Harbin, Aug, 22.
'A plot tw create disturbances along the eastern section of the Chinese Eastern Railway have been unfevered as the result of arrest by the Japanese and Manchoukuo authorities of about 60 Soviet nation-recording to reports here to-day.
"Manchoukuo report claims. that the arrested Russians confessed to the following plot:
(1). To attack Japanese military Intelligence officers in North Man [churia, including Pogranitehnays (2) To. send Manchurian and Korean Communists into the district along the railway in order to lead the. bandits.
(3) To wreck Japanese military trains for the purpose of obstruct-the bandit suppression campaign of the Japanese, 4)" To create general disturbances along the eastern section of the CER.
Te was further alleged that the Soviet Consul at Pogranitehnaya, Aroutzkiff, is the leader of the plotters and that the headquarters of the Far Eastern Red Army, at Habarovsk have been forwarding orders to M. Aroutzkiff—United Press.
Trae Resum Twenty-Four Incidents Tokyo, Aug. 21.
Twenty-four incidents had occur: red along. the—Soviet-Manchoukuo frontier during recent months, Gen. 8, Hayashi, Minister of War, reported a meeting of the Cabinet held to-day. None of these incidents, he stated, were of a serious nature.
'Admiral Mineo Osumi, Minister Navy, told the Cabinet' that no in-
JArmy against the arrest of Russian Jemployees of the CER. according to Jofieial information received at the [War Ministry to-day.
The Russian protest is said to have declared that the recent arrests would impede instead of assisting efforts to reach "an agreement "regarding the sale of the railway, and would compel the Soviet government to increase military forees in the Far East, From the Japanese standpoint, the protest is considered more chaliengting. than one contained ina star ment published by the Soviet Gov-fernment last week—United Press.
Complaint Against Guards Moscow, Aug. 26 A complaint implying' that troops] Pre: charged with guarding the CER. fare conniving at its destruction, made in a statement addressed to the chairman of the board of directors of the CER. and the Manchoukuo Government's representative on the board, by M. Kuznelsoff, the vice-chairman, according to '2 message received from Harbin.
Kuznetsoff, in his statement, @eclares that he has repeatedly. made representations to the Manchoukuo Government without results, and states that the troops have not been fulfilling their main function, namely, 10 prevent bandits [from entering the zone of the CER. and. secure the safely of CER. employees.
Three special semi-armoured trains which had been provided to guard the line as the result of his representations were not being used. The present trouble, M. Kuznetsoft concludes, does not tie in, the i capacity of the military authorities to deal with the bandits—Reuter.
Harbin, Aug. 24 Trame on the Chinese Railway's eastern branch was fed late to-day following an inter Fuption of more than 24 hour by the blocking of the line as a sult of the wrecking of a Manchou-military train yesterday morn Ing, at_a point about 30 miles west of Inmienpo. No casualties were reported.
The bandits, using their, habitual methods, loosened the tracks for a stance. of several hundred yards ud attacked the train after it was
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