RUSSIA’S OFFER
SALE OF RAILWAY far-reaching points INVOLVED JAPAN’S POSITION (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7 p.m.) Tokio, May 8. Far-reaching strategical and political considerations are involved in Russia’s offer to sell the Chinese Eastern Railway to Japan. The transfer would make the Japanese position in Manchuria well-nigh impregnable, and Vladivostock would become indefensible. The Soviet would apparently acquiesce in the decay of its influence in Eastern Siberia, and Russia’s long dream of an outlet to the Pacific would finally be abandoned. M. Litvinoff is reported to have stated that in view of the altered status of Manchuria the liquidation of Russia’s interests there would be the best method of preventing Russo-Japanese disputes. A message from Tokio states that the French Ambassador, M. de Martel, visited the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs. It is understood he inquired regarding the report that Japan was negotiating for the purchase of the Chinese Eastern Railway, in which event France is vitally interested as the railway was built by funds loaned to the Tsarist Government by the French. The Vice-Minister replied that Japan had merely received advice that Russia was prepared to sell the Railway. Tokio had not so far replied to this communication.
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Southland Times, Issue 22010, 9 May 1933, Page 7
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199RUSSIA’S OFFER Southland Times, Issue 22010, 9 May 1933, Page 7
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