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EVENING PRESS NEWS 
25 JULY 1938 
FOREIGN NEWS 
Tokyo 
Unofficial reports circulating here Monday said a settlement 
of the Siberian Manchulcucan border crisis which threatened a 
serious rupture between Japan and Soviet Russia has been 
reached. There was no indication from- the foreign office that 
any proposal had been made and adopted, but persistent re- 
ports said the Japanese Government had suggested establishment 
of an international border commission to establish boundaries 
and settle present and future border disputes. It was be- 
lieved that if such an official suggestion were made, it 
would be accented quickly at Moscow. 
London 
The Marquess of Jot hi an, wartime advisor to David Lloyd George, 
said in an. -interview Sunday that the United States will be 
unable to keep out of any long general war among European nations 
Paris 
Henry Morgenthau, jr . United States Secretary of the Treasury, 
discussing proposed debt settlements between the United States 
and European nations at a press conference Sunday, said., 
"Nobody has made any offer to pay.” 
Dublin 
The -American flyer, Douglas 'G. Corrigan spent Sunday visiting 
Mrs. Dominic More O’Eerrall, member of a well known Irish 
racing family, ill with a broken neck, and completed packing 
for his trip to London Monday. 
Athens 
Damage estimated at five hundred thousand dollars was reported 
as the result of a fire at Pireaus Sunday . There were no 
casualties . 
Shanghai 
A spearhead of Japan's Yangtze River Army smashed through the 
outer line of Chinese defenses east of Kiukiang Monday and began 
a terriffic drive on the heart of that city, last stronghold 
guarding Hankow from the east. Chinese commanders admitted more 
than one thousand Japanese troops had gained the west bank of 
the Poyang Lake after a week long battle . Unddnied reports 
indicated losses on both sides were exceptionally heavy. 
Chinese reinforcements were rushed to the area and it was re- 
ported that many Japanese warships had arrived in the Yangtze ana 
begun an artillery duel with Chinese gun emplacements on the 
western bank. One of the bloodiest battles of the war was 
expected within the next few days on the lowlands east of 
Kiukiang and south of Lion Hill where the Chinese arc preparing 
to mass for a strategic defense of Hankow. 
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