The Archive · 1937

SOVIET ENVOY' LEAVING FOR MOSCOW

Nanking, Sept. 28.

Mr. Dimitri Bogomoloif, the Soviet Ambassador to China, will leave immediately for Moscow at the summons of his home government, learned here this evening. During his absence M. G. Melamede, First Secretary of the Embassy, will be in charge—Central News, By Alr count."

Silence Would be Complicity"

Yvon Delbos (Franco) said he was deeply grieved to hear of the Chinese delegate's report. No one gould read without sorrow and pro found indignation the tory of the bombardment of Canton, Nanking and Hankow. Silence would be a complicity to the crime.

Civilization itself, he added, would be placed in danger if, the conscience of the world did not raise its vole at this time. 'They must condemn in the strongest terms warfare which Inia waste' among Innocent "popula-tons.

Dre-R. J. Sandler (Sweden) spoke in a similar strain.

While entirely "supporting Lord Granborne's condemnation of aerial bombardment, Mf. Maxim Litvinoff Nanking. Sept. 28.

While details of his trip were not divulged, it is understood that the Ambassador travelled aboard an Eurasia aeroplane proceeding via. /Sinklang. He is expected to arrive jin Moscow in four days—Reuter.

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