Moscow Broadcast Blames Japanese Rumour-ridden Shanghai was given another excuse for the jitters yesterday morning—ot the sober hour ai 5 o'clock, just as the sun was rising—when an official news broadcast from Moscow declared that an organized attack on the Soviet Consulate-Generg] in Whangpoo Road was contemplated.
Japan was blamed for the dastardly plot, which was to be executed by White Russians, according to the broadcast and statement by the Tass news agency. A group of Russians carrying forged passports have been' introduced into Shanghai by the Japanese, the report goes on. "They are now being trained for the coup and to' conceal their identity they will wear disguises. It is not divulged whether false beards will ber used to make them less conspicuous, or more mysterious. The price of horse-hair apparently retains unchanged, "The supposed terrorists were drafted in Manchoukuo by the Japanese, who sent them to Shanghai, according to Tass's report as brought from Moscow by the United Press.
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