E.R. District Declared Unsafe: Travel in Trouble Areas Suspended Harbin, Sept. 18, Hto. the Kirin loyalists, the Kirin'
Owing to frequency of attack by Self-Defence Army under Ger bandits on trains on the south and eat sections of the Chinese Eastern Railway, the Japanese late-General at "Harbin of issued a note advi Mth, to suspend travel in the troubled according to a delayed message. areas for the time being—United Severe fighting occurred through-Press, out the night between the loyalists Sept. 14. and the Japanese in the city. After Passengers are now arriving here inflicting heavy casualties on the from the three train wrecks which ion, the attackers effected and seizing quantity of a1 have occurred this week-end on the stretch of railway between Chang-awol at noon the next day chun and here, Many of them are The Chinese are massing on the out arriving without "clothes or shoes, skirts, with the Japanese still hol having been robbed of everything by ing the city and awaiting reinforce-the bandits who wrecked their trains.
Volunteers have occupied Ninguta Some are suffering from severe on the Chinese Eastern Railway.
and some from cold. and Raid on Mukden ure, and from shock following acutely terrifying experiences.
Sept. 18.
Among those foreigners captured Six thousand Volunteers under by bandits in these train wrecks was Keng Chi-chou stormed the Tsai Me. Homy (W. Kinney, "public pienmen (Great Western Gate) of relations director of the South Mukden yesterday, Volunteers Manchuria railway. "He was on his inoning under Tang Shu-way to Europe to attend the next meeting of the League of Nations.
arrived here dressed only in a dirty potato sack and a fragment of canvas torn from a tent. He had Anxiety in Jehol 4 very narrow escape from serious According to a despatch from injury and possible death. [Chengte, provincial capital of Jehol, When captured from his train he was robbed of all he possessed and Japanese troop movements at Chin: western Liaoning, have been then stripped absolutely naked. "He [very much in evidence since the was being marched away from the 16th, indicating that a third inva-scene by the bandits as a hostage sion of Jehol ig soon to take place, when he decided to make a run for General Tang Vu-lin, Chairman of the dark. the Jehol Provincial Government, slipped from them and has telegraphed to the Central an: although they gave chase and fired thorities for instruction in his direction he managed to hide Another message states that the in some bushes. At that point some [Japanese are erecting an aerodrome Manchukuo police arrived on the at Chaoyangshih (temple) and scene and began firing.. This seared piling up sandbags" at the off the band giving him a chance Chaoyang railway station on the fo oreape.
Chinchow-Chaoyang branch rail Mr. Kinney later found the potato ack and lee of canvas in Which hho attired himself for the Journey to Sham Fight at Shanhaikwan Harbin.
Dividing themselves into two He states that all the bandits were groups, more than 200 Japanese at armed "with regulation. Mausers, Shanhaikwan engaged in a Some being dressed in the uniforms Chinese. officers fight yesterday morning. One Mr. "Kinney was proceeding. troup proceeded from the south gate of Shanhaikwan city to the railway station while the other came from of Manchukuo together with. Mr.
Geneva 'a representative the west gate to SI 'Without George Bronton Ren who however previously notifying the Chinese taking the' (Pacite "and" Aulantie authorities, they continued the Youle to. Europe.
In. view. of banditry rampant practice for two hours during which along the southern line of the Chi-{ime many of the shops closed their nose. Eastern Railway, the management has. formally asked: Japanese While local peace and order are {nd Manchukuo troops to guard the being efficiently maintained by the railway for the time being—Reuter.
Chinese military and police units, it is feared that some misunder-Poking, Sept. 14. standing may arise if such practices It is leat touday that among are continued, The Chinese authorise missing the, train smash rities have therefore warned. the which oceurted "two days "ago, Japanese to that effect—Kuo Min niles south of Harbin, are ifr. Fan Chi-kwang, Chairman of the Chines Appeal to. Peking Eastern Railway Board of Direc Peking, Sept. 19 tors, his wife, two sons and one daughter.
A. representative of Gene o-tan has arrived here Mrs, Fan Chi-kwang is the grand-Gaughier of the famous Viceroy, Li autograph letter from the hero Mung-chang—Reuter, tary leaders, appearing for_suppo the Roun Halle fo the Toco Foreign Office Warning in the way of funds, munitions and London, Sept. 15.
In consequence of bandit outrages in Manchuria in which Britons are involved, the Foreign Office issued statement to-day pointing out that Britons proceeding to and from the Far East would be well advised at present not to incur the risk atten-Gant_on travelling on the Harbin-Siberia route—Reuter.
Peking, Sept. 17.
Messages from Harbin assert that the populace there is becoming increasingly. nervous owing to the yampany' of kidnapping and other dangers. As a result, it is stated, the Consular Body is requesting: the authorities to take steps to cope With the situation—Reuter.
Attack On Fushun Mine Dairen, Sept. 17.
Two thousand members of the "Long Sword" group attacked the Fushun coal mine yesterday morning, according toa telegram to-day the headquarters of the South Manchuria Railway.
The attackers set fire to the mine offices, lodging houses of the miners and quarters of office employees. Seven Japanese. were wounded.
At 4:30 am. the attack was repulsed, after a three-hour battle—United Press.
Peking, Sept. 17, With the ce-operation of one battalion of the Manchukuo garrison brigade which recently, went over Troop Changes Tokyo, Sept. 19.
The War Office hax" announced that "imperial sunction has' been replace portion of the cops in Manchuria, This announcement follows sri audience which Prince Katin, chief the general eta, had with the Emperor this morning, ties tee ported that they discissed military arrangements a3 between Japan and 'According to press reports the main body. "of the 14th division, frhich, went Manchuria after has already' started to, withdraw articipating inthe Shanghai war, Savan but there ig no indicat as fo'either the identity or umber of troops to be sent to replace them. will entail an. ner ease in the num-Tes generally believed the change
for of Japansee troops tin Manchu.
It is learned from an apparently reliable source that the replacersenta fin Manchuria will include cavalry a5 well an infantty.—Rewter, Mr, Hansells Condition message has been received from Hardin stating that wile Mrs Ko. Melnatsh was not injured. in his neounter with bandits om the Total Hansell had his arm badly broken golf links om Sept. 10, Mr. W.
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