Nanking, Aug. 2.
Inviting Mr, Shinrokuro Hidaka, japanese Charge D'Affaires, at 10 crelock this "morning, Mr." Dmitrli Bogomoloff, Soviet Ambassador, quested the Japanese official to communicate to the Japanese Army in. Tientsin a request lor the immediate cessation of the "pillaging" of the Soviet Consulate-General in the northern port city.
Basing his verbal demarche on a report he had received from. Smirnoff, Soviet Vice-Consul, the Ambassador stated that a group of White Russians, "including some Jaanese" had "broken into" the Soviet Consulate-General in Tientsin and had been carrying away official documents, Mr, Hidaka is understood to have promised Mr. Bogomoloff to commun! cate with the authorities in Tientsin '2nd (0 carry out the Ambassador's Wishes if his allegations prove to be true—Domel, 'One of those arrested and now still detained, according to the report, is Dr. Wilson Wei, Editor-in-Chlet' of *Pelping News." an Englishsnguage dally published under the auspices of the Hopel-Charhar Pollt!- cal Council, Up to now, the message added, five newspaper offices have been closed by the Japanese—Central News,
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