DANGERS AT HARBIN.
City Unsafe for Foreign Residents. BANDIT KIDNAPPERS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 6. Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the conditions at Harbin, Manchuria, Captain R. A. Eden, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, said a state of great insecurity existed there. Owing to the activities of bandits it was not safe for foreign residents to go outside the city and attempts at kidnapping had been made even in Harbin itself. The British Consul-General had advised the evacuation of all women and children and several had left. British firms were being assisted to obtain armed guards for the protection of life and property. The Consular body at Harbin had represented to the local authorities the urgent necessity for strengthening and improving the police force. In response to a request by the British Ambassador at Tokyo the Japanese Government had promised to use its influence with the Manchurian authorities.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 290, 7 December 1932, Page 7
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