Protests Lodged with Tokyo and Soviet Consulate Tokyo, Oct, 13.
prolonged and complicated controversy over the alleged Manchoukuo border raids 1s foreseen in off cial circles here, Meanwhile, officials Joint out that the Manchoukuo authorities twice recently have protested to Soviet consular officials at Harbin, alleging that Soviet troops have repeatedly Jerossed the border in the same area where the Soviet Government now claims their territory has been violated.
Inability of either the Soviet or the /Manchoukuo military commanders 10 state the exact number of casualties the Grodekevo district is proving Jeonfusing inasmuch as all the alleged border violations occurred within a few miles from Pogranitehnaya, which has excellent communications, Heretofore, it hag been generally cheved. that the frontier "between the Soviet Union and. Manchoukuo was well marked. "Ultimate settle: ment of the situation, however, will probably hinge largely on the ques tion of which force actually violated the other's territory.
So far, it is not indicated here that the clash will develop into a serious situation, because Mr, Hirota, and "Yurenev, have been discussing for some time the establishment of Jan international "commission with authority to investigate and. settle such controversies on the spot.
The fact that the Soviet statement at Moscow said that M.—Yurenev would be instructed to "request" an investigation is. generally construed here to mean that the incident will not assume threatening proportions.—United Press.
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