Tokyo, July 17.
It seems to be seriously feared in Japan that in violating the frontier of Manchoukuo at Hunchun, where Soviet troops have taken possession of various hills on the Posset bight, Soviet Russia intends to enter the Far Eastern conflict on the side of China.
As reported from Hsinking, the Soviet Russian troops have in spite of the" Japanese protests not only not withdrawn but have entrenched themselves in new positions.
The tone of the Japanese' press towards Soviet Russia is becoming more and more threatening. A Japanese news organ declares that the supreme military commands in Manchoukuo and Korea expect the i mediate withdrawal of the Soviet troops as the sole means of arriving at.a peaceful solution., Otherwise, Japan was firmly determined to restore the original state again through the use of military power. It is stated that a final and binding delineation of the frontier between Manchoukuo and Soviet Russia isi urgently necessary in order to make future incidents—that might have serious consequences for Moscow—impossible.
It is declared in military circles here that provision has been made for the strongest military protection of Manchoukuo in spite of the war with China, Any encroachment by Moscow on Manchoukuo would be stotitly resisted by force.
In view of the attitude taken by the Japanese military authorities, the! outbreak of a conflict between Japanese troops and the Soviet force that has penetrated into Manchoukuo territory must be expected unless the Soviet forces are withdrawn at the last moment.—Trans-Ocean,
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