Froxt Our OWN Connesronoex:
Tokyo, Dec, 16, receiving: dispatches which told that Reports have been coming into the situation was much graver and Japan from sources the " press that unless Japan was in a position, claims to be authentic, to to force the combatants to respect the effect" that Soviet soldiers, law and "order, something should disguised as, workmen, are likely happen which would mean slowly trickling into Manchuria, via that Japan would be compelled to Harbin, the backdoor of China. intervene whether she wanted to The printing of these reports in or not. The stand'of the War De-the press here set the dovecotes of partment, in effect, was: "It the Soviet Embassy in Tokyo, over there began imposing and. strong which presides Comrade Joffe and a array of forces, the chances of the regula army of assistants, fatter-victors or the vanquished doing. ing, and Kopp dashed off'to™ the what the Chinese armies generally. Foreign Office, called on the Pree do would be far smaller. Thereier, and, finally, sent the following fore, Japan, in strengthening her "circular letter t9 the pr garrison in Manchuria, was really "The USSR. entertain nothing doing something good for China." but friendship for Japan, and the For sometime, it looked as_ if reports that Russia entertains the old two stream diplomacy had. designs on Manchuria or that again crept into the Chinese situa-means to impede the building feeder lines to the South Manchu ion, the War Office over-riding the. Foreign Office. The suspicion in-an Railway are groundless, and greased when two days ago Marquis being fabricated with the object of Komura of the Foreign Office told ing the Soviet and Japan", me that Japan was not intending.
Nothing, however, was said about the extreme probability of Soviet to send troops from here and that, if reinforcements were deemed ne-soldiers trickling into the Chinese cessary, these could be had from side of Harbin. in clubs and hotels Korea. On top of that came the frequented by foreigners, bets. a decision of the War Office and a already being taken that there will circular letter to the press, intimate be a war between Russia and Jaing that the War Office had decided pan before the end of next yes the bets also declare that. Japan to send more troops from Japan. Tt really wasn't a reversal to the will again thrash Russia, Not only old two-stream diplomacy that was foreigners think an acute crisis, only too prevalent a few years with possible catastrophe, is likely ago. The War Office actually se-to result, but so do well-known Jax cured the consent of the Cabinet. panese too. For. instance, Count before anything was done. Mar-Soyejima, a well-known publicist quis Komura, however, had to conand member of the House of Peers, correspondents that who recently went on lecture protending ignorance tour of the States, has" publicly or else was not consulted or me doclaved that, unless Russia changes her, methods,' and. refrains from opformed by his chief. He did. nei-posing interests that Japan gained in Manchuria as the result of a war apan ix to have 7,500 troops in Manchuria nil the. present ai tue with Russia. then there Is bound Won takes on vaspeete "of a less to lo another outbreak of hostile freavo nature." Thie is verily one Lies. Count Soyejima, however, say's that the conflict is not likely to ocone half of what she is entitled, by our before ten years have passed. virtue of the treaty of Portsmouth, to maintain in Manchuria she Manchgria and the Redy deems auch' action newer It is generally thought that Feng The press and noted publicists Yushsiang und the Kuomintang will fare cautioning the Government to be the means of Bolshevizing China, fact with the greatest tact, both in if ever such can be done, but Mr, order not to raise suspicions in the Tsai Toshsinng, envoy of General minds of the Powers and also not Kuo Sungeling who is now menaeto antagonise the Chinese in general, ing Mukden and who arrived here which the Japanese now know, wi assure Japan that Kuo was ultimately result in an even worse perfectly justified in rebelling. outburst of antiJapaniem than against Chang, has declared that Japan experienced in 1920-1921. ness Chang ly defeated and Round Globe on Bicycles prived of power, Manchuria "We want to show that Young Since his anvival here, Mr.
India is full of pep and vigour; Tsai has seen the Minister of War, Seems these stunts are necessary in the chief of the General Staff, the this ultra-modern age if one has Foreign Minister and the Premier, Secure any recognition; Yesterday, he called on the head-girdling the world by bieyele—not quarters of the principal political for money, not for a wager, but for parties where he told the party bosses that, unless Chang 'Teo: 'This was part of a conversation was driven' out of Manchuria, the your correspondent had with Mes northern part of Manchuria J.P. Bhapsola and RL. Would, sooner or later, be painted imgara, aged 29 and 23 respec: yed—in the Bolshevik way rather tively. They both hail from Bom. than in the manner of a_bune! bay and are physically splendid spe-of ray dogs—by Soviet Russia, cimens of humanity.
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