Apr. 20. musement is, pos-be aroused by' the delightful interplay of truth and untruth which is taking place between Tokyo, Moscow and Geneva, with perhaps the Manchukuo Government thrown in as well. ports of recent weeks that Soviet Russia has been concentrating troops along the Manchurian border have emanated from several sources, including Tokyo. They were for a time, in fact until last Monday, denied by Moscow, but on that day Moscow is reported by the United Press to have admitted heavy conleentration of troops along the Manchurian frontier and that thorough preparations _for national defence were _under way, although the number of men actually sent eastward has hot been available. This report is bolstered up to some extent by statement appearing in the "Pravda" to the effect that ISoviet Russia is not to be caught unawares and that "hired bandits rushing our frontiers should Icnow that in Soviet Russia there is not a single window through which robbers can creep without risk." Simultaneously with this admission in Moscow, Litvinoff, the chief Soviet delegate to the Disarmament Conference, denied the report from Tokyo, alleging lat the same time, however, that the was unable to hide the fact that the situation was serious, that both the Japanese and the Japanised Manchurians were inciting White Russians to di lorder. If Comrade Litvinoff is telling the truth, he is admitting {failure on the part of Moscow to take those precautions which the situation appears to demand, Iwhile Tokyo alleges that Moscow is behaving with ordinary prudence, and Moscow itself admits it,
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