Tokyo, July 12.
'ANCHOUKUO is prepared to enter into negotiations with the Soviets over the border fighting and would even be ready to accept Mongol proposals for settling disputes over the actual demarcation of the border, a Manchoukuo Government spokesman announced at Changchun today, according to dispatches reaching here.
The Manchoukuo Government lodged two vigorous protests against the alleged illegal crossing of the border by Outer Mon~' golian and Soviet troops, the spokesman revealed.
The Outer Mongol Government, however, not only failed to reply to the protests, but countered with a protest of its own, he said.
Pointing out. that Khalka River forms the alleged boundary between Manchoukuo and Outer Mongolia as stifled by history and past admin-Istration," the spokesman insisted that Manchoukuo and Japan had been compelled to fight because they were forced to invoke the right of self defence.
Japan and Manchoukwo naturally had to repulse Soviet and Outer Mongol forees because they came beyond the border, he said.
The spokesman said that he floped peace Would shortly return to the border and indicated that Manchou-Kuo was ready to accept proposals by Outer Mongolia for settling the border disputes if any such suggestions were fortheoming—United Press.
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