RUSSIAN AID

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20077, 25 October 1939, Page 11

RUSSIAN AID

SUPPLIES IN CHINA CONCESSIONS BELIEVED ! _____ I TURKESTAN ZONE CAPITAL “RED” CITY j (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 24, 2.40 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 23. i The Hong Kong correspondent of j the Associated Press of America says j that increasing, numbers of Soviet j planes and guns have appeared in j China recently. It is reliably stated ; that 500 Russian military experts are aiding Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek and j additional tanks and anti-aircraft j guns are en route. The Chinese state that the Russians promised 30,000,000 dollars to : 100,000,000 dollars worth of war sup- j plies in return for which foreign j observers believe the Soviet would j be granted economic concessions in Chinese Turkestan.

A Tokio message quotes a Dome! Agency statement that the Russians have penetrated Chinese Turkestan as far as Lanchow, the capital of the Kansu province. Lanchow is now a typical “red” town with an air force six times larger than two years ago. All foreigners, except representatives of the Soviet, are withdrawing to north-western China. Missionaries are concentrating at Lanchow preparatory to evacuation

A message from Chungking states that the Chinese recaptured Matang and surrounded Yochow, the last strong Japanese position on Tungting lake.