Germany avd Japan" and the United States and China in the Far East, Japan maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Foreign Commissar, surveyed the Washington, Dec, 28, The United States deficit to-day jousand million dollar for this year. This figure is however, much below that for the same period last year, which was U.S.$1,594,000,000, ident Roosevelt displayed no surprise when the fact was reported fat the White House, where it is! delioved that the figure will mount leven higher as a result of the recovery programme.
"The President resumed conferences to-day with his advisors to prepare the budget-—Reuter.
Washington, Dec, 28, Supplementing President Roos velt's gold order on August 28, Mr. Henry" Morgenthau, Jr, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, to-day issued a sweeping order requiring the surrender to the Treasury of all gold held in the United, States.
henceforward, no individual or corporation, except Federal, Reserve, bank or the Reconstruction Fin: lance Corporation, will be permitted to hold gold exceeding note than U.S. $100 in value—Renter. mittee to-day. id that despite the Soviet's trust, that, Japan: would keep" her promise that Soviet interests in Manchavia™ would not suffer, direct attack on Soviet interests in, fand operation of, the Chinese Eastern Railway began with the Japanese military operations there in September, 1081, Japan wanted to, get the CER, fas a: present, he added, and there. fore she resorted to the peculiar method of seizing the railway with the help of pol tee, criminal elements Reuter, and Manchurian' White Guards—
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