Changchun, Nov. 2.
The Japanese and Manchoukuo Govments today fled protests in Moscow against the alleged shooting of a Japanese non-commissioned officer and a private by Soviet soldiers who crossed the border near Manchuli yesterday.
According to a message received here, about 15. Soviet infantrymen crossed the border near the Chahanaola patrol station about 10 kilometres south-west of Manchuli at 10.50 o'clock yesterday morning.
The Japanese officer and private, accompanied by a sub-lieutenant, approached the border to investigate and were alleged to have been fired on by the Soviet soldiers. When the non-commissioned officer and private fell. the Soviet soldiers attempted to capture the sub-lieutenant, who repulsed them with his sword, the message said. E The sub-lieutenant went to the petrol station to make a report and When he returned to the scene of the clash he could not find the two wounded men. They were believed to have been taken away by the Soviet soldiers, the message stated.—Domei,
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