The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-18

no hint of this in reports received
here"
Analyses Strategy Of Attack ON Soviet
Tacitly admitting that the Japanese
seizure of Manchuria and Eastern
Mongolia would include the seizure
of the Soviet China owned Eastern
Chinese Railway and constitute q
provocation against the Soviet Union
the Washington experts express the
hope that in that event "Russia's in
tentions would become known more
definitely" They then proceed to
analyze the strategic positions of the
Soviet Union and Japan as follows:
g. in authoritative expert
opinion here, there is little that
Russia can do in a military way
for some time, and nothing to stop
the Japanese occupation of all
Manchuria. Japan could quickly
more than match any forces Russia
could send to the Far East within
the next few months and, more
over, would have the advantage of
operating on interior military lines.
at is believed that Russia might
delay operations until Spring, be-
iieying that the Chinese forces
would be effective In marrying oper-
atoms and that during the winter
Russian forces could be built in the
Far East. AS an alternative, Rus
STA might not delay aggressive
steps, on the theory that because
| of economic conditions at home
Japan could not long support large
forces In Manchuria. But there Is
no clue in adyices received here as
! to what Russia might do should
the Japanese forces advance fur
ther In North Manchuria."
More Anti Soviet Lies.
The anti-Soviet lies emanatins
from Toxic have been silenced TO
the time being by the sharp note o.
protest of the Soviet Union to Japan
The lies still continue to be peddlet
by the Japanese military in the field
however. The Japanese Commands
in Manchuria, General HOMO, las
night handed TO a New York Time!
correspondent the following hodge
podge Of lies and assumptions:
I'VE have no direct proof that
Ma Chen-shan is getting Russian
assistance, but there is much reli-
able evidence that indirect aid is
reaching him from Russian quar-
tiers. Quantities of arms of Rus
sian manufacture are reaching his
army and he also has anti-aircrstt
guns and machine guns such as he
never had before.
"HIS METHODS AND TACTICS
ARE RUSSIAN. AND 1T is
KNOWN THAT WHENEVER MA
CHEN SHAN INSPECTS HIS
FRONT LINES HE is ALWAYS
ACCOMPANIED BY A NON
CHINESE Emphasis ours, Daily
Worker.
1T may be that there are no
Russian officers in his camp, but 1
understand that his forces include
two or three thousand Chinese and
Koreans who have served in the
Red Army and have had Russian
training"
Sharp Fighting Near Tsitsihar
A Shanghai dispatch reports re-
ceipt of word from Hardin of "seri-
Gus fighting between the Chinese and
Japanese troops along the Nonni
River, which has been crossed BY
1000 Japanese with the apparent in
tention Of attacking Tsitsihar. 1t Is
reported that 800 Chinese attacked
the Japanese who replied with a gen.
eral movement.
"A dispatch from Toxic TO the New
York Times reports:
"Tonight's reports are incon-
elusive. Hardin reports that large
body Of Heilungkiang cavalry,
which attempted to blow up an iron
bridge five miles east OF Tansing,
FLASHED with the Japanese, and
severe fighting is now proceeding"
Another dispatch from Toxic re-