Tokyo, July 25.
The Japanese fleet will shortly stage a demonstration under conditions approximating those which would prevail in. war time in order to intimate clearly Japan's readiness to protect her vital oil and coal concessions in North Sakhalin, it was announced last might by Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, the Navy Minister,—Trans-Ocean.
Tokyo, July 25.
The Japanese and Manchoukuo counter-offensive against combined Soviet and Outer Mongol troops which crossed the Khafha River is "developing favourably," according to a communique issued at 1135 a.m. yesterday by the headquarters of the Kwantung Army at Changchun.
The Japanese and Manchoukuo forces, the communique says, "successfully repulsed" the Soviet and Outer Mongol troops to a point beyond the border on July 11, and since then have been watching their movements while dealing with remnants of Soviet and Outer Mongol troops in the Nomonhan area.
Soviet-Outer Mongol forces, however, it continues, "have persisted in maintaining a provocative attitude" by establishing strong artillery positions on the western bank of the Khalha River and reinforcing their tank units and artillery forces. Watching for an opportunity to cross the border again, the communique states, they attempted repeated, small-scale attacks on Japanese positions, but were successfully repulsed.
Some 2,000 Soviet and Outer Mongol troops, armed with about 100 tanks, are said to have crossed the border and attacked the Japanese-Manchoukuo forces at 7 am, on Sunday, "whereupon the Japanese-Manchoukuo forces launched a general counter-attack of them."—
Reuter.
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