From un Own Comnronoeer Mukden, Aug. 26.
That no Jess than 140,000 Japanese were killed and wounded is the total estimate of casualties in Manchoukuo since 1981, according to a recent statement," These losses still continue to mount and, despite occasional platitudes to the effect that peace and. order has been restored, Japanese Military Authorities urging the necessity of large Increase in their forces here, recently described the country og still "overrun with bandits." The truth, as usual, lies between these two extremes, OMeiat figures prepared by the Japanese police in sinking showed that banditry in 1935 was worse than 1994, in that a greater number of Bandit appearances were recorded. the aggregate number of bandits reported was much larger andthe amount of damage done by the bandits was vastly greater. No less then 21,000 persons were reported kid apped, over 2,700 were killed, over 3,400 wounded, more than 5,800 cases of Incendiarism were reported and the total damage ran into millions of yuan.
This year reports from some sec tions Ju the north show an improvement, but strong bands are still operating in the eastern part of the country, the most serious attack ported being that of a band of 2,000 bandits who besieged the large town of Fusung, in the northern part of Antung, Province, Oficial estimates placed the total number of bandits fon December 31, 1995, at 38,605. The maximum number, as usual, was reported for August and September, at something over 65,000. Both of these figures were much less than the corresponding numbers. for the ceding year, despite the tremendous Increase in the amount of damage reported.
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