Serious Incidents if Manchoukuo Authorities Try To Eject Soviet Soldiers: Tokyo, July 16. piss were expressed in Changchun (Hsinking) tonight that serious incidents might occur if the Manchoukuo authorities attempt to eject 40 Soviet soldiers forcibly from a point claimed to be Manchoukuo territory. Reports circulated both here and in Changchun indicated that the 40 Russian soldiers were remaining near the town of Changku, or Changkaofeng, near Hungchun. Manchoukuo authorities were considering resorting to force to oust the Soviet soldiers but the belief that such a measure might lead to a major incident with serious consequences caused the military to await the replies of Moscow to protests made by Changchun and Tokyo.
Manchoukuo political circles regard the present impasse as serious because the Government alleges the Soviet soldiers are erecting fortifications in territory which it claims in. disputably belongs to Manchoukuo.—United Press.
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