Tokyo, May 29.
According to an official report received by the War Office, Japan-exe troops searching for the Manchurian bandits came acrose them and fighting ensued. Th" bandits were forced to retreat Teaving five or six dead.
The Chinese authorities to whom the Japanese protested regarding, the kidnapping of Lieutenant Wa-kobayashi have replied, admitting that the protest is justified but saying that they are unable to promi fixe to effect the release of the of May 20, of Chinese bandits on the Kores frontier, the Officer - commanding, the Japanese Army in Korea hax ordered the frontier guards to take 'Fapan, and we must be off our guar' against their growing jealousy."
The "Yamato" insists that the ing in China is not prompted by ambition, but is exerted merely in the defence of her legitimate rights, and interests, and for the protection of the lives of Japanese nationals. Tt calls upon the public to retral from criticizing the authori tice and, instead, to ce-operate with them harmoniously so that a happy settlement of the pending problems can be consummated.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.