The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
Troops Seek to Penetrate
the SOUiet-MdncIluridn Border;
KirOV Killer Tells Murder Story
Attack on Soviet Guards
Is Latest of Many
PrOvOcatiOns

HARDIN. Manchuria, Dee. 23-
Japanese-led Manchurian troops
Yesterday surrounded an isolated
detachment Of Soviet border guards
on Soviet territory in the Tungning
area on the Wushekou River, about
so miles northwest of Vladivostok.
This bold thrust against the Soviet
Union, follows whole series Of
provocative firing upon Soviet FROM
tier guards from the Manchu-ian
side on the state boundary of the
U.SS.R. during the past two weeks.
The Manchurian troops surround
ed and cut of the Soviet guards
who were stationed on recently
! formed island on the Soviet side of
the Wushckou River which changed
its course during the past summer
floods.
japanese imperialism has been
exceedingly active in this sector,
preparing for war, with particular
attention to Selling Vladivostok as
part of its plans for the invasion
of the Soviet Union. The island
in the Wushekou River, which APP
peared after the floods receded, was
Immediately fortified with barbed
wire by the Soviet guards, and he'd
in the course of events without any
I immediate objections from the jap
ansse militar.sts.
Japanese Military Activity
! Only recently, however, and with
out warning their troops were or
dered to march against the Soviet
! guards. All communications with
the mainland were cut OF.
The Japanese military has been
particularly active recently in the
/ Tungning district Large war air
bases have been constructed at
Nottingham, Hailin and Mishan.
Heavy troop concentrations have
been going on at these points
All of the intensified war activi-
ties in these zones have suspiciously
been speeded up following the as
sassination of Comrade Kirov and
under the bars age of anti-Soviet att
tacks from many foes of the work.
ers' fatherland throughout the
world.
Provocational firing upon Soviet
frontier guards from the Manchu-
rian side on the state boundary Of
the U.S.S.R. and Manchuria in the
Blagovestchensk region is reported
to have occurred during the last
two weeks, continuing up to the
( present. according to accounts puo-
lished in all Hardin papers today.
Guards Fired On
A Soviet frontier guard named
Korneev who was on duty on Nov.
%. qua ding the state border within
three miles from the village of BIZ
bikovo. tforty miles from Blagoye5t-
chensk) was shot at by three I'M
known individuals on Manchurian
territory armed with rifles. On
Dec. 2. two miles from the village
of Vcrkhne Blagovestchensk, the
guard of defense equipment was
fred upon from the Manchurian
side. The shooter hid himself in
the hills.
Near Sakhalin on Dec. 4 Soviet
sentry was fired upon from Man
churian territory, the bullet pass
ing just above his head. In other
cases it was not only thanks to
happy coincidence that Soviet from
tier guards have not suffered. The
consul of the US.S.R. at Sakhalin
delivered a protest to the local dip
lomatic agent of the Manchurian
government against these violations
of the Soviet state boundary.
The japanese government is TAX
ing the most far-fung measures to
prepare for war in this sector, along
the Soviet-Manchurian border near
Vladivostok, and in the Amur re-
gion of Northwestern Manchuria.
To Settle Soldiers at Border
On the same day that the Jap-
anese- Manchurian troop movements
we're reported in the Tungning re-
gion, the Manchurian authorities in
Mukden announced an agreement"
had been reached with the JAPAN
csc government for the financing OF
japanese settlers along the Soviet
border.
A 100000 yen fund (s14,000,000)
: had been provided to finance the
: immigration of 100000 Japanese
farmers to settle in Manchuria
along the Soviet border. Preference
| is given to soldiers who served in
: the army during the Manchurian
expeditions. The aim is in this
manner to build UP military reserves
to assist the army in war against
: the U.S.S.R and to counterfeit the
hostility of the Chinese masses
under the Japanese yoke in Mans
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