MILITARY PREPARATIONS

Evening Star, Issue 21570, 16 November 1933, Page 11

MILITARY PREPARATIONS

RUSSIA IN THE FAR EAST MANY FRONTIER INCIDENTS REPORTED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SHANGHAI, November 15. (Received November 16, at noon.) Just what all the feverish military preparations by both the Manchukuo and Soviet Governments portend is still a matter of the gravest conjecture in this part of the world, particularly since the situation along the frontiers is steadily becoming worse, with repeated assertions of minor incidents which are prompting exchanges of bitter recriminations by both countries. Foreign trans-Siberian travellers reaching here assert that Russia is making vast military preparations throughout the entire country. One British traveller states that traiulpads of military stores were seen along the route from the Ural. Mountains to Chita. The stations were loaded with military trucks, tanks, tractors, guns, and aeroplanes. The journey was interrupted by repeated delays of several hours while troop trains were given the right of way. From Baikal to Chita great barracks are being built, while in several places large numbers of aeroplanes were seen in the open fields, where hangars were under construction. Everywhere it is evident that the Soviet is preparing by military methods to meet any sudden development arising from the Japanese and Mancltukuo attitude.