wont Out OWN Consesoxdenr Harbin, May 31.
hand two days ago regarding Following the news which came firing upon another—Manchoukuo steamer on the Amur River, further Information has now come stating that another two steamers had been fired at by the Soviet forces stationed as frontier guards all along the river bank.
'Some of the Russian papers a very much excited regarding these shooting affrays but on the whole, the general public having got over the sensational news of the first attack, are not taking so much not no' strong action has so far bee taken by Manchoukuo. The Soviet version of the shooting incidents is very freely to take photographs of th fortifications, this causing 1 authorities 10 fire blank cartridges as a warning, But on no notice being taken of such warnings some rifle shots were fired Tir an fiterview given to local Rus: sian pressmen by one of the Japanese Connected with river navigation, he Slated that photographs "had been taken, from which ft may be assumed that ihe Soviet were correct fads the explanation which they fave for feng at the steamers "Viscount 'Uramatsi, a member tne Japanese. House' of Peers, who arrived in Harbin yesterday, interview which hehe with Russtan pressmen, stated that Jupen tad not the slightest wish to start'a war and that in'his opinion Soviet russia also hud no desire for a conduct and there: fore he considered that the lucents Which had lately occured would not Fesull tu any complications and. that a fettlement "would" be" reached The Amur River is one on which the deep water channel is sometimes onthe one barile and. sometimes the other and therefore it often hap bens that a Manehoulto steamer has {o pass case to the Soviet shore, but on the boat the right to take photo: raphe of fortifeations, no country in the' world permitting the nstionais of ther counts. to fake photographs of" anything connected "with the Country's defences. "Thus the whole the excitement concerning the 'Amur' incident wil probably' pass away very quickly, steamers navigat: ing'the river a8 formerly.
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