The War Office reports that, as result of a Manchurian bandit raid across the Korean frontier in the neighbourhood, of Chukochin and Manpochin inthe Upper Yalu region, involving the capture of a Japanese subaltern and the wounding of several Japanese guards, the Japanese Garrison Headquarters fat Ryuzan have despatched a battalion of troops to the scene of the outrage as a precaution against farther trouble.
'At the same time, a strong protest has been lodged' with the local Chinese authorities demanding that immediate steps be taken to secure the release of the officer: otherwise Japanese troops would be compelled to take whatever action they might consider necessary to effect the rescue.
In the meantime, two infantry battalions, a machine-gun unit and some guns are being held in readiness to proceed to the scene in case of nocessity.—Revter.
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