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Four Mongolian Officials Executed ARRESTS AT TOKIO (By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright.) (Received 23, 8.40 a.m.) TOKIO, April 22. Four Mongolian officials charged with betraying military secrets to the Soviet were court-martialled and executed. They included General Ling Sheng, ex-Governor of the North Hsingan province. Two officer officials were sentenced to 15 and 12 years’ imprisonment respectively. The heavy losses sustained by ManchukuoJapanese forces against the Outer Mongols was attributed to information supplied by General Ling Sheng. Tho newspaper “Hochi Shimbun” announces the arrest of 17 Japanese on suspicion of complicity in espionage involving the Soviet.
The “Hochi Shimbun” accuses the Russian Embassy of maintaining a network of spies preparatory to a war with Japan. These allegedly .reconnoitred internal conditions with the intention of reconstructing the Japanese Communist. Party, which entails the death penalty.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 111, 23 April 1936, Page 5
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