Tokyo, July 18.
'The Japanese General Staff, which! is probably the best informed body'
the world regarding the pol Jstrategic situation in Manchuria, expresses the belief that the rupt ture of Sino-Russian relations is unlikely to lead to the outbreak of testifies between the two coun-ries, The General Staff admits, how. lever, that the concentration of C! nese and Soviet troops facing each lather along the border causes appl hension lest their proximity, in their resent excited frame of mind, precipitates a clash.
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