The Archive · 1932

Railway Track Removed

re preceding the Muk-was derailed about 4 Pam, yesterday between Shihkiaotze and' Huolienchai on the Mukden-Antung line, due to the fact that art of the track had been removed, Recording to a report here to-day.

Immediately after the accident, numerous bandits attacked the locomotive. One Sakai, a Japanese cin-Ployed by the South Manchuria Railway, and two Korean workers were killed with bayonets, A Man-seriously. churian engine-driver was wounded

A rescue train was immediately dispatched from Pen-chih with a detachment of the Japanese railway jon which has been engaged in dit suppression in the About 1,000 soldier at. tacked Yingpan, near Fushun, at 1 a.m, yesterday, burned three railway bridges and cut the telephone lines.

Sixty police of the Fushun Public Safety Bureau tried to repel the onslaught but were so outnumbered '88 to be exterminated.

The office of the special plenipo-tertiary envoy to Manchukuo, together with Kuantung Garrison headquarters, will be transferred from Mukden to Hsinking som" during next November, it was ed to-day, By that time arrange have been made, it establishment of the office of the special the former residence of Gene chairman of Joh Peking, Aug. 22.

The Chinese Volunteers in churia have renewed their attacks in the vicinity of Mukden according. to the latest Chinese reports.

Chinese claims are that on August 20 a severe engagement began de-Volunteers and combined and Manchukuo troops at Machiawopu near fukden. The booming of artillery is stated to have been in Mukden, Reuter. Dairen, Aug. 22, tu order to cope with the ent attacks by "bandits, "the uth Manchivia Railway: kas re-

'540 additional police "who. wil be Reavily armed.—"United Pre Japanese Note to League Geneva, Aug. 15.

'The Secretary-General of the League of Nations, Sir Eric mond, has received from the ese Government a Note explaining the appointment of Gen, Muto supreme head of Japanese affairs in' Manchuria, where he has. been made Commandar-in-Chief of the!

ese forces, Governor of Kuantung Leased Territory and Special Envoy to Manchukuo, The Note says that he is not an ambassador inthe ordinary sense, for his nomination was not sub: mitted to the Manchukuo Govern: ment and he does not bear the usual letters of credence taken by the ambassador of one country in going to another. He was sent, the Note declares, to. supervise" the: Japanese consuls in Manchukuo.

The Note has been circulated to members of the Council and to all other members of the League—Reuter,

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