On October 21 a Riga message said that Moscow had-decided to occupy Harbin within one month. 'The same fore~ cast was attributed to M. Karakhana month earlier, with a two months' Limit.
Is the present Russian advance.a fulfilment of this prophecy?
Soviet troops have occupied Manchuli aid. Dalainor. and appear to be advancing to Hailar. At the eastern end of the GEAR. they are reported to be making for the Muling coal mines, Nanking, Nov. 25.
The State Council despatched y terday identic telegrams to the League of Nations andthe various signatory Powers to the Kellogg Anti-War Pact calling their attention to the renewed and organized military incursions into Manchuria by Soviet troops.
The State Council points out that while the National Government, actuated by a desire to preserve peace in the Far East, has always remained on the defensive in spite of. repeated Soviet attacks, the Soviet Government, without declaring war on China, has invaded China; their troops- having successively occupied Manchuli and Dalainor, two Chinese cities on the Manchurfan border.
Moreover, they have massacred innocent Chinese civilians in cold blood.
The telegram concludes by expressing the hope that while the National Government continues to limit itself to defensive tactics, the various signatories to the Kellogg Anti-War Pact will take appropriate steps to stop and punish this deliberate violation of the Pact.—Kuo Min.
Mukden, Nov. 27.
A large number of civil organizations in the Three Eastern Provinces, including the Associated Union of Farmers, the Associated Chamber of formed and despatched to Manchuria! to investigate the actual state of affairs on the Manchuria-Siberia border so as to establish the guilt for breaking. the peace in the Far}
Commerce, the Association Labour Union, and the Astociation Students and Teachers, yesterday Jointly despatched identical tele grams to the Presidents of the United States and France, the Prime Ministers and Parliaments of the various European and American countries, the League of Nations and the Diplomatic Corps at Peking, setting forth the facts of the repeated Soviet military—ineursions into the Manchurian border, and urging that an International Commission of Inquiry be immediately Tokyo, Nov. 21.
According to a message received here late this evening from Mukden, it is understood that the Manchurian authorities have decided to negotiate for a settlement of the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute with Moscow, independently of Nanking, and " are appointing Dr. V. K." Wellington' Koo, who was Chinese Minister to Britain in 1921 and Premier and Foreign Minister at Peking 192627, as their plenipotentiary.
It is believed that the decision of interference in Manchurian affairs, it is possible Japan will assent—Reuter.
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