JAPAN AND SOVIET
FRONTIER INCIDENTS PROPOSED COMMISSION TOKIO'S STIPULATION By Telegraph—Press Association—"Copyright (Received February 17, fi.35 p.m.) Times Cable LONDON. Feb. 17 The Tokio correspondent of the Times describes "kite flying" which may herald a change in the relations between Russia and Japan. It is reported, says the correspondent that officials are considering a short-term pact with a view to ending the Jiusso-Japanese frontier incidents. Also, it is announced, the Army would welcome neutral observers on a commission to investigate the incidents. Both suggestions imply the admission that the Japanese Army's Russian policy has failed. The Times in a leailing article attributes Japan's braking of her Kwantung Army to Russia's strengthened position in the Far East, where she hns greatly increased her forces while her air fleet is superior to the Japanese in number and quality. Moreover, Russia's communications to the East are rapidly improving. A provocative policy against such a neighbour is dangerous. .
Another message from Tokio says Japan has declined to agree to a border commission as long as the Soviet insists upon a third country being represented on it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22346, 18 February 1936, Page 11
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