Nanking, Oct. 18, The Foreign Ofice has received, from Mr. Robert Lewis, Jean adviser to the Natio ment, a report concerning his trip fof investigation in Manchuria. Mr. Lewis, who sent his report. from Tsingtao, says:—"The 3 Manlehuria. is feverishly consolidating. its hold om the principal towns in Manchuria outside the railway zone northward, including Kirin and Tao-nan, from' Korea to Mongolia, The [Mongolian princes sre being urged set up independent, governments under Japanese protection.
"The Japanese Army is uprooting [Chinese' civil. governments in all leentres and is Seizing the major [Chinese "banks" reserve—derosits, corporation records and large industrial and military supplies. The [Japanese telegraph and power plants have been extended t6 cut out the:
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