Tokyo, Apr. 17.
"The Manchoukuo army, which bravely ce-operated with the imperial troops of Japan in the terrible battle of Nomonhan, is the only friendly army Japan has in la," states a semi-oficial report on the eighth anniversary of the army's creation.
ing of the training and efficiency of the forces, the report explains that at first the Manchoukuo army had to devote its time almost entirely to the subjugation of bandits and similar lawless elements. As these punitive campaigns are drawing to their end, the leaders of the army are beginning to pay attention to the stricter training of the troops.
The Manchoukuo army "cani never bear comparison with the powerful Japanese army in any respect," the survey stresses. But, by their own efforts, as well as through the earnest instruction on the attached Japanese officers, the quality of the native troops is said to show "very remarkable improvement of late, and some 'a, day in the near future we shall find lar able and powerful ally in the Manchoukuo army," the report states.—Havas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.