Harbin, May 7.
News from the various war fronts in North Manchuria to-day indicate that the Japanese are not -4o- successful in. some the anti-Government troops. bein the aseendane again, phe. return to military activity of that picturesque figure Sta Chan Sham has added considerably to the Interest everyone" is showing his struggle for power and control army Sot 40,000 m and they are reported to' be. armed and well-equipped, This army" is now marching on Kashan, north-west of Harbin. and on the terminus of, the railway Which runs down to Tsitsihar and then to the famous Nonni river.
the meantime, General Bia has issued orders to the Chinese troops Mulan to stand. firm and fight, find forbidding them from retreat 'Gri the eastern section of the nese Eastern Railway' the situation is) getting more serious. Ashiho, only 20 miles alone the line front Harbin, has been occupied by ant Manchikuo troops. who are repo ed_to be looting and burning hhad, beon garrisoning Ashiho ed. here' yesterday evening' in. the feng torn outskirts after having been defeated by the troops now oceupying Ashiko, Their arrival and the hat the" anti-Government troops are so near" the city" have arented panicky conditions in the Ghinese Section of the town and there ig @ good deal of uneasiness 'According to reports from the Sungari_ the Japanese, expedition along that river has not been so suecessful as first, Th was reported: that both Fang. sheng' and Sansing (Ilan) were in the hands of Japanese troops after fierce encounters with the Chinese but itis. now reported that the Fapanese troops "are withdrawing} until more Teinforcements arrive, Numbers of Japanese wounded from the Sungari expedition are arriving in. Harbin Chinese troops ave now marc westward from Baoershancha hey are also coming in. this direction from the orth. Fighting has occurred between anti-Government nd"Manchukuo troops within five miles of Harbin. U is impossible! to get detailed. information as, to what is happening north of Harbin Dut ie was a shock to, the city to find that the antieMfanehukuo troops fare $0 near.
they Now command the situa- Poli tion just east of Harbin and are Inarching, this way. it looks asf an attack on Harbin is planned,
Cast of Inenpo, "operating many nang? Dapanee, root are inland down the good deal seems to depend on whether the troops of Ma Chan-shan which are stationed at Hulan Will ght for their old commander or for the Manchukuo government.
they fight for Ma then Harbin may be attacked simultaneously from north and east—Reuter.
Fast night by a Japanese Army detachment which started a general Spprenivecampaipy agains Eh ewe Irregulars and bandits yesterday, it was learned today. city is the main objective of the Recapture of Fangeheng" walled
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