The reported dispatch of Soviet mechanized forces into Sinkiang is regarded here as meaning the Soviet JUnion is determined to stick to its Another press message stays that Jsir Archibald Kerr, British Ambassador to China, is believed to have sought information on the subject from Gen, Chiang Kai-shek.
'A Hongkong report cites informa tion, allegedly obtained from Chungking, that the Soviet Union is also Jdemanding that the Chinese Govern-Jment shall keep up resistance against Japan, the demand being prompted by' the desire to keep Japanese en-[gaged in a war of attrition Britain and France on the other hand, it is asserted, desiring to pur~ Jchasé raw materials from China, are assuming an attitude in favour of a [Sino-Japanese peace—Reuter,
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