Mukaden, July. 6, Reports of bandit incidents in Manchoukuo greatly resemble traMe accident statistics in ollier countries, Awesome totals are published, Imrovement claimed by the authorities end the blame for these unfortunate Conditions "laid on the crops, the weather, the former government inecieney of those in authority. Meanwhile this steady toll of life and properly continues, To select but one sheet from a pile of records, which resembles a cinema star's fan mall, at least in quantity, we recall that the local Japanese Command. in three seasons of the year reported 310 on-fagements with bandits, These cost the Japanese troops 40 killed and 79 wounded, For every Japanese casuality, they assert that they have killed ten bandits, that is 1242 for the whole campaign, No wounded Dandits are mentioned in the report. The size of the bandit bands reported this season reaches a maximum of 1,000 on the western border, but bands of 100 or 200 are most frequently reported, in fact many of the reports fake an almost standardized. form, such ast "About 100 bandit, combined forces of (3) and (Y), (2) Kms. SE, of OW) encountered' by' 00 detachment 2 certain unit.
Plghting continued 'OMecial reports average about 2 "bandit appearances" for every hour one and a half years, Foreign interest" in' kidnapping activities of the bandits in this dis iret is, at present, centred in Father 5, Burns, For some time the very scanly communications between' the bandits who hold this American and [Xe authorities were said to have a novel feature, Unlike similar cases the past, there were no specie demands for ransom in cash equipment, The political sentiments of the bandits were clearly set forth, but the authorities forbade the publication of such parts of the letters, apparently being, unwilling to permit publicity for antiJapaneso or anti-Manchoukuo sentiments, Possibly it would be equally eftective if Japanese frankly admitted that perhaps not all of the population saw ye to eye with them, and thei raised. the argument that opposition ta the present regime was represented by robbers, kidnappers and gentlemen of that Ieldney. a
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