HORRORS OF WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 282, 28 November 1929, Page 7

HORRORS OF WAR.

SOVIET ATROCITIES. Chinese Allege Awful Cruelty By "Reds" In Manchuria. APPEAL TO WORLD LEADERS. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph-Copyright) (Received 11 a.m.) SHANGHAI, November 27. The cruelty of the Soviet soldiers is unprecedented in the history of the world, declares a telegram suggesting an international commission of inquiry into the Soviet aggressions in North Manchuria and common action to maintain the spirit of the anti-war pact,

The communication • has been forwarded to Mr. Kam say Mac Donald, President Hoover and other world leaders by a group representing Chinese organisations in Manchuria.

The message claims that the Russians have repeatedly pillaged Chinese towns and massacred innocent Chinese citizens while Chinese troops have consistently confined themselves to defensive measures, never setting foot on Soviet soil.

The latest messages from Harbin report that all the territory between Manchuli and Hailar is held by the Soviet forces. The population is experiencing all the horrors of war. "Red 'planes are continuing bombing on a wide scale.

CIVIL' CONFLICT.

CLASH ON HUGE SCALE FEARED (Received 11 a n.) SHANGHAI, November 27. Following the abrupt termination of the Government campaign in Central China, troops are being hurriedly withdrawn from Honan and Hupeh and being dispatched to Nanking for transference to the south where a military campaign on a huge scale is contemplated owing to Chang Fak-wei's advance on Canton. Efforts to effect a peaceful settlement were fruitless.