Tokyo, Jan. 11, According to Japanese press reports, Mr. Kimura, a director of the South Manchurian Railway Company, will open negotiations railway matters with the Chinese authorities in Mukden "about February 10, after the return of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, Mr, Kimura returned to Dairen ast -month after conferring with the Government in Tokyo. It was stated then that the South Manchurian Railway would approach the Chinese authorities and en deavour to persuade them that there was plenty of room in Manchuria for both Chinese and Japanese development, with mutual benefit, if the two would ce-operate instead of compete with each other.
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