Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-06
China Pressing Soviet
To Leave Manchuria,
Chungking Declares
BY the Associated Press

CHUNGKING, Mar. e.-The
Chinese government has been
pressing for withdrawal of Rus
sian troops in Manchuria, but
Soviet authorities intimated
their delay was due to certain
difficulties which they didn't
specify" Lieu Chieh, vice min
lister of foreign affairs, said to-
day. He did not elaborate.
He also said China is keeping the
United States informed on the
course of Sino-Soviet negotiations.
Liu skipped some queries with
laconic mo comment" at a press
conference
Not Informed on Movements.
Answers he did give showed that:
Russia had not informed China
of the movements and size of So
Wet forces at Port Arthur-made
joint Sino-Russian naval base under
the Sino-Soviet treaty of last Aug
ust IA.
Reports received by the Chinese
government confirmed that Soviet
authorities removed machinery from
industrial plants in Manchuria.
Inability of the Chinese govern
ment to restore Chinese sovereignty
IN Manchuria was due in general to
the failure of Russian forces to
Withdraw from that vast territory.
particularly from Changchun, the
capital, and Mukden
Inability of the Chinese to as
sumo control of civil administration
OF Dairen, as provided in the Sino-
SOVIET treaty, was connected with
the general question of Manchuria. u
The treaty declared Dairen an open
port.
No Comment on Dairen.
Asked If the presence of Russian
forces in Dairen and the exclusion
OF Chinese forces from that city
constituted violation of the treaty. /
Llu countered does the question call
for an anSWer?"
Yes, sir" a correspondent said.
NO comment" Liu said.
Among the questions Liu avoided
CIlIlS we're THESE.
AT what stage would China con-
slider it necessary to refer the Man
churlan question TO the United Ma
tons Organization?
In view of the fact that japanese
maneuvers caused the incident
which the Japanese used as a pre-
text to invade China, is China max
ing any representations to Russia
against projected maneuvers in
Manchuria?
Has China applied to Russia for
assumption of China's right to Joint
control of the Port Arthur naval
base?
Chinese press reports said Gen.
Tu Li-ming had ordered his govern
ment troops in Manchuria to sit
tight" during Russian military
maneuvers in that territory.
The report said the commanders
order was issued in reply to re-
quest by his Subordinates for in
structionS. |.
Treaty Breach Charged.
Foreign Minister Wang Shin
IiIeH dSocl leu yesterday tnat the
Russians were staying on in Man
churla contrary to their treaty, and
that they had taken the position
last January that they should take
over Japanese Manchurian indus
tries as reparations
The Chinese foreign minister
thus brought the long-secret Man
churian question out into the open
officially for the first time in ad-
dressing the Kuomintang Central
Executive Committee, while reports
circulated that Gen George C.
Marshall would visit part of the
Russian occupied zone in Man.
churia.
Secretary of State Byrnes told
a Washington news conference
yesterday that China had re-
Jected a Russian proposal for
joint operation of Manchuria's
coal mines, steel plants. power +
plants and other major indus
tries)
Wang told the Kuomintang Com
mittee the Chinese Russian treaty
expressly provided for the Soviet
withdrawal, and that-there were no
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