FIGHT WITH BANDITS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20450, 21 January 1932, Page 7

FIGHT WITH BANDITS.

JAPANESE TROOPS IN MANCHURIA. (united trzss assomatiok— v* TiSCtaic 1-BusGSApa—corrsiOHT.) SHANGHAI, January 19. While the Japanese forces axm occupying Manchuria, marking, time, temporarily consolidating positions, and battling against sporadic bandit attacks, two serious clashes hare resulted, with heavy casualties to the Japanese, who were ambushed by Chinese irfes'ilars in the vicinity of Chinsi. The Japanese garrison in the walled , city of New-chwang is now precarionsIv "situated, desperately fighting 2000 bandits. A struggle for Harbin between the rival Chinese irregular armies is imminent. CLASH IN SHANGHAI. A GRAVE SITUATION. (Received January 20th, 11.5 pjn.) ; SHANGHAI, January SO. Serious -disorders occurred to-day in tbe International Settlement, where an armed clash took place between a mob of Japanese civilians and the Chinese municipal police, resulting in one Chinese policeman being killed and two wounded. The conflict was followed by a brutal attack upon five Japanese monks by Chinese workers. On Monday a number of Japanese civilians organised a party and burned a Chinese cotton factory whose workers were responsible for the outrage on the monks.

A -very grave situation prevails here, the Chinese police threatening reprisals.