Harbin, Aug. 5.
Bandits to-day wrecked a Chinese Eastern Railway workers! train near" Imienpo and it is feared that the entire crew have been taken captive.
Atter destroying the tracks, the bandits opened fire on the train which was proceeding west about 25 miles outside of Imienpo. The locomotive and five of the wagons toppled over and were smi No trace of any of the members of the train's crew or workers could be found by soldiers who were rushed to the scene and It believed that all of them were Railway, this time with loss of ite the' abduction of two members of the crew of the train involved, While speeding towards Harbin to-day, a freight train was derailed by a party of brigands at a. point fourteen miles east of Imienpo, with the result that all the wagons' were wrecked.
Two Manchoukuo officers and four soldiers who were travelling aboard guards were killed, while two other soldiers were injured, member of the train crew was also killed, while two of his companions were abducted.
A fire started after the train had been wrecked and the flames completed the work of destruction, the seventeen wagons being more or less totally destroyed.
One consequence of the disaster was the temporary" suspension of Mr. Shi said that this happened after he had left Tokyo, and, therefore, he knew nothing of the reasons.
Being asked by a "Zarya" representative as. to whether the Empire of Manchoukuo was taking any steps towards the abolition of extra-territoriality, he replied that of all. the countries holding such rights, only Japan had recognized -Manchoukuo, with whose government it would. be possible to talk of such abolition 'AS regards all other countries having. such rights, the position is that on the formation of the young state, iis government declared that it ae: cepted all treaties made betwen China and foreign countries, and ace cepted responsibility for all' obliga: lions of the "former authorities, Therefore, the Manichoukuo Government will not commence negotiating for the abolition of extra-territority with any of those countries wich have not yet recognized the new strae, However, the Manchoukuy Government expresses the hope that sooner oF later, these governments will themselves approach them this matter, as soon as they" see benefit. for themselves in $0. doing.
As regards the negotiations at pre: sent being conducted in. Sakhallen regarding questions of navigation the Amur and Ussuri,'there should be no difficulty in coming agreement as they were purely of 4 technical nature.
The question of the opening of a Mfanchoukuo Consulate-General in Moscow hasbeen discussed at Changchun and been approved.
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