Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-03-12 | Page 12 | Rail Sale Seen as Aid to Peace

RAIL SALE SEEN AS AID TO PEACE MOSCOW V March 12 UP Russia UP-Russia Russia hailed today the agreement for or the transfer of the soviet share in the Chinese Eastern railway to Manchu- Manchu kuo as a contribution to far eastern peace while the press charged German Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many with an attempt to unsettle Russo-Japanese Russo relations by spreading spreading spread spread- ing big rumors The official statement announcing announcing ing the terms of the railroads railroad's sale I declared the soviet governments government's objective objective objective ob ob- ob- ob was the promotion of friendly friend friend- ly relations in eastern Asia Simultaneously the Journal de Moscow charged Germany with attempting attempting attempting at at- tempting to create the impression that war is imminent in the far castas east cast as a maneuver to frighten France and other ther friends of Russia from joining her in an eastern Locarno pact