Soviet Officials' Suggestion to Manchoukuo Harbin, June 7.
It is reported to-day "that local [Soviet officials have intimated to the Manchoukuo Foreign Ministry that Soviet Russia is willing to convene 'a navigation conference to settle all outstanding questions in connection with the Amur River, which separates the new State from Russian territory.
They are reported also to hay stated that Soviet border troops ha\ been ordered to discontinue firing Manchoukuo steamers plying on in the past week Soviet troops are alleged to have fired at different times on three Manchoukuo vessels fon the "Amur. According to Manchoukuo sources, the firing took place without any provocation whatever, Dut Soviet citoles aver that the vessels in question had steamed close to the Russian shore of the fiver so as to enable people on board to take photographs and make other observations.
In the first case, the new State preterited a strong protest to the Soviet Consul-General at Harbin, M. Slavutsky, who is declared to have ignored it completely, as he had several previous complaints. This {ig stated to have resulted in a decision that Japan should in future hhandie all Manchoukuo's protests to the Soviet through the medium of the Japanese envoy at Moscow—Reuter.
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