Harbin, May 12.
It is stated in official Manchoukuo circles here that the Soviet is. congontrating, troops in the Mazitime Province, in eastern Siberia, Soviet' "reinforcements, 5,000 strong, commanded by a, brigadier. teneral, have reached villages near our Rog, on the border of Siberia and Manchuria, north of Viadivostok, The Manchoukuo 4 mander in that vicinity, whose headquarters in reply that ments were required pression of white bandits", Kefogees from "the Maritime Province are stated to be entering: Manchoukuo and they assert, that. the Soviet authorities are publicly stating that Japan wishes to take advantage of the conflict over the E.R. to despatch military forces into the Maritime Province. They declare that, if this is the case, Soviet will' evacuate. the province for the time being but that they will return eventually as final, vie~ tory will rest with Soviet Russi Railway Charges ing to press reports Soviet again been warned on ye been intend. to 6 rowing here that the Sovi to calla strike on the Chinese Eastern Railway. This had the result of caus: ing the police to search extensively the houses of registered active Com. munists, There was also a wild, unfounded rumour here that the Changehun authorities had despatched 10,000) Harbin and created a panic in Soviet eitthat there would be mo strike led fusrantes, By M. Kounetzof the to call off the men. who eet sarching the houses of sus-
Last night things were electric in Harbin, the town swarming with police armed with rifles, but the Right passed quietly "he Manchouk authorities had a discussion yesterday" afternoon With St." Kouznetzot which lasted for 4 hours, but. no" inform has been maida public as tothe result of the conversations. sees that the Manchoukuo. Ministry The "Harbin Times" to-day £0 of. Communications. will Lift complete parity tern Railway, The Ministry, it says, will also discharge mischief-makers, revise ffs and reorganise the adminis-ration of the This policy, y., the pi aper goes on, would result in the Ministry of the _actual administrator of the
would be five Manchoukuo and. five Instead of the present board, ihe Soviet directors with a Manchoukuo president and a Soviet vice-President of the railway.
Two Russians, M, Apanovitch and 'V. Malevanny, who were recently at-rested at Manchuli by the Manchoukuo authorities, "have now been brought to Harbi The two men have been examined daily by the police, who allege th military map of Mat found in. their possession, fore surmised that they. wil eventually be tried on a charge of itary espionage—Ret
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