Increased _handit activity is reefigd ong, the South tdsehuria ji@ay and many" villages are jaxid to have been looted. Japanese several times been tempts to. round-up and there is an unconfirmed report that a farm near Tunjiao belonging to the Japanese firm of Okura twas surrounded by bandits who demanded the 300 rifles which they said. were stored there. According to the reports reaching here some alighting took place, but being Joverwhelmed by numbers the Japanese and. Chinese employees fled. This stated the bandits then set fire to the farm buildings and destroyed them comapletel Tt is also reported that 400] Koreans living in the vicinity the farm were Killed.
It was announced to-day by the peace' Maintenance 'Committe' that the Lisoningy Provines 1 in future fo'be known as: Fengtien Province efleal seals are to be chang: orders reger its-were also iesied Urgent official dispatches received the National Government last Heilungkiang is making it impossible for the Japan-lose troops to continue their operations in that area and the Japai Jcommanders in Manchuria are, therefore, concentrating on their plan to attack and capture Chinchow, the Provisional seat of the Manchurian Government and the last stronghold of the Chinese in the Three Eastern Provinces.
The official telegrams declare that over 300 Japanese soldiers in Hei-Jungkiang have perished as a result of the bitter cold.
The reports further state that the Japanese forces are planning an on-Jslaught against the Chinese troops: Jat Chinchow from three sides. They. are stated to be moving toward the provisional capital from Haicheng, Sinming and Tunglino.—United Press.
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