Warsaw, Sept. 10.
An epidemic of shooting incidents has broken out along the Russo-Polish frontier where, cording to an official communique, eleven peasants have been kill and a score wounded in attempts the border into' Soviet According to the same source, these peasants were smugglers and refused to stand when warned. According to other sources, however, the killed and wounded include several—women and children, and it is stated that hundreds of' families are fleeing into Soviet Russia from the distress ing im the Polish border dis-furthermore, it is understood that the Soviets have protested against the action of frontier guards who are alleged to have fired on the fugitives after they had reached Russian soil—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.
Berlin, Sept. 10.
Two serious frontier incidents on the German-Polish border are reported from Kattowits who Polish revenue officer fired aero the Border line at two. Germ wounding one seriously. Sul quent investigation revealed that the officer alleges that the two were making fun of him until, ex: asperated he lifted his carbine. This is strenuously denied by the two, and it is, moreover, pointed out here that even if it were true, the officer had no right to fire into German territory, The, second incident occurred at noda, a Polish frontier station near Hindenburg, where a German railway detective' was arrested and lodged. in goal without any _explanation having so far been furnished by the Polish authorities The German minister at Warsaw
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