Following the success of their! thrust along the western section of the Chinese Eastern Railway, the Japanese military authorities' are feontemplating a drive to disperse the anti-Manchukuo forces. in North-east Kirin and will, if necessary, advance until they reach the frontier.
information was given to]
correspondent to-day, tenant-Colone! Takeshita, of the nese military mission, who ex-that the object of' the drive]
disperse the forces commanded by General Ting Chao, formerly commander of the Chinese Eastern Railway guards, and Gen-'Ta, another prominent anti reports concerning the fate of General Ssu Ping-wen are conificting, some claiming that he is still in' Soviet territory and others as-ing that he is among the 4,000 Ghinese who have been' sent back' te Manchuria from Soviet territory. These Chinese, who are said living in some 200 wagons belonging, to the Chinese Eastern Railway, injelude 1,000 civilians, among them women and children : Chan-shan Again The wagons are reported to be stationed at a point about. 60 miles feast of Manchuli and among the occupants is, according to Japanese Ports, "General Ma "Chabeeban Someone impersonating him, With the Japanese fu full control lof the: 880-mile stretch between Hatbin and Manchu, rail between this ety hasbeen restored. "It. is reported that a scarcity of provisions is ing. felt at Manchali and supplies ate now being rushed there—Revter,
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