The Archive · 1935

Troops Despatched to Lake Hair

Changehun, Jan. 26.

Japanese and Manchoukuo troops are being'dispatched to th Lake Buir have suggested either Kalgan or Pelping—Central News. region to preserve order, despite the fact that the latest reports to reach hhere indicate that the recent clash between Manchoukuo guards—and Outer Mongolian radicals was a minor affair.

It was stated here to-day that the Manchoukuo authorities are determined the Mongolians should remain in their own territory and that no encroachments on the soil of the new Manchurian empire will be tolerated.

To be Localized Tokyo, Jan. 26.

The incident will be localized and settled amicably, according to official information which reached the Foreign Office to-day from Gen J. Minami, Ambassador to Manchoukcuo and Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army.

The official despatch admitted that tone Japanese and one Manchoukuo soldier had been killed and another wounded on January 24 "when a Manchoukuo patrol unit of ten men, assisted by Japanese, was suddenly fired upon by Outer Mongolian troops near Lake Buir,"—Reuter,

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