Tokyo, Sept. 30 The Foreign Ministry denies the re-pott that the French Government has) Neserved the right to demand the: payment of old investment to the. Chinese Eastern Railway towards. Japan and Soviet Russia. The Foreign Office spokesman to-day declared that it Is not true so far as Japan is concerned, Tt was learned that Japanese Government leaders insist that such demand cannot be made upon Japan, since the Sino-Russian treaty. fof 1924 provided that the Russian Government take responsibility for all debts of the Cainese Eastern id Railway-—United Press.
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