WAR IN FAR EAST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 106, 8 May 1933, Page 7

WAR IN FAR EAST

NOT DEEMED IMMINENT RAILWAY DISPUTE LOCAL RUSSIA WILL YIELD AGAIN. (By Telegraph —Press Association—Copyright) LONDON. May 5. The talk of the imminence of war in the Far East finds no echo in .Japan, says Mr. Ward Price in a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Tokio. A Russo-Japanese clash some day, he says, is more than likely, but nobody believes it will come as the result of the present Chinese Eastern Railway dispute. Most thorough inquiries in the highest naval and military quarters reveal that Japan has no intention of making war on Russia, nor are there fears that Russia at present will force war. If Russia wanted to tight, she should have done so last year when the Japanese occupied Tsitsihar. Russia yielded then .and is not expected to be bolder now. The Japanese Government’s attitude is that the railway dispute is a local matter between Manchukuo and the Soviet.

MARSHAL MUTO’S VIEW NO INTERFERENCE TOLERATED. Received Alay 7. 6.15 p.m. LONDON, Alay 6. Interviewed at Dairen, Marshal Muto. Japanese Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria, scouted the idea of war with Russia. He said that Japan’s hands were full with her agricultural, industrial and transport improvements. “But if Russia takes the wrong direction, or anyone interferes with the creation of this important basis for peace in Asia, we are prepared to defend our rights,” he added. RAILWAY PROPERTY RUSSIA OFFERS TO SELL. Received May 7. 6.20 p.m. TOKIO, May 6. It is reported from Kobe that the Russians have offered to sell the Chinese Eastern Railway. Further discussions are expected.