TROOPS BOMBED.

Wairarapa Age, 15 February 1936, Page 5

TROOPS BOMBED.

SERIOUS FRONTIER CLASH IN MONGOLIA. ALLEGATIONS AGAINS SOVIET ’PLANES. TANTAMOUNT TO ACT OF WAR. (Received Friday, 11.20 p.m.) HARBIN, February 14. It is reported from Hailar that two Soviet 'planes bombed Japan-ese-Manchukuo troops on the Mongolian frontier. The Manchukuo Foreign Office spokesman described the bombing as tantamount to an act of war without formal declaration. He added that his Government took the most serious view of the affair and would take the most suitable effective counter-measures. The alleged bombing is stated to have occurred during a sharp encounter between Mongols and Japanese-Manehu-kuo troops. The fighting lasted for nine hours before the Mongols were forced to retreat. Japanese aeroplanes are reported to be standing by at Tsitsihar, but according to a Tokio message the belief persists that neither the Russians nor Japanese wish to precipitate hostilities at present. SIX MEN KILLED. JAPANESE COMMUNIQUE. LONDON, February 13. The “Sun-Herald” news agency says that a serious frontier action between Japanese and Soviet troops resulted in six men being killed. An official communique from Tokio says that bombs, machine-guns, and field guns were employed, and two Soviet war aeroplanes bombed Japanese soldiers. The battle occurred at Olohodoka, on the frontier of outer Mongolia and Manchukuo, where incidents have recently led to increased tension. According to the statement of Japanese and Manchukuo troops, while they were demarcating the frontier “®*\ Lake Buir Nor the y encountered 20(1 Mongols. The Japeiese party drove the Mongols off, occupied Olohodoka, and captured a field gun, a machine-gun and eight Mongols. A Japanese lieutenant and five Japanese soldiers were killed.