The Archive · 1939

Border Fighting

Those Contradictory Reports To the Editor of the "Norrt-Ciixa Day News"

Sm—The astute interest of the general reading public attached to the current event on the Soviet-Mongol border may be very well comprehended. What remains to be plausible og yet however, appearing Strange {o an average shrewd mind, is the presence of Reuler's special correspondent "together with Japanese forces.

Tnasmuch as the hostile attitude of the Japanese to everything British, becomes plain, especially in conjunc: tion with recent outrages in Tientsin and current proceedings in Tsingiao, where the windows of H. M. Con: late and seven British firms were stoned and damaged by "demonstrate ors" during recent "anti-British out. break" prompting the departure of HMS, Lowestoft. to protect British lives and property, the presence of Reuter's special correspondent "with Nippon forees" reporting mostly of the "sweeping Japanese successes" remains a puzzle to an average and impartial reader, Quite contradictory reports _emanate from the war-zone correspondents of respective news agencies. On July 11 United Press "at the front" reports Oficial Japanese ciated. that "38 So Reuter "at the front" among other information reports on July 11, An undetermined number of Japan airerait engobed 24" Soviet Since Domel's report, cannot taken into actual consideration due fo "70 Soviet planes" having already been downed on that or previous day the reports of foreign agencies "at the front" appear to be a trifle

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