Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
RUSSIAN WAR MOVE
AGAINST CH|NAOVER
RAIDS IS REPORTED
Soviet Troops Invade Man.
chWia, Establishing Out
posts, London Hears.
CHANG HSIA0-LIANG ASKS
| NANKING FOR PROTECTION
Nationalists Announce No Reports
of Action Received, in OF.
cial Statement.
b. the Associated Press.

| b. the Associated Press.
NANKING, China, June l4.-The
Nationalist government officially an
nounced today that 1t had received
no reports about an alleged Russian
invasion of Mongolia and Man
churia in reprisal for Manchurian
raids on Soviet consulates May q.
LONDON, June IA 'CP).-The Express
today prints a dispatch from Peiping.
China, saying that Soviet Russia has
launched the first direct war move
against China following the recent
raids on Soviet consulates In Man
churia.
Soviet troops were reported to have
crossed the Siberian border and to
have established outposts east of
Manchouli.
Soviet Reinforcements Rushed.
The Soviets were said to be rushing
reinforcements In special trains over
the Transsiberian Railway.
Chang Hsiao-Liang, dictator Of
Manchuria in succession to his father,
the late Chang Tso-Lin, has sent an
urgent appeal to Marking advising that
measures be taken to protect his terri
tory. A plenary session of the Central
Executive of the Kuomintang has been
convened hurriedly to consider the sit
uation.
Mongolia Already Russia's Ally.
The Express says that outer Mongolia
Se q fI 0
ally of Russia, whose next move prob
ably would be occupation Of part of
Manchuria, to be held until satisfaction
for recent raids on Soviet consulates Is
received and the ownership of the
Chinese Eastern Railway settled.
The Government Of Nanking was said
to have been notified by its consuls in
Russia, that the consulates were sur
rounded by Russian troops.
Russian outposts were understood to
have been established at Khailar,
Northwestern Manchuria. east of Man
chouli. Manchuria provincial troops
were under arms at Algun or Heilan-
kiang, on the River Amur. near Bla-
goveschchensk, Northwestern Man
churia, with others available at Kirin
and Fengtien. Khailar Is on the rail-
road across Manchuria to Mukden and
Dairen.
Forty Arrested al Harbin.
Police in Harbin. Manchuria, on May
%, raided the Soviet consulate there,
arresting 40 persons, three of them
women. including the consul general,
3. N. Melnikoff, and the Mukden con-
sui general, N. Z. Kuznetzoff. It was
alleged the basement of the building
had been used as meeting place for
the Third Internationale.
considerable amount OF literature,
which, 1t was said, proved subversive
Soviet activity In China, was conflscat-
ed, and it was understood recently was
being sent to Nanking after translation
and cataloguing.
There were reports at the time the
Chinese Marking government authori-
ties sought through the raid to establish
Soviet connection with the uprising of
Feng Yu-Hsiang. former minister of
war and Central China war lord. Other
reports insisted the Manchurian au-
thorities had acted on their own initia-
tive.
Karakhan Protests to China.
formal note OF protest was handed
STA Wei Sung, Chinese charge d'affaires
in Moscow, by L. NJ Karakhan, former
Soviet ambassador to China. The note
also demanded return of property, in
cluding money. which 1t alleged had
been confiscated Abount the same
time, STA Wei Sung notified his govern
ment that Chinese consular representa-
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