Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-22 | Page 3 | Japan Boosts Manchu Arms

jAPAN APAN BOOSTS MANCHU ARMS i April 22 UP Despite UPI Despite Japanese protestations that incidents on the Mongolian borDer border border bor bor- der are arc unlikely to have explosive consequences intense martial activity activity ity Ih is evident at Hailar Hallar chief chiet Man- Man bulwark of oC offense oense and defense k That picturesque frontier outpost peopled b by Chinese Mongols Russians Rus Rus- and Japanese is crowded with uniformed men ment many of ot whom arc newly arrived He Heavily armed Japanese patrols move ceaselessly through the then streets and trucks armored cars car s and ad n nd ambulances chug out out out- out's of ot the city at all hours to disappear rin rinthe in inthe inthe the rolling wastes wastes' surround surrounding nJ Hailar border point of ot the Japa Japa- sponsored nese-sponsored F Reflecting intense nervousness in inthe inthe inthe the aftermath of ot the recent recurring recurring recurring recur recur- ring Mongol border clashes all arrivals and departures are watched closel closely at Hailar Train passengers do not escape the heavy atmosphere of oC suspicion All window shades arc are pulled down at t points 15 miles from Hailar and andare andare andare are kept down until the thc same distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance on the other side of ot the thc city h has s been reached Correspondents were told these precautions were to prevent travelers travel travel- ers from seeing seeing too much Hailar's tension coincides with the recent renewal of border outbreaks and the arrest trial triai and execution yesterday of or Major General Ling Sheng influential imme isely wealthy wealthy wealthy weal weal- thy Mongol former governor governor of oC North province of Man Man- The alleged espionage of or Ling Sheng and his associates intensified the uncertainty regarding Mongols In assisting the Japanese Japa Japa- nese gese Jn in protection of the frontier Japanese military and civilian offiCials officials of of- agree however that while border incidents have created a dangerous dang situation they are unlikely unlikely unlikely un un- un- un likely tl to lead to open hostilities s unless unless un un- l less ss they recur on an aggravated i Neale le Mal Japanese authorities authorities U ties s expressed concern nevertheless it at what they considered apparently I Increasing creasing reas ng aggressiveness on the part of soviet Russia and its Outer Mongolian allies to which the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese nese attribute the recent clashes f tAti At present resen the opposing forces on onie the ie M and Mongolian border barder both have been withdrawn t 6 to a safe distance I