The Archive · 1933

Terne Privations of Amur Inhabitants

Harbin, Aug, 11 Captain Miazaki, chief of the Japanese military. "mission at Taheiho, opposite Blagovestehensk, made a statement to the press yester: day in which he said that on"more than twenty recorded occasions armed Ogpu detachments raided manchoukuo territory in the vies nity of Taheiho, for provisions and sometimes murder of Manchoukuo Captain Miazaki related that he had witnessed the killing in midstream in the Amur river. b machinegun fire of refugees of al ages and both sexes from the U.

'Twenty-four U, S. R. ref who arrived here" recently, from Tahetho declared that the' inhabi. tants in Amur province "were dying like flies "from. starvation and disease." Thousands of them had been sent to gaol and to hard labour 'The Chinese almanac compiled under the Tonar system, which' has been in use and popular for many centuries, shortly an erratic cloud and nothing more, simple affairs. than formerly. Officials themselves used Join them, walking bare foot in the burning sun and no one allow to raise a sun. shade, Shantung cannot be' properly visualized or placed on the screen without the donkey. This la Drized because of its efficiency and also economy. Of all animals" It possesses more strength" on the minimum of food—its food. sisting of straw, bean leaves and the like, The use of the donkey is not confined {o the farmer put many. families in the cities have them to turn the mill which prepares grain for daily "consumption.

What the cabaret and the auto horns do for Shanghai towards "making night hideous" as reported in your correspondence columns, the donkey does for Tenghsien, in some small measure, only its bray:

is, usually not heard till the ree facetious! said "The donkey encores himself Manufacturers and Exporters

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