A well-known Manchouli resident and a former member of the manicipality of that town, has been brought to Hartin under arrest and is accused of carrying on espionage <n behalf of the Soviet authorities.
The man strongly denies the charge stating that he has lived for: years in that town where he entries on a respectable business and he has several well known Russians witnesses en his side, $0 probably, the accused will be discharged. It appears that the case. is a trumped-ap one and made_ by Another Russian recently arrived from the other frontier Saifenho, fon the eastern boundary, was arrested for the same thing, but in this instance the man was supposed to arrange the bringing out of Russians. from Vindivostok and the Priamar, without the necessary documents, being paid for " his trouble by relations and friends at this end. Some' persons here accused the man of making the necessary arrangements for the escaping but before being accomplished the man notified the Soviet secret service and the people were arrested and thrown into prison. The police here found in the mar Possessions two passports one Soviet one, issued at. Viadivostock and the other a Russian emigres tasued by the police here, The man's name was different on both passports, As there was actually not much' evidence against the man, who acknowledges that he was helping vefuzees to xet away, but that "he had nothing to do with the fact that in some instances they Were arrested before getting over the frontier, the accused is out on bail and probably will only be charged with being in possession of a revolver without the necessary permit.
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