War atmosphere is recognized more quickly in Manchukuo than in Japan. Changchun is alive with activity.
said that commercial agents can ell most any soft of war supplies, the only condition being quick delivery.
German military equipment and supplies and Mahan aeroplanes. have been purchased. Also, plans have been. announced for a ¥.100,000,000 aircraft manufacturing company at Changehun under joint investment of Japan, Germany and Manehouluo.
'A thousand American trucks were! purchased In September. Manchoukuo figures tu all these deals, but Japanese are the ones who make The equipment that has been ow.
Changchun, Fe Lifting a prolonged press ban, the Manchoukuo Government announced here to-day that 500 plotters against the Government and. disturbers the peace had been arrested since the cestabjishment of the Government, Eighty-five of those arrested were sentenced to death, 64 have been imprisoned and 13§"still await trial, the announcement said. The major~ of the 500 persons arrested were imprisoned between 1934 and 1037, the announcement revealed, Captured in extensive raids, the prisoners were all said to have sworn] to conduct Communist activities, in. cluding attempts to undermine' regular troops, sabotage work axing railways and armed robberies, '9f some 350,000 men who will be kept through the winter in the frozen, north. "Fodder for horses—eavatey 18, effective In Manchoukuo campaigning, has been gathered in ringe quan= tities, Revolls and Desertions:
The Government announced the situation at present was under cons: trol. The statement indicated, however, that officials expected the Communists in Manchoukuo to attempt a serious upheaval in the near future—United Press, The revolts in August of native troops have been confirmed. Tt nas, been established that desertions from, the Japanese Army have been trequent enough 10 cause concern.
The population, despite Japan's "pay-us-you-go" policy, has not been, entirely won to the Japanese cause. It has been estimated that there are at Jenst 75,000 anti-government armed men in northern Manchoukuo, a eon-slant irritation to Japanese troops, The size of the Soviel's Far Eastern Army is ststimated at 400,000, plus reservists, in addition to the air force ud naval strength at Vladivostok.
Ht, is reported by Japanese that Matshal Bluecher has been maintaining' an arrogant attitude toward the Central Government, They say that in-Yeeent weeks Moscow sent two commissars {o treat with Marshal Bluecher and that he sent them both packing. "The Japanese believe that even if the Kremlin desires peace,
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