Changchun, Jan. 15.
'The Kwantung' Army to-day lodged vigorous protests with the Chinese authorities concerned in connection with the refusal to transmit mails addressed to points renamed by the Manchoukuo Government. The protests were made through Japanese military officers stationed in Peking and Nanking, the note demanding the the postal agreement recently concluded between the Chinese and Japanese authorities—Rengo, position a little better than a colony fof foreign powers, secure for her self a higher rank in the family of ations. The ultimate aim. of the Hirota diplomacy is, it is said, to cetablish, through the ce-operation of Japan, China, and Manchoukuo, per manent peace in the Orient.
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