EASTERN RAILWAY
BROKEN NEGOTIATIONS JAPANESE ATTITUDE TOKIO, August 21, The Japanese Foreign Office has issued a statement reviewing the dispute between the Soviet, Japan and Manchukuo over the Chinese Eastern railway. It refers to the successive offers up to the time of the proposal of the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr Hirota, that Manchukuo should pay 120,000,000 yen (about £12,000,000) to the Soviet, plus compensation of 30,000,000 yen to diecharged Soviet employees. The Soviet, the statement added, asked for 100,000,000 yen, plus compensation for employees. Negotiations were then suspended. The statement denies that Mr Hirotaissued an ultimatum to the Soviet, and that outrages on the railway affected Japan’s efforts to arrange an amicable settlement for the sake of good relations between Japan, Manchukuo and the Soviet. The statement criticises the Soviet’s procrastination, intimating that if the Soviet really intends to sell, it should make a proper demonstration of its intentions.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22356, 1 September 1934, Page 16
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149EASTERN RAILWAY Otago Daily Times, Issue 22356, 1 September 1934, Page 16
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