Peking, Sept. 24.
Some improvement in communications in North Manchuria is indicated in foreign telegrams received here from Harbin, These telegrams state that two trains are operating daily on the western line with motor boat trans-for at Nonni, On the eastern section of the C.E.R. trains are running only as far as Hengtaohotze—Reuter, Sept. 23.
The various forces of the National Salvation Army operating in the districts west of Lalo River under the command of General Chu Chi-ching launched an attack on the Japanese troops on September 18, according to a Chinese message from Shanhaikuan, and since then fierce fighting has been proceeding between the volunteers and the Japanese in the various districts along the ShanhaikuansMukden Railway, including Suichung, Chinchow and Heishan.
The Chinese message adds thet no less than 150,000 volunteers ave participating in the fighting, and that General Chu is personally directing the operations.
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