Japanese Reports Claim He Is War Commissar Tokyo, Nov. 27.
Japanese circles here to-day were Jelteulating a report that M. Ugancto [Orelsky, new Soviet Ambassaaor to China, in reality is a former Assist~ lant Commissar of War named Smirnow. The new Ambassador, the report alleged, was proceeding [China with fifty Soviet planes, ten Jerack Russian aviators and large Quantities of munitions Meanwhile, It was impossible to disprove rumours that the Soviet [Union was planning a diplomatic shake-up in Japan under which the local Embassy staff possibly would be reduced to skeleton proportions The Japanese Foreign Ofllce to-d protested to the Soviet Embassy against alleged unfriendly treatment Jof Japanese consular Stadivestok. The. Japanese. alleged that Soviet authorities failed to permit [Japanese consular officials from pro-seeding to their posts promptly and {failed to supply an adequate supply of wholesome water to Japanese officials in Russia, The Foreign Office also alleged that Soviet physicians had refused to attend promptly Japanese residents of the Soviet Union. The local Soviet Embassy was said to have promised relieve these conditions some time ago, but that the alleged abuses had been permitted to continue—United Press,
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