According to an Army report, 27 [troops of the 'Tottori Regiment,' in. cluding a lieutenant, were killed' and three seriously wounded during an Jencounter with bandits in the vicinlity of Yaochingling, near Kirin, on Wednesday.
Wheat flour was brought in through Japanese and Chinese ports as well as direct to. Manchurian ports from the places of origin such as America, Australia and Canada. Cotton manufactures, as they al have been, were imported pally: from Japan and China, jo liquid was almost, entirely, imported from the U.S.A. and the SSR.
Looking through the imports of all groups of goods it is seen that oot of 15 groups Japan imported 75 er cent. of the total in six of them, from 50 to 75 per cent. in two of the groups, from 25 per cent. to 50 per cent, in five groups and less thin 25" per cent, of the total in two. groups.
China also had a fair share inthe Import trade of Manchuria, but American, European and Australia houses participated. in. the imports]
a very small extent, not one of those countries controlling the Man-' cannan market' in any- particular: article by more than 50 per cent. excepting naphtha in which the U.S.A, imported 53 per cent. and the market for jute sacks in which Cal= gutta controls '76 per cent. of the total, Tt" should also be noted that. Japan has also lost, its control in camps with last year in three groups, namely, wheat, flour, chemi. alg and naphtha. andthe U.S.A. in, imports. hat patieipetion of Great Britain slightly increased to the first named in chemical products and U.S.A. in Benzine, kerosine and grease oils, Taking the customs. statistics for the first three months of the year it cannot be said that the trade Sinnchoukuo is so. very bad as some! people try to make out and lately: being to' the ise in the Price beans in the London market, there has been very considerable business, over 40,000 tons having chan hands on the Harbin market week. "The sale "of such wonntity of beans had'
effect. on the pure of, the population ud itis prising to learn that many firms in Northern Manchuria find that trade slightly improving, even, though ace in 'A Seoul despatch, however, quot-jing an announcement from the Korean. garrison, tells a different [story altogether.
According to this report, while a squad of 27 Japanese soldiers were escorting 4,000 refugees, and 600 horse and cattle wagons from Lotzekou, in Chientao, to Paitsaokou on July 3, a force of 700 bandits ate tacked' them. Although only three Japanese soldiers were wounded in the subsequent engagement, which ended in the repulse, with heavy losses, of "the outlaws, a much heavier toll was taken of the re-
Besides suffering 32 casualties, on Jo check being made on arrival at Paitsaokou it was found tha {fewer than 1,600 of the original band of 4,000 refugees were missing. They are believed either to have Jgone astray or been kidnapped by bandits—Reuter, The joint Japanese-1 punitive expedi Bandite. in" Pan native on Linkiang from Antung, is ma on Shacheng and Hailun from Kaiyuan,
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