Eastern Gates into Russia Closed
SHIPS AT VLADIVOSTOK TOKIO, Feb. 1. All rail traffic into Russia from Japan has been stopped at Manchuli and Pogranitchnaya, and all ferry traffic barred entry at Vladivostok. Two Japanese steamers serving as ferries between the mainland and Vladivostok were denied wharfage at that port. Their crews were detained and searched. The,ill-treatment of Russian nationals in Manchukuo is given as the Soviet’s reason for the closure, which may only be temporary. Meanwhile traffic can not proceed to Europe via Siberia. The Japanese Government believes that tho action is the result of allegations at the Moscow treason trial that its military attaches plotted with Soviet railway officials. If this is true, a cleaning-out of unreliable officials is probably going op
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 40, 17 February 1937, Page 7
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