Harbin, Oct. 20.
The Soviet authorities at Chita, in reply to the demands made by inese authorities in con-<iou with the capture and iminnment of Chinese Customs i have notified the an Harbin of their readiness to make an apology for their action and to return the arms which they took away from their captives. They, however, remain silent on the subject of the third demand made by the Chin-riely that those guilty of the attack on Chinese officials on Chinese territory should be punished. theless the Chinese authorities have decided not to y out their threat to close the Russian Custom House at Manchuli, on Chinese territory, but to adopt some other measure.
Mr. Li Shao-jen, foreign affairs yepresontative in Harbin, will shortly proceed to Manchuli to investigate the affair and to. obtain the necessary assurances from the Soviet authorities for the avoidance of any similar misunderstanding in the future.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.