The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-25
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Fully Responsible
For Prosecutions
Full Text of Statement
by Soviet Union
Is Published
lspeeIal % the paily workerl

MOSCOW, Aug. "a (By
Wireless). = Exposing tn e
plots and provocations of the
Japanese militarists against
the Soviet Union, and sharply
protesting the warlike ac-
tions of the Japanese-Man-
chukuo forces, Ambassador
Yurenef of the Soviet Union yes
terday handed Foreign Minister
Hirota vigorously worded note.
The full text of the Soviet note
follows:
Soviet citizens, employees Of the
Chinese Eastern Railway, mostly oc-
cuping responsible posts, have been
arrested on the Eastern line Of the
c. E. r.
These arrests practically deprived
the Eastern line Of the C. E. r. Of it's
leading staff, and greatly impeded
further work Of the line. which. in
spite of all difficulties created by
local authorities and the absense of
the necessary guard continues to
function, thanks only to the heroic
efforts of the railway employees,
mainly Soviet citizens
In order to justify these unlaw-
full and causeless arrests of Soviet
employees, absurd accusations are
being fabricated that they allegedly
organized attacks on Japanese mill
tary missions, bandit raids on trains,
and train wrecks, perpetrated rob-
berries, murders, kidnapped railway
employees, and members of their
families, etc.
Such accusations, whose lack Of
foundation is quite evident, are Of
f1cially supported by the Japanese
War Office and representatives Of
the Foreign Ministry.
Not limiting themselves to arrests
Of employees of the C. E. R., and
absurd charges against them, the
Japan-M anchurian authorities bring
the same charges against official
institutions and representatives Of
the U. S. S. r. in Manchuria, name
", against the Soviet consulate and
the consul himself, the Pogranicla-
maya station, and also against the
staff Of the special Far Eastern Red
Army.
THE Soviet government regards
these actions, which coincide with
the actual break by the Manchurian
side of the Toxic negotiations for
the sale Of the G. E. R., as causing
Reorganization In the work Of the
railway, and eoarsely violating the
U. S. S. R. rights under the G. E. r.
agreement.
The Soviet government especially
points out that the japanese war
Office, in an official communique
dated Aug. II, permitted itself the
unheard-of statement that orders
regarding preparation Of train
wrecks and raids were issued by the
special Far Eastern Red Army to
which the japanese War Office as
cribeS the leadership of bandit de-
tachments to the C. E. R. through
some actually nonresident organi-
cation of Soviet employees on the
c. E. r.
The japanese War Office accom-
panies these assertions with state
ments of an aggressive nature
against the U. S. S. R. The Jap
anese government cannot fail to I'M
derstand that such statements OF
the japanese War Office, which late
ly become more frequent, coupled
with the aforesaid actions in Man
churia, are a sign of increasingly
aggressive intentions of some official
japanese circles.
Regarding the Manchu-ian au-
thorities and the japanese govern
ment to be responsible for said ac-
tons, the Soviet government has
instructed me to protest.
The government of the U. S. S.
R. counts on the japanese govern-
ment drawing all necessary conclu-
sions."