying the Union Of Socialist
Soviet of Republics government rep
resentation of the proceeding, re-
moved the steamer to Chingwantao,
where it was subjected to a careful
search and the officers and crew to
strict examination.
Following their examination, the
officers and the crew of the ship were
confined to special part of the deck
and were forbidden to leave it. A
fresh search of the ship was then
made without any of the officers or
crew present.
Frame-Up Crew.
EN- the course Of the second search,
which lasted for five days, 1,611 car
tridges of various makes were dis
covered in various parts of the
steamer. The manner in which these
cartridges were found on the ship in
the course of a search conducted I'm
der such peculiar conditions has never
been investigated According to the
ships officers, the cartridges appeared
on the steamer after the officers and
crew had been actually placed under
-oof nd 70 81 n,.f
of the steamer.
AT present, in spite of the fact that
the examination and the search of the
steamer have been completed and it
has beer. established that Chinese cab
bage was the only cargo it carried,
the ship is still being detained by the
Chinese military authorities at Ching
wangtao on an unlawful attachment.
Protests Illegal Action.
"The unlawful attachment Of the
S. S. Oleg by the Chinese authorities
in itself is a gross infringement of
the sovereign rights of the Uunion of
Socialist Soviet Republics, while its
unwarranted detention and the fact
that the parties responsible for the
detention go unpublished aggravates
the situation. Consequently, am COM
pelled herewith strongly to protest
against the unlawful detention of the
S. S. Oleg, its removal to Chingwang-
tao and the very peculiar conditions
under which the search of the steamer
was carried out by military authori-
ties instead of the competent customs
officials as is required by the regula-
lions.
81 demand, therefore, that the S. S.
Oleg be Immediately released and be
allowed to proceed to it's port of des-
tinadon, and that the parties respon-
sible for it's detention be tried and
flttingly punished.
Furthermore, / would draw your
attention to the fact that the detention
Of the S. S. Oleg inficts great losses
on the Soviet mercantile fleet and
every day of the continued detention
Of the ship considerably increases
these losses, which will have to be
covered by the parties responsible for
the unlawful action in this connec-
ton.
az. c. Osarin,
Consul General Of the U. S. S. r."