Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-27
DISCOUNT
APPEALS
OF China
Japan Declares Report
OF Soviet Invasion To Be
Exaggerated.
IGNORED BY RUSSIA
Moscow Refuses To Heed
Chinese Plea Sent To
Kellogg SignatOries.

TOXIC. Nov. ~. W.R-Deploring
exaggerated reports of hnssia's
troop activities within the borders
of Manchuria, the japanese govern
ment refused today to consider
seriously China's appeal to sigma
tories Of the Kellogg treaty protest
ing the Soviet invasion"
Government officials felt that
London and Washington were un--
duly alarmed and that many reports
portrayed considerably more ex-
tcnsive advance of the Soviets than
actually has occurred.
United Press advices from Harbin
stated that the advance OF the Nus.
slams was believed to have halted
about 40 miles inside the western
tordcr at Tsgan station, which Is
:;s miles east of Manehuli on the
Chinese Eastern Railway. Manchuii
~ lust over the border in Manchuria.
The only appearance of Soviet
forces at Hailar, still further east
along the railway, was in an AR
plane raid which caused little dam
age.
Il was understood that Ambassa.
doris Tsucno Matsudaira and katsuJi
uebuchi. in Great Britain and the
United States, respectively, were
transmitting official japanese re-
Ports to those governments inuieat'
ing that Russia's action IN the last
week has been more of an extensive
m "a
that the troop advances were de-
signed mainly to halt raids on 80
Wet villages by Chinese and whitc
Russian bands.
u. s. May Act
- Government authorities did not
consider that the Kellogg treaty
against war contained any provi-
sions which might be invoked in the
present situation. 1t was reported
that Ambassador Dcbuchi had con
.elred with Secretary of state
Henry Stimson at Washington ana
that he had advised the foreign Of
tice that. the American government
might possibly act independently IN
event the situation became more
acute. Debuchi's advices to his gov
crnment indicated the United States
felt any concerted action on the
part of the powers would be too
slow.
There was considerable speeula'
,ion here as to whether the Soviet
troops intended to occupy perman'
emily Dadainor, a few miles INSIDE
the western border of Manchuria,
and Mulin. near the eastern border
Mulin is one Of the chief fuel cen
ters of Manchuria.
Advices received here stated that
most of the Japanese residents IN
the cities of Ilailar and Manchuli,
which were evacuated by the Chi
rese, were returning there, The
railway station and a few buildings
in Hailar were damaged slightly, but
the city otherwise suffered no dam
age from a small aerial raid con
Quoted several days ago. Reports
that Hailar had been occupied by
Soviet troops and fired were dis
counted entirely.
MOSCOW, Nov. 27. tU.H)-Chlna,s =
appeal to the signatories of the kel-
logg treaty against war, protesting
the "invasion" of Manchuria by
Russia, was ignored today by the
Soviet government.
The foreign office denied today
that it had ordered Soviet troops to
seize the Chinese Eastern railway
or that it had issued any statement
to China which might be construed
as an ultimatum.
The official statement was in an
swer to reports that the council OF
defense had sanctioned the Red
nrmy's advance in the direction of
Harbin, looking toward a speedy oe'
cupation Of the railway, after which
negotiations would be begun with
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