RUSSIA AND CHINA.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 July 1929, Page 3

RUSSIA AND CHINA.

LOOKING FOR A SETTLEMENT Received Midnight. SHANGHAI, July 24. Following the reported arrest of 1000 Chinese at Vladivostok. 300 Soviet employees of the Eastern railway at Harbin and 40 Pooraniehuaga were arrested on a charge of agitation against the dunese authorities

Locally it is learned that neither f'himi nor Russia is willing for mediation by third parties. The former is now seeking to approach "Moscow unofficially to investigate the possibility of opening direct negotiations. China does not contemplate despatching a second note. The Chines!- tea merchants alarmed "I the Russian stopple of the purchase of Chinese tea to an annual value of £.1,500,000, are bringing pressure, to bear on Nanking to ell'ect an early settlement. British Expedition Battalions in China WILL NOT BE INCREASED. British Oliicial Wireless. Received Wednesday, 7 p.m. RUGBY, July 23. Mr. Thos. Shaw, Secretary for War, said in the Commons that the question of the number of troops iu China was engaging the attention of the Government, but no conclusion had yet been reached. There was no intention of increasing the number of battalions iu China in the near fulure. Mr. Shaw also stated that all questions connected with Singapore were under consideration. What garrisons would be required for the new defences had not yet been designed.