Paris, Nov. 20.
Reports received from Riga state that "mass meetings are being arranged in the Soviet industrial ese policy in Manchurias—Bester, centres to protest against the Japan-
"Challenge to Soviet"
Moscow, Nov. 20.
Keen indignation has beea aron: ed here in ficial circles by the Japanese reply to the recent Rus-for whatever happens was here as "a challenge to the Soviet Union."
It is understood that M. Litvinov, the Foreign Commissary, after cot sultation with the party and govern-
which will be handed to Mr, Hirota, Neads is drafting a sharp note the Japanese ambassador here, before the end of the week. According to advance information, the note wil stress the point that, since there are no diplomatic relations between Russia and China, the former unable to make any" representa that quarter, Furthermore Japan will be reminded of the fact that Soviet Russia has already
in the conflict, Speciall, stress wil ice stated her complete neutrality be laid on the breach of internation-21 courtesy committed by the Japanication, detail of its latest note Fefore ip had been banded to the ion esx no giving out for
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