Sukenuni Murata and an unnamed non-commissioned officer, who were killed in the explosion of a land mine at Wushengkwan tunnel on October 31. Wushengkwan is situated in northern Hupeh near the Honan border.
The ashes were brought to Shekow. fth station north of Hankow, yesterday afternoon as the first train to be operated on the line since its fall into Japsnese hands returned from Hwa-yuan, 75 kilometres further north. This leaves a 60-kilometre stretch Tokyo, Nov. 24.
Manchoukuo, Mongolia, China and Japan can form the largest iron producing centre in the world, Mr. Ryozo Asano, president of the Asano Portland Cement Company believes.
He made public this conviction at a round table conference held here on Tuesday between Japanese industrial leaders and representatives of new regimes on the Asiatic continent.
The delegations were unanimous in the opinion that the establishment of transportation facilities throughout North China and Mongolia would be essential to the joint development of industries in that part of the Orient.
The development of heavy industry in North China would bear largely on the effective employment of canals as means of communication, Mr. Yin Tung, director of the Reconstruction Bureau of the Peiping "Provisional Government" said.
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