There was grave anxiety in official ciretes here to-day ax the Secretariat of the League of Nations rec official confirmation of earlier reports that Japanese" troops. have occupied Taitsthar, the provisional 'Tsitsihar is north of Harbin on the Chinese Eastern Railway, which ig jointly owned and operated by' China and Soviet Russia, What purports to be' the official League of Nations confirmation that the Japanese and have penetrated what ly regarded as the So hal definite-sphere of interest and jeansed a tremendous sensation in Geneva and it has created concern jin the Chancollories of the world.
Competent officials of the League of Nations fear that a Japanese Joceupation of Tsitsihar would certainly provoke a conflict with Soviet Russia. Such a conflict, it is declared, would inevitably involve Europe and perhaps the United States.
As the Secretariat of the League of Nations received official confirmation of the Japanese occupation of Teitsihar the Secretariat was also informed that Japanese engineers have been sent to repair railway bridges over the Rondi river. They are accompanied by contingents of killery and infantry as well as an wwiation unit to afford complete protection to the workmen.—United Press.
Soviet-Japanese Clash Impossible
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