Harbin, Apr. 1. speeding to the town of Motaoshil An, armoured train, was to-day According to police reports, Eastern Railway passen"
train was derailed Into yesterday by bandits, who killed several Passengers and fought with Japan-fosse and Manchukuo gendarmes.
The train was reported to have left Pogranitchnaya early yesterday and was derailed in the afternoon, A large force of bandits surrounded the derailed train, robbed the sengers and looted the baggage cars, according to the report.
Jpanese officials here said that they had been informed that, two 'Japanese soldiers had been' killed and four wounded.
The bandits fought the rescue force for a time after which they retreated, So far they have escaped detection, it was said.
Prior to this attack, the Japanese and Manchukuo officers had been informed that large forces" of bandits" were hiding in timbered hills along the eastern' section of the line." Detachments of troops had been sent to the vicinity to drive them out but they found this a dif. ficult task because of the rugged nature of the country.
A number of villages had been pillaged inthe few days before the attack on the train, Warnings hi been posted at the' various railway stations but the troops that. were sent were entirely inadequate to protect the line.
'Appeals were fed here t0- day for more not only to guard the railway, but also to protect towns, some of which are more than forty' li from the railway and are surrounded by bandit, fore Most of the bandits in areas
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