Tokyo, May 24.
Outer Mongol troops since Jast The fresh case of border trouble January, he went on, have frequent-between Manchoukuo and Outer ty been invading this part of Man-Mongolia is "quite simple." according choukuo territory, resulting in minor io the spokesman for the Foreign clashes with border patrols.
Office, He declared that they had been Replying to a question by a for-reinforced since the reported clash eign correspondent this morning, the on May 11, and had made repeated spokesman stated that Outer Mongol attempts to wrest that district from troops had repeatedly attempted to the Manchoukuo patrols, but they had invade Nomonshan. on the Khalka Leen driven away each time.
River east of the Buirnor Lake. They Simultaneously with the alleged were repulsed, he said, by Japanese crossing of the border, the spokesman end Manchoukuo forces "on every id, nther Outer Mongol troops had occasion." d Manchoukuo territory near The spokesman said he did not amíao, but they were repulsed expect the affair to develop into the by Japanese and Manchoukuo fore: proportions of the Changkufeng "Into the south of the Khalka River. cident," while the Japanese and Man-'Since then, Outer. Mongol troops choukuo forces, he declared. were had been concentrated to the south now firmly secured on the border. of the Khalka River, where they after having repelled all Outer were repeating their attempts to in-Mongol attempts to cross. vade Manchoukuo.
Reviewing the development of the The spokesman pointed out that fresh border clash, the spokesman the border to the east of Lake Burnor stated that the present affair began was demarcated along the Khalka en May 11, when Japanese and Man-River, as was contended by the Manchoukuo forces launched a counterchoukuo delegates to the Manchuli attack against some 90 Outer Mongol Conference in 1935, though the border regulars, who, the spokesman alleged, near the mouth of the Khalka River, had.crossed the border and entered which flows into Lake Burnor, runs Manchoukuo territory some 15 kilo-tó the south of the river in the maps. Cod to the south-east of Nom-The spokesman added that the othe Outer Mongol troops, he said. present incident-had been precipitated mise machine-guns and entirely by: the-alleged. illegal crossing of the border Souter Mongol troops,—Reuter. the closing in stound the mill of Japanese troops. This was denied by British officials yesterday, who point. ed out that some sailors still remained, although they would be withdrawn as the result of an amicable settlement with the Japanese,
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