Nanking, Aug, 29, Negotiations between the Chine authorities and the Kwantung Army. for the establishment of an air service between North China and Manchuria have reached a deadlock, Chinese circles contend that the proposals put forward by the Kwantung Army exceed the scope originally fixed for the enterprise.
"They are not of a commercial nature and tend to threaten and impair China's rights to her own serial territory," declared one avia-
'We cannot accept such proposals,' he added, "and thus the recent prolonged negotiations, which have Insted for more than a month, have produced no result whatever. ' It is clear with which party responsibility for this state of affairs lies."
Describing the history of the sub-feet during the past two years, ho Stated:—"Following the cessation in 1993 of military activities along the different passes of the Great Wall, the Kwantung Army expressed a desire that means of communication be restored and' that a so-called air connection be established. Since that time, the Kwantung Army repeatedly has asked the Peiping, Political Council to carry out the air service project. However, as the proposals put forward were not within the scope of the so-called air connection, they could not be accepted.
"Realizing, however, that, whatever was within the scope of this air connection would have to be put into practice, the Ministry of Communieations last spring bought aeroplanes and sent men to Tientsin to make preparations for the establishment of a line from Tientsin to Shanhaikwan, end from Peiping to Kupeiku, but, this plan was firmly opposed by' the Japanese, it could not be carried out. Afterwards, the Japanese pressed for an early start in opening preliminary discussions, following which the Peiping Political Council and the Ministry of Communications last month despatched men to hold conversations ju Tientsin with representatives of the Kwantung Army. As before, however, the Japanese were reluctant to discuss the matter within the scope of the so-called air connection which originally was fixed upon."—Reuter.
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