Japanese Accused of Making Attack and Killing 60
Tsinan, Sept. 30.
Upon receipt of the news that the Nationalist troops, some 5,000 strong, have made their appearance at a point near Kuotien station on the Shantung railway line and are threatening to cut the railway there, part of the Japanese con~ fingents here have been despatched to the spot to guard the railway—Toho. inking, Oct.
Over 60 members of the Pence Preservstion Corps of Yuchinchuan village in Tzechuan, Shantunz,, were ruthlessly killed by Japanese th considerable losses to population as a result of 'a recent Japanese invasion of the Teochuan district, First-hand information just received from Tsingtao. states that] Japanese troops stationed along the Kiao-Tsi railway zone have on repeated occasions bombarded the various districts in the vicinity of the railway under the stereotyped pretext of suppressing bandits. not yet known how many innocent] people were killed by the Japanese] soldiers.
There were recently organized, in the various villages in Tzechuan and] Choutsun, Peace Preservation Corps for the maintenance of peace and order. But Japanese troops stationed at Changtien arbitrarily classified them as bandits and conducted expedition against them on the morning of September 25. The!
Peace Preservation Corps at Yechiachuang, not having the slightest warning of the Japanese mys and their aggressive purpose, made no preparation against them.' The Japanese troops mounted field guns and bombarded the village, killing over 60 members of the Corps on! right and sacking many houses. Finally, the Japanese troops disarm.
the Peace Preservation Corps and returned to Changtien on the evening of September 25 taking with them a quantity of arms and ammunition seized from the Peace Preservation Corps—Kuo Min.
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