CHINA AND RUSSIA
SOVIET’S DESIRE. (United Press Association. — Rv Electrii Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 11 a.m., L SHANGHAI, July 30. An unofficial telegram has been received at Nanking, expressing the Soviet’s desire to negotiate tfor a settlement of the present issue of the Chinese railway at Harbin. SOVIET ACTION. DEMOLISH WENT OF SHRINE. MOSCOW, July 30. Working secretly overnight behind hoardings, Soviet workman demolished the famous Shrine of the Iberian Virgin at the Iberian Gate, where the Tsars and all classes worshipped for 260 years. Only a blackened spot remained in the morning. It is regarded as the Soviet’s most sensational blow against religion. . SOVIET ARCTIC CLAIM. MOSCOW, July 30. The Soviet Arctic expedition solemnly hoisted the Soviet flag on the uninhabited Frans Josef Land, indicating its incorporation in the Soviet’s territory.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1929, Page 5
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