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EASTERN TURKESTAN. SOVIET’S COVETOUS EYES. Calcutta, Feb. 18. “The Soviet is casting envious glances on the new republic, which, having thrown off Chinese rule, has established itself in Easter Turkestan, just over the Indian border,” said Dr. Mustapha Ali, head of the Turki delegation, which is visiting New Delhi, with the object of securing recognition of the new republic by the British and Indian Governments. The new republic, Dr. Ali said, did not fear the Chinese, who were too occupied with Manchuria to be able to recover the lost province of Sin-kiang, as the Chinese called Eastern Turkestan, but they regarded with apprehension the Soviet, which had strong military forces at the border, and emissaries were attempting to introduce Bolshevism into Turkestan.
The Turki delegation is aiming to secure recognition by Afghanistan, Persia and Turkey, but they recognise that the mission is difficult _ as . Sinkiang by international law is still a Chinese province. The latest news from Kashgar states that several thousand Tungans, who are Chinese Communists of the Moslem faith, repulsed attacks by the new Government’s troops, with heavy loss of life.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1934, Page 7
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