Changchun, Sept. 21.
That the anthrax epidemic which boran taking toll of livestock in north-western Manchoukuo since tarly July may be due to a foreim inspired plot was hinted by the diecovery of a vial containing 120 grams of the germ on a foreigner of undisclosed nationality.
The foreigner, after resisting the police who attempted to arrest him. fumed a mun on himself to commit suicide. Though the incident oceurfed on August 29, the ban on the story was mot lifted until today.
The epidemic appeared in Hailar in early July and spread quickly to all of F isinganpeh Province and parts Kirin and Pinklang Provinees. Up to the middle of August, the disease bid taken toll of @0 heads of horses, 180 cattle, and 1,300 sheep.—Demal
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