Sensational Story Told by Traveller at Dairen Dairen, Aug. 8.
A sensational story. hitherto with-gut confirmation from ofleal quar-here by a traveller from Fs, was related to newspapermen
North Manchoukuo, who said that a serious clash between Japanese troops and Soviet frontier patrols occurred on August 5 in the vicinity of Pogranchaya, at the eastern terminus of the North Manchuria Railway According to the traveller, whose story should be accepted with reserve pending official confirmation, over 100 Japanese wore believed have been killed in the clash.
News of the reported clash, if correct would normally have been received in Dairen much sooner. but. newspapermen here, while somewhat sceptical of the traveller's story, suggest the possibility of the news having been "stopped" by the Jopanese and Manchoukuo censors, The traveller declared that, following the initial clash in which 100 Japanese were killed, reinforeements were rushed to the scene by the Japanese military authorities, and, after a severe engagement in which both sides lost heavily the Russians were repulsed. The Russians, hho stated, were later reinforced, and at the time of his departure, both forces were confronting each other, occasionally exchanging shots. The situation in Pogranichnaya, he aeed, was very ugly—Reuter.
(Clash Dented Moscow, Aug.
Reports from Dairen concerning a serious clash between Japanese troops and Soviet frontier patrols on August 5 in the vicinity Pogranitehnaya, at the eastern terminus of the Chinese Eastern Rallway, were denied here to-day.
The story was said to be "foundationless."—Reuter.
Changchun, Aug. 9.
The Kwantung Army to-day categorically denied the sensational story from Dairen of a clash between Japanese troops and Soviet patrols near Pogronitehnaya August. 5. There have been no frontier incidents in August, it is stated—Reuter.
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