Prest Our Own Conmesronsene Mukden, Feb. 20.
The number of troops involved in border incidents, and the seriousness jot the engagements along the fronters has steadily increased. Further troop concentrations are reporied and the tone of the protests and denoun-Jciations becomes disquietingly sharper. [Fortunately for the outlook for peace recent despatches from the Tokyo Foreign OMice contain no hint of sabre-rattling and urge the sound Jand peaceful settlement of the dis putes.
'A two weeks visit in the North from which I have just returned provided no little Information on the Atutude of the authorities on both sides.
According to Soviet circles their boundary is adequately marked and their claims convincingly document-Jed, They state that though eight months has elapsed since they pro-}posed the outline of a convention to [provide for the establishment of a border commission by the three Governments, the district ofMfces of this commission to deal with each oat incident og it arose, no reply has been received.
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