CHINA AND RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 262, 1 August 1929, Page 9

CHINA AND RUSSIA

SOVIET DESIROUS OF NEGOTIATING Australian Press Association. Shanghai, July 30. An unofficial telegram has been received by Nanking expressing the Soviet’s desire to negotiate a settlement of the present issue of the Chinese railway at Harbin. EFFECT OF DISLOCATION OF RAILWAY. - Peking, July 22. It is now rapidly being realised that the interruption of railway traffic, besides dislocating the passenger and mail service between Europe and the Far East, is likely also to have serious economic consequences in North Manchuria, where the local currency has already registered a sharp decline. However, General Chang Hsuehliang’s return to Mukden during the week-end appears to have produced a reassuring effect on the public mind, and the impression now prevails that the local authorities will seek to avoid any step which might be interpreted as offering further provocation to Moscow. The Riga correspondent of “The Times” states that Moscow reports that the ruling party in Mongolia met at Urga, the chief town in the northern districts of Mongolia, arid declared readiness to fight for the Soviet against the Chinese. Commenting on the French proposal for mediation, the “Pravda” assures the world that the Soviet can fight for peace. It will not be hoodwinked by pacifist manoeuvres, nor allow Imperialists to realise speculative plans at the Soviet’s expense.