The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-03
Souiet Russia May
 Enter Chinese War
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Chinese-Japanese war but because of increasing tension between Jap. anese and foreign authorities ir Chinese cities. A raid on the Rus- sian consulate general at Tientsin subject of angry Russian protests al Nanking, Moscow and Tokyo, was but one manifestation of the con- plications.
 Japs, French Strained
 Relations between Japanese and the French at Tientsin became strained again when Japenese plain clothes men, shadowing survivors of the terrible airplane lombard ment of beautiwul Nankai univer- sity, raided an office in the French concession where professors of the school were meeting.
 There were frequent arguments at all concession borders, where Japanese troops faced those of for eign nations, stationed at Tientsin under the boxer treaty.
 United States Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson came here to confer with American consular officials regarding safety of Americans. Be- fore his arrival, he went from Tientsin to Nanking, the national capital, to see what the situation was there as regards the possibility of formal war.
 American Consul Acts
 if was learned that United States Consul General Clarence E. Gauss had called a secert conference of leading American residents of Shanghai to consider plans for evacuat ton of Americans even from Shanghai itself, in event of grave menace to them. Japan you'd be expected to bomb Shanghai If the war was extended southward.
 For the present the incident Of the raid on the Russian consulate general at Tientsin was a matter for consideration of the Russian and Japanese foreign offices. At the request of the Russian vice con- sul at Tientsin, the foreign consular body held an emergency meeting to discuss Implications of the raid. It was noteworthy that the Japanese did not attend the meeting.
 Under Auspices of Japan
 Russian Ambassador Dimitri Bob- olomov and Russian Consul General Michael J. Smirnov at Tientsin imply plainly the belief that the Tientsin raid was conducted under the auspices Of the Japanese army
 The allegation was: That white or c2arist Russians, agents of the Japanese army and armed with hand grenades and automatic rifles raided the consulate general while Japanese army ssntries stopped all traffic so that the work would not be impeded, and watched while the raiders removed official archives ir trucks and smashed windows and furniture. That with the white Russians were some Japanese.
 Bogolomov protested directly to Shinrokuro Hidaka, Japan charge d affaires at Nanking. HI. daka said that Japan was most anxious to avoid foreign complica- ton in North China and that he would communicate the protest tc army authorities at Tientsin. But a Japanese army spokesman, com menting merely denied that the army was involved in any way. Russian Leaders Angry
 Moscow, Aug. 3-(UP)-Russiar leaders, thoroughly angry at a raid on the consulate general at Tient- sin under the eyes of Japanese troops, awaited today 8 reply to an unusually strong protest to the Jap- aneSe government.
 With relations already strained because of clashes between Russian and Japanese -Manchukuan troops along the Amur river frontier be- tween Russia and Manchukuo, the news of the raid was regarded as a grave development. Russia holds Japan directly responsible.
 Soon after the first official re- ports of the raid were received, the government instructed its charge d affaires at Tokyo to protest the raid, demand punishment of the IHtuGIos 4CtuAAA O4 IAA OoNAAAANAAOS seized and compensation for dam- ages, and to insist on immediate effective measures to protect the consulate.
 Envious of Yankees
 Tientsin. Aug. 3 -(UP)- Envy spread her greenish hues over Tientsin today and affected rela- tions between British soldiers ano the 18th United States Infantry.
 The barracks of the 18th are al the north end of the former Ger man concession. bordering on the race course road. Across the road Is the boundary of the British con- ceSsion.
 Confined to their concession area the British have to look across the road and watch while Chinese. Jap- anese, Korean and Russian girls help to ease the rigors of war for the men of the 18th.
 The reason is that the 18th bar-