Harbin, Apr. 14.
Besides the arrests of. the heads of the railway medical staff in Harbin, 8 number of arrests have been made fon the railway line not only of med~ {eal men but of other Soviet citizens, who are alleged to have acted con-teary to the interests of Manchoukuo.
The arrests of the railway medical staff have been strongly protested Jagainst by the general manager, Mr. Rudy, who is alleged to have stated that she arrest of these Soviet citizens by the railway police leads the question of whether the railway should pay out salaries to the railway police who are actually arresting railway servants They are considered to be simply railway police watching the interests of Tokyo, Apr. 26, With new proposals drafted by both the Soviet and Manchoukuo delegations for the sale of the Chix hose Eastern Railway to Manchoukuo, negotiations were resumed this after hoon at the official residence of Mr. Koki Hirota, Japanese Foreign Minister.
Lieut. Col. Shimizu, representing the Japanese Army, and Lieut-Col. Hara, of the Tokyo War Ome, attended the meeting in the capacity observers, Mr. Chuichi Ohashi, Vice-Foreign Minister and head of the Manchoulcuo delegation, presented what was reported to be a compromise memoran-Sum with regard to the price of the CER, The Soviet delegates were headed by M. Kozlovsky—
United Press.
Last Year's Profit Air Base for Tokyo Tokyo, Apr. 25.
OMmce planning to establish a powerful on base in Tokyo to protect the capital from attack by hostile aeroplanes, it was learned to-day An appropriation of Y. 2,000,000 will be sought by Army leaders, who propose to proceed with the project at the earliest possible moment.—United Press.
Mocow, Apr. 26.
despite the Soviet claims that Japanese and Manchurian authorities seek to destroy the earning power of the Chinese Eastern Railway, the line produced a net profit in 1933 of Rbls. 11,500,000, the newspaper "Pravda," official organ of the Communist party, sedi "These earnings, it is held her plainly refute the argument of the Japanese and Manchu officials during the Tokyo negotiations over sale of the line that the road was no longer the railway and are not for the pure pose of arresting members of the staff iso of concern' which pays them their salaries. The arrests of these Soviet eliizens during the past few days has once more caused a strained feeling in the relations between the Soviet and the Manchoukuo authorities. It has also a negative effect on trade, as merchants fear that matters might' become more serious land are therefore not inclined to risk placing their money in business ven-'The court will have to decide—whether the medical supplies dispatched from Harbin to the frontier station were really in great excess of the quantities required at that place. this is proved to be the case they will punish the persons who are guilty for such action. Meanwhile considerable anxiety is expressed by commercial men as to the outcome of the renewed arresting of Soviet railway ser~ vants, which might have an effect jon the negotiations regarding the sale of the rights of the railway now bel carried on at Tokyo, Another Chinese doctor has been appointed to the posi tion of chief of the medical staff instead of the Chinese doctor who was arrested, and this new chief is to Investigate the whole matter from beginning to end.
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