The National Government has appealed again to the League of Nais. A. telegram was sent to the Council this. morning. requesting it to bring pressure to bear on Japan to refrain from military operations at Chinchow in accordance with the provisions of the League Council's resolution to which, Japan agreed in Paris. ing tack on the train rained missiles on the track at the rear of the vrain, damaging it considerably and cutting off the train's retreat tempora arily. Engineers are busy and it is hoped to have the track repaired again by to-night.
In an interview here to-day a spokesman of the stof of General Yung chief-of-staff of the remarks to take' on the activities Jof the Japanese forces who, he said, were evidently seeking a pretext Uttack Chinchow. For this purpose feielred, he epanene feo fanised, equipped and paid a large number of "bandits," giving them structions to. create trouble.
The spokesman asserted that before the Japanese occupation the number of bandits. was small, but tow, according t0 an offal Japanese statement, they reached the huge oral of 80,000. Te-was impossible. te said, for the Chinese authori to equip and pay such a large body when no funds were avail Tocca of the Japanese, sion of the Jo Sjously," be. anid, "the regard the whole Chinese population as bandits and for consider themselves at liberty to tne he Chinese forees at Chinchow questioned regarding the report intended to use poison-gas in case fof a Japanese attack on the city, the spokesman declared that no such gas was available, pointing out that the Chinese troops were not provided with gasmasks, "This rumour," he said, "has probably been Spread by the Japanese as an ex-ease for using gas themselves when they attack Chischow."—Reuter,
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