Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-26

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the Russian government take decisive
steps to insure the safety Of Soviet from
tiers and to tame the White Guard
bandits"
Similar resolutions for decisive action
continued today to reach Moscow, the
dispatch said, from most of the workers
centerS of the union, such as Kharkov,
Odessa, Kiev, Tiflis and Kazan. Work
ers and Red Guards everywhere insisted
on rapidity.
Commenting on the situation this
morning, the official newspaper Pravda
of Moscow declared "the executionerS
of the Chinese revolution will pay dearly
for all their crimes The workers of the
Soviet Union will not leave their mis-
deeds UNPUBLISHED.
THE workers of the whole world will
fully sustain the Soviet Union despite
Hangman Chang Kai-Shek and all
his social democratic allies
A dispatch from Hardin also stated
evidence in various quarters tends to
indicate that the Chinese there and in
Mukden are gradually taking the stand
that the seizure of the Chinese Eastern
Railway was a premature move on the
part of Lu YungHuan. president Of
the railway, exceeding his authority in
evicting the Russians.
The Mukden authorities had planned
since January to demand a commit
tee to investigate Chinese Eastern Rail-
way affairs because of a decrease in the
net revenues, according to information
in Hardin, and had accumulated what
they felt evidences Of miSmanagement
by the Russians.
Mukden, it is explained, had no idea
of ordering the seizure. and was taken
by surprise. 1t was stated in certain
Chinese quarters when news was re-
ceived that Lu Yung-Huan had acted
upon his own initiative.
1t is believed in Hardin that the way
for opening negotiations on the con-
troversy had been paved at Chang
chun by exploratory conversations be-
tween Gen. Chang Tso-Hsiang, governor
of Kirin, and B. N. Melnikov, Russian
consul general.
The Changchun conversations were
held in a private railway coach on
Wednesday, and M. Melnikov later re-
turned to Hardin.
AS an indication of the feeling among
the Chinese there, q high military au-
thority declared that in the event the
Russians should begin an offensive, the
Chinese troops would retreat without
fighting. Dispatches from Mukden say
that Chang Huseh-Liang, governor Of
STA did not desire to fight and that
therefore, the Manchurian authorities
were gladly adopting a similar attitude
and doing everything possible to open
negotiations for peaceful solution.
Will Go to Harbin.
A cable dispatch to The Star and
the Chicago Daily News from Shanghai
says the newly appointed Chinese Min
lister to Finland, Chu Shao Yang, for
mer charge daffaires at Moscow, Is due
to leave Marking late this afternoon, en-
route to Hardin, for the purpose Of in
vestigating conditions, as ChinaS first
move toward direct negotiations with
Russia over the Chinese Eastern Rail.
way dispute.
Chu is leaving on his mission con-
siderably optimistic owing to the re-
ceipt by the Marking government OF a
telegram from the Chinese acting
his departure from Russia, in which
Marking Is informed that Russian
public opinion favors immediate and
direct negotiation. The telegram further
stated:
"Inasmuch as the German Ambas-
sador at Moscow has been offering his
good services for the solution Of the
Sino-Soviet crisis, all future exchanges
of views may best be done through the
German Ambassador"
Marking has also been informed from
Hardin that as a result of remon-
strances by the Chinese commissioner
of foreign affairs, the Soviet naval au-
thorities have promised to release pas
sengerS and baggage from Chinese
steamers detained by the Soviet fleet on
the Amur and Sunsari Rivers. China
declares that the seven merchant ships
are being detained. including four near
the mouth of the Ussuri River.
That China Is considering purchas-
ing Soviet interests in the Eastern
Railway is admitted by Marking
government offcial today.
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FOR STEELE FUNERAL
Curtis Designates Senators to At
tend Rites-Longworth APP .
points State Delegation.
BY the Associated Press.
Vice President Curtis today appointed