v SIBERIA TROOP OP MOVES POINT TO WAR RUSSIA MASSES MILITARY ALONG AlON STRATEGIC LINES LINES' Movements Began Weeks Ago Ao Neutral Observers I Report in China ANSWER RED NOTE Nationalists Call O on Soviet Sovi Savio i et et- fo for Action N H HARBIN Manchuria Man h July 17 Associated Press Troop Press Troop movements move moye- move move- mints ments in n Siberia have been on a like scale for some e. e weeks I according to reports reaching Harbin Har Harbin Harbin Har- Har bin by neutral observers The Russians canceled al all leaves of absence In in the military military- district of ot Siberia we weeks ks ago and b began gan to move soldiers soldiers' toward to various im import important im- im port nt strategic points along long the frontier Observers say the Russians have been paying particular atter attention on to the organization qt of Mongolians s Into Into regular r tro troops p under Russian Russ an officers off off- cers eer e oR troops troops' p 1 fa 0 b. b be near r consisting c cf of members of tl the e Young Glens Glen's Co Communist asBo as association as- as Bo of ot a a varIety of ot races i There Were erG cavalry alry and infantry un units ts and some artillery ther there The Thc organization tion of ot the district dis dis- began s several cral months ago go after atter the the- arrival of sixty five gradUates graduates graduates grad grad- of ot the tho propaganda nd sch school ol HAR HARBIN IN Manchuria Jt July 17 Unit United d Press Press Due Due Du to the arrival l lon on the Russian Sl n frontier of V t two divisions of ot soviet troops the railway railway rail rall- w way connection b between tw- tw Siberia and Manchuria was completely disrupted disrupt pt ed at 2 p. p m m. m today China July 17 11 As Associated Press Press Chinas China's nationalist government has to soviet Russia's ultimatum growing out of ot Manchurian seizure s lz iz ro re of ot the Chinese Eastern railway the l' l governments government's governments government's gov gov- erm answer anwer being dispatched Just within the three-day three time limit named by Moscow l Th The note after seeking to justify e events ts' ts In Manchuria anch c contained con con- n- n tamed three points of ot sa sallen lien imp Importance ortan or- or tan tance e That very ery soon will s send nd Ch Chu Zao Zab Yang Tang former ambassador am atM scow who Is ia n now w In Continued fe on page e 5 5 5 RUSSIA MASSES A M ST STRATEGIC R T EGI LINES Continued from page 1 to Moscow t Jo t discuss mat matters tens pending b between tween the two g go gov vern v- v ern RELEASE I PR PRISONERS A demand which demand which was emphasIzed emphasized sized as as not a a. counter demand demand- that the soviet release release- all aU Chinese Imprisoned in Russia A sl similar demand demal d that the Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow government protect adequately Chinese nationals in Russia front aggression and repression Almost ost coln coincidental with the dispatch of ot the governments government's reply to Moscow It was revealed th that 15 Manchurian troops troops' had been mobilized within the past forty forty- el eight ht ho hours rs for tor strategic positions on n the border principally at lit Man Man- chull the terminus of the Chinese Eastern railway In Iii Justifying seizure of ot the Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese neze Eastern railroad and exp expulsion of ot Its is' is R Russian v officers and em om- om the the note declared that they arid and Russia had not abided by the agreement ent of ot 1924 fixing the thi relationship relationship rela rela- of ot the two countries with regard to the railroad ad and that tile the actions taken were were necessary ary to preserve order In Manchuria Man The charge was made mad that soviet Russian agents in Man Manchuria had I spread communist propaganda The The note was a a. reply to the soviet note in which ow de demanded demanded demanded de- de rele release se of ot arrested arrest d Russians Russians Rus Rus- cancellation of ot Illegal orders order presumed to mean those those taking taking over oler the Chinese Eastern and submission submission sion slon of ot questions affecting the two countries countries- t to negotiations