Mysterious Death of President of the Peking, Aug. 27.
The death is announced of Lasseviteh, the Soviet vice-president of the Chinese Eastern Railway, Harbin on August 25.
A. message from Harbin that Lashevitch died after a wes illness from quinsy (inflammation of the throat or tonsils) but there is a persistent rumour that he committed suicide by shooting, while another ¥ states that Lasheviteh slapped a Chinese officer unde provocation upon which the Inter shot him—Reuter, Peking, Aug. 27.
The latest foreign reports from Northern Manchuria indicate that the situation has been restored to normal and. all communications resumed.—Apparently -the" Mongol
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