Defensive Alliance against Japan and Capitalists London, Jan. 12.
The Helsingfors correspondent of the "Morning Post'? reports that the Bolshevik papers state that the Soviet has proposed to China a defensive alliance against Japan and. other capitalistic States. The Sovieti is willing to relinquish the Boxer Indemnity and all privileges regarding the import of Russian goods into Mongolia and Manchuria except the Chinese Eastern Railway territory.—Reuter.
Peking, Jan. 13.
It is reported unofficially that the Government contemplates appointing Dr. W. W. Yen as Chief Delegate with plenipotentiary powers to negotiate with the Soviet Mission.—Reuter.
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