SINO-RUSSIAN RUPTURE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19676, 20 July 1929, Page 15

SINO-RUSSIAN RUPTURE.

- FRONTIER TENSION. ygE BRITISH VIEWPOINT. SOVIET'S LIMITED POWER. irt ,TIB r«HI ASSOCIATION—ET ELECTIUC " TEtISOBAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received July 19th, 7.5 p.m.) ( LONDON, July IS. A serious, but not gra\e, view is jjlten in British official circles of the diplomatic rupture between übina and jpiU. The "Daily Telegraph's" diplo»*t» correspondent states that if MosMtr had the will it still would lack the power to carry on external war, upoeially where distances are so great. According to a Moscow message the *l<««tia" my a: "Tbo break in relations with China raises the question of tl# safety of a considerable part of our Eastern frontier and will compel tho Soviet Union to take measures for t&s protection and defence of her territory against possible attempts at conization by the Chinese and White Bniiisn Guards."' Biga dispatches report that the Chinese Charge d'Affaires ami members tf the Embassy staff arc leaving Moscow escorted by a detachment of tho O.G.P.U. (United State Political Department) and Kcd officers. A powerful air squadron is being Utablisbfd on tho Manchurian frontier, and infantry, cavalry, and tank divisions arc being reinforced. The German Government has agreed to watch tho interests of both the Soviet and China.—Australian Press Association, United Service. JAPAN WARNED AGAINST INTERVENTION. SHANGHAI, July 18. An unmistakable warning was delirerod to tho Japanese against JapanISO intervention in tho Manehuriau fuestion, by Mr Yeb Tsu-chang, Kuumintang Publicity Director. Mr Yen accused Japanese news agencies of circulating exaggeratedly alarming reports, hoping to create- the proper atmosphere preparatory to Japanese intervention on the excuse that the interests of their nationals in the territory coveted by Japan for colonising purpose* are in jeopardy. Three hundred more car loads of munitions aro reported to have left for the border, and several armoured oara are preparing to depart.—Australian Press Association.