Moscow, July 6.
The Soviet version of the latest clash on the Siberian-Manchoukuoan border was revealed in an official communique released here to-day.
A battle occurred ón Monday, the communique said, and "the foreign office sharply protested to the Japanese Embassy," against what it termed "mew attacks on Soviet border patrols, without provocation."
The first battle occurred at 12.15 p.m, on Monday, it was said, when a Soviet patrol sighted a detachment of Japanese-Manchoukuoan soldiers on Soviet territory north of Lake Kankha.
"The enemy fired on our soldiers," the communique said, but after a vigorous defence, the Soviet guards caused the invaders to flee. Several of the Japanese-Manchoukuo detachment left their knapsacks behind, the communique asserted, "Another battle occurred the same day at 230 pin, under similar circumstances, according to the Soviet report—United Press, tang leader, and president of Peiping National Academy, in an interview with Havas yesterday.
Dr. Li arrived here last week to attend the Second Conference of National Commissions on Intellectual Ca-operation, and will give an address on the "Role of National Commissions in making the activities of the International Organization for Intellectual Ca-operation known on a national plan."
"I reached Paris on June 29," he said, "and have ever since been immersed in no less than four international conferences or congresses. These will last exactly a'month, until Jüly 29, and it will be a month of intellectual ce-operation.
"In my report. I shall say what the. Chinese Commission thinks of the organization for Intellectual Cooperation, which is under the wing of the League of Nations. The organization has several years of history behind it already and has attained some remarkable achievements.- So long as we do not reach universal brotherhood, according to the Chinese philosophy of the Confucian school, our mission is not done.
Dr. Li had much praise for French sinologues and remarked that the French had more institutions for the
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