More Fighting at Nonni Bridge: Proposed International Police Force Geneva, Nov. 9. from Dairen, upholding the credit F%, Erie Drummond, Secretary-of their country, of which the General the League' of Nations, magnificently run railw at issued. the text of the Chic ward end vi sign, re ly to the: tribute, as does alto the steady dis-Xelegram sent by nand, the cipline' of the Japanese troops, of President of the Council, on Novemn-"on all sides, the restraint and ver Gy in which he appeal ed. that strict control provides the clearest nothing should be done to aggravate evidence. the situation in Manchou As for the Chinese country-follo The text of the Japanese Yéply around Changehun, it is suspected was issued simultanéously.—Reuter. that they are by no means displeased Railvay Belongs to SMR. at the quieter regime which has come into existence.
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Japan to-da: notified M. Aristid Japanese Aide Memoire Briand, the trench Foreign Minis-Tokyo, Nov. 10. ter, that the. Taonan-Angangehi railway in Manchuria ma} Reuler learns to-day that the practically be considered as, ing to the South eng /aide-mémoire was despatched by the Japanese reply to the Amerian way, owned, and operated by the Foreign Minister, Baron Shidehara, Japanese, owing to the failure. of last night. tke Chinese to repay the Ji The contents of the, American for the construction of the line, aide-mémoire, in accor with Japan's reply says it is impera-an understanding between the two tive that the Japanese repair and it is learned from authorita~ Gourtries, ere of Tmade publics Nonni fore frozen and ere Would be a delay tive sources that, in view of the in circumstances, Baton Shidehara has decided not to request publication agriculture Jof the correspondence.—Reuter, ature to repair Col, Stimson's Secret Proposal Angangehi railway would serious Tosses to the South Man-Washington, Nov. 10. jin railway, it is contended. followed with grave. concern. Son Offcints in Washington toda United Press. tinued reports. of sporadic-Bghtin Japanese in Changehun hinsae "and Japenese troops and of tension and. disorder Vkost Qun SPEctat, ConnESroNDENT jon tsin as Colonel Henry L. Changchun, Nov. 9 [Stimson, the Secretary of State, in-'This is a story told me simply by sisted upon guarding with the the wohoolmaster of the Japanese most "scorny" his new proposals for peace in the troubled Far East. railway school here.
As the termins of the South Manchurian Rail-American Consular representa
way, Changchun has a Japanese tives at Tientsin to-day reported to community of just under 10,000 the Department of State that there souls. This, community for several is. great uneasiness. in the British ind. French Concessions' in Tiestsin. months past has been living in the French and British Conces-continual nightmare of sions in Tientsin there is, located
believed.
From "which they have "now been American property valued at G410,- (000,000, 'The influx of the Chinese students Tt was confrowd here that Col: in the neighbourhood, together with 'Stimson has devised a plan which the proximity of two Chinese bar yhe hopes, if made effective, will racks, ally' fled the Japanese terminate the Sino-Japanese con-Popul jon with apprehension, flict in Manchuria, "The nature of Spite of the conviction that the Jap~ the plan has not been disclosed and anese regiment which has been there have been no official hints,
would be able to. prevent arioned here for the past two years even, as to the line of action it proposes.—United Press. trouble, Despite this, Use of Porcign Troops im China diieult for the simple-minded exiles to maint 'a buoyancy of feeling Geneva, Nov. 10. when wonien and children, Proposals that in order to enable Ing Upon their lawful occasions into the Japanese to withdraw their the Chinese where feared by students who intion of tht, fly, {troops from Chinese territory and into the zone of the South Man. dulged in hair-pull Dulling, jeering" and churia" Railway an international the like. Moreover, aeroplanes from police force be organized to main-'Mukden used to fly over the city, in law and order in Manchuria arousing gibes against the Japane: Were advanced in League of Na~ Who were taunted with not having ins circles here to-day. ich machines, with that curious Oficials of the League of Nations arrogance go often adopted by Chin stated that one of the possible solu-ere tormentors. tions for the " Sino-Japanese con-'The Japanese soldi Manchuria whith maybe allowed to leave the red by the Council "of the when it convenes in Paris cession except was dong to prevent any chance of on November 16 yill provide for thei becoming embroiled with the the expedition of*foreign troops to Chimose, But this deepened Japan-the trouble centre in the Far Bast. exe sentiment, because the Chinese 'The suggested International Polic® obviously began to consider the Force could be sent from the coun-soldiers as weak and lifer seeking' peace in the Far defenders of their own East or it could be constituted from rationals. foreign troops, now en duty in During the last, six months, thi Ching, it is said. condition became intensified.
Then The major duty of the proposed Came the news from Mukden of the International or even League outbreak there on September 18, Nations police force would be to The "Japanoge troops here received protect the South Manchuria Rail-dors fo safer rey proceeded, to Japanese nationals and. their proese Nay. and to afford protection to) eject the Chinese troops from their two barracks. The fighting was} sharp and short and there were several Japanese casualties. But result, was predestined.
The Chinese soldiers were scattered and their barracks-now stand empty.
'The Japanese feel that a load has can lifted off their shoulders. 'They feat: that they can now lift their heads up again and, moreover, anese aeroplanes have flown' over Changehun to show the Chinese the errors of their previous calculations.
Now this Japanese schoolmaster; who Imows America and Havaii, has deen here for four years and is Took He shows location of the battlefield, Dlaing the reality of the nightmare and the, thankfulness of the Japan-ea population at its disappearance. Realising the unconquerable nos talgai of the Japanese, the pluck of this little community, 700 kilometres perty. Tt is admitted that the plan would require the consent of Japan, and it is doubtful whether: that leon sent could be obtained.
'The consent of China is most likely, it is said. With China's consent, the proposed international police force, while it _would not Pajrol or protect the South Man. churia, Railway, could be utilized for' the protection of Japanese: nationals, and their property purely Chinese territory, making possible the withdrawal of Japan~ ese forcer entirely into the South Marchuvia' Railway sne—United Nov. 10.
China, in its communications' to the League Secretariat to-day, took the Jine that such questions as a holiday in armaments building and even the disarmament conference itself must be subordinate to "the
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