Chungking, June 3
Fleeing from the ravages of war, 200 homeless children, two-thirds of whom were orphans, arrived here yesterday from Chengchow and Ki feng, in Honan and were immediately taken in hand by local relief organizations.
The party, accompanied by twelve teachers, arrived in the Min Sung Company's vessels Minghsiang. They are being temporarily accommodated locally before being placed under the care of various institutions throughout Szechuen. The chil vary from six to sixteen.
The parents of those children who are not orphans were obliged to give up their children because they were not able to support them. They have been given "receipts" for their children, in order to enable them to trace and claim them ata later date.
A third steamer load, consisting only of infants, left Hankow on May 25, and is expected to arrive here shortly.
Soviet Envoy Visits Gaimusho Tokyo, June 3.
Soviet proposals and Japanese counter proposals for settlement of pending problems between the two countries were discussed yesterday afternoon by M. Mikhail Slavutsky, Soviet Ambassador, and the Foreign Minister, Gen, Kazushige Ugaki.
The Soviet proposals were submitted on April 4 and the Japanese reply was made on April 6. M. {Slavutsky is leaving Tokyo on June 5 for Moscow on furlough. It was not announced whether any agreement might be reached by that time.—Domei.
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