Dairen, July 24.
Commenting on the situation on the et Manchoukuo frontier, where tension rose to a considerable degree some days ego, informed quarters here point out that the recent crisis was due to the general nervousness prevailing in the frontier region rather than to changes in the actual situation.
It is declared that some units of the Soviet army on the frontier have during the last years regularly been moved to camps in the disputed hills near Changkufeng during the hottest summer months. On previous occa-us, the Japanese never took any steps to prevent this practice, apparently because they regarded the valleys of the frontier region as unfit for settlement purposes. This year however the occupation of the frontier region by Soviet troops caused considerable excitement in Manchoukuo, both in view of the Soviet Union's attitude towards the Sino-Japanese conflict and because it was reported that the Soviet troops were constructing fortifications in the occupied area. This excitement received a further stimulus from exaggerated reports printed by certain papers. It appears, however, that the Japanese authorities are anxious not to accentuate the existing iension by military measures, although some quarters in Japan regard the intensified Soviet activity on the frontier as a manœuvre intended to prevent the transfer of Japanese troops from Manchoukuo to The Japanese military auies, it is declared, are therefore not inclined to get unduly excited and are merely regrouping the Japanese forces in Manchoukuo and Korea so as to be prepared for any eventuality.—Trans-Ocean.
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