Manchoukuo Seizes Papers from Red Official Harbin, Jan, 10.
A serious: incident, likely to evoke strong protest from Moscow, occurred here to-day when Manchoukuo police forcibly seized documents from the possession of a Soviet official of the Chinese Eastern Railway.
The oficial, who holds the post of training. chief of the exploitation department of the railway, had been requested by the Manchonkio comptroller to liliand over documents allegedly giving details of the evacuation to Soviet territory of rolling stock b jionging to the C.E.R.
On the official refusing to comply, e Manchoukuo railway Police were ent to his office and forcibly removed the documents in question.
The press here asserts that the papers incontestably prove that Rudy, Soviet general manager of the railway, was responsible for the withdrawal of the rolling stock. Tt adds that the Manchoukuo authorities are contemplating legal action againat him, but the fact that he possesses a diplomatic passport com. plicates the issue—Reuter.
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