Moscow, July 1.
Blagoveschensk reports that on June 29 a Japanese-Manchurian cut-for fired at the Soviet frontier guard post near the Island of Sychevsky (Sennukha) on the Amur River.
After fire was returned by the Soviet post, the Japanese-Manchurian cutter opened artillery fre from the Man-*ehurfan bank of the Amur River on a Soviet frontier cutter cruising near the Soviet bank of the River, damaging the cutter. Two of the crew of the Soviet cutter were killed and three wounded. The Japanese-Manchurian cutter was taken in tow by Soviet. frontier cutters and brought to the Soviet bank of the River.—Tass)
Press comment remained guarded. The "Asahi Shimbun" expressed the belief that "the objective situation" between Japan and the Soviet Union did not allow a single incident on the Amur. River to affect the entire relations between the two countries and hoped negotiations readjusting Soviet-Manchoukuo borders would open as soon as possible to eliminate the fundamental causes of border clashes, The "Yomiuri Shimbun" dwelt on the "provocative attitude" of the
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