Alleged Attempt to Kidnap Red Peasant Moscow, Jan, 9.
'A. Japanese military aeroplane' ye: terday landed on Soviet territory and its occupants attempted to kiditap a Soviet peasant. it was ofelally a nounced here to-day.
ensuing battle, one of the occupants of the plane was wounded by Soviet border' patrols, The plane, it was learned, landed near the village of Pokrava, near Viadivastok, One Japanese guarded {fie plane while his companion tempted to overpower peasant who was walking along the highway and to force him to enter the plane, The Russian, however. overpowered the "Japanese and took him. Pokrava, after which Soviet horder patrols located the plane, The remain Ing Japanese was wounded In gun-fire which ensued—United Press,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.