"Deliberate Act to Invite Dispute" Alleged Tokyo, Sept. 13.
The Foreign Office today delivered a Note to the Soviet Embassy protesting against "illegal penetration" into Japanese territory by Soviet border guards near Handazawa, in Saghalien, on August 12, 22, 23 and Chinese troop remnants, north of the Yellow River, are alleged to have used gas shells during an attack upon Chinghwa, western terminus of the Taokow-Chinghwa Railway in north. western Honan province, on September 9, a belated official report reaching here today said.
Analysis by Japanese chemists has established that the shells contained phosgene, an asphyxiating gas, the report said.
The Chinese attack, launched at dawn, was repulsed, according to the dispatch.—Domei.
The alleged violation of the border described as "a deliberate act to invite a dispute and aggravate Russo-Japanese relations."—Reuter.
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