Harbin, May 30.
Manchoukuo is taking a' strong line {in respect to the incident on the Amur Fiver on Monday, when Soviet troops; are alleged to have fired on the Man-Jchoukuo s. Yang Fu. The new state has demanded an apology within. three days, the request being conveyed to the Soviet Consul-Gerteral, here for transmission to Moscow.
Meanwhile, two other incidents involving Manchoukuo vessels on the Amur are reported in dispatches ceived here to-day. Soviet soldiers are stated to have signalled the s. Wutsan, bound for Tathetho, to heave to, and to have fired at the vessel when the signal was ignored, Later, It 4s stated, Soviet troops also fired at the s. Tsao Tan, proceeding upstream from Taihelho. The number of casualties, if any, is not known, It is reported that eight Soviet gunboats are now concentrated in the vicinity of Blagoveschensk and certain quarters here it is felt that an. explosive situation Is developing.
Manchoukuo odals characterize the alleged action of the Soviet troops ax "arrogant" and brand as being "tantamount to an invita-ton for immediate war,"—Reuter,
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