SOVIET WARNS JAPAN
« Now Treaty Thought Ominous FRONTIER RAIDS CONTINUE
•’SHOOT 0\ SIGHT" ORDER ro RED ARMY
* EONDO.N. March 30. ! ;v ‘ ,v correspondent of Telegraph” says that trie >oviet has clearly warned •I-"''-” that Russia is prepared to -kht in the event of further Japanese or Manchukao aggres-'it-n ia Outer Mongolia, by the announcement of a treaty of mutual assistance between the >. \tet and Outer Mongolia. On announcement Outer Monimmediately protested to Manchukuo about recent raids. A Kalian-Mongolian treaty has hm .; been suspected. Its' proclamation now is ominous because of the probability of the continuance of Japanese incur■'i< ns. in which invaders have three times recently used artil- • 4 r v . only retreating when a "Mongolian” war aeroplane appeared. - : ‘ r ar.r.c a;:center.: of the treaty aero mean ted by instructions to *-•- Army to shoo: at sight in event of :urthc-r Japanese viola*.:ns n the frontier, suggesting that: ■:r ng tt withstand Japanese pres■•uro. as Gertttuny ;s too busily occu- i .■ i western Europe to menace ■ .v- SnVitr! ut ■ •-1 • -n spite cf t;ie Russian ••am mg two Japanese forces later. ..rrssed tne frontier sintultanccusly,. a: o.flerent points. One. consisting. : .-even lorry-loads of soldiers, : ..tnmrated 30 miles and attached a hi mgeman post. The second at- ; •sorted Bmunderst;. Beth were repulsed with heavy fjjses after the frontier guards had ' toon reinforced. It is believed that, *he _ raids indicate that the Man- ' cnul-tuo Army chiefs are seeking ‘to, provoke a serious clash. ;
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21746, 31 March 1936, Page 11
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