ashington, Nov. 27.
Dispatches received to-day from Harbin indicated that the National Government had authorized the Mnichurian authorities to negotiate with Russia for a settlement designed to adjust the Chinese Eastern Railway difficulties—United Press, thorities have decided to negotiate 8 settlement of the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute with Soviet Russia independently of Nanking and are appointing Dr, Wellington Koo as their plenipotentiary, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs caterogically denied such reports as entirely groundless.
The spokesman suid that the Sino-Russian issue was being handled by. the Natimal Government with fall support and" cooperation from the local authori, ties Reuter:
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