BANDITS IN -MANCHURIA
JAPANESE TROOPS TO BE SENT. (i'MIIUD PKESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIBI6HT.) (ACBTKAI.I.IN • MEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) TOKIO, 9th October. It is announced that Japan is making plans to send additional troops to Manchurian towns near Korea. This is clue to bandit raids, which are terrorising the population. It is reported that Chinese residents in the affected districts are disappointed at the inadequacy of the protection which the Chinese troops and police are furnishing, and desire the presence of Japanese troops. (Received October 11, 10 a.m.) TOKIO, 10th October. The Cabinet has decided tj> reinforce I the Japanese contingents on the Chinese side of the Korean frontier. One battalion will bo sent from Korea, and more if necessary. The depleted Korean garrison will be filled up with troops returning from Siberia. Japan will notify China and other foreign Powers of the reasons for the step. The Japanese battleship Hizen has been ordered to the I Korean coast.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 88, 11 October 1920, Page 7
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