SITUATION IN MANCHURIA
JAPANESE PROTECT MUKDEN EXTENSIVE LOOTING REROUTED. Press Association— By Telegraph— Copyright TOKIO, December 17. (Received December 18, at 9 a.m.) Chang Tso-lin’s capital, Mukden, including 0 arsenals and stores, has been virtually taken over by the Japanese under an order which forbids the entry of any armed force or any acts of hostility within six miles of the Japanese railway. Chang will be notified to-day that he will not he permitted to return to his own capital unless he returns a complete victor. Kuo likewise will lie notified that he will not bo permitted to pursue Chang to Mukden while ms entry involves possible fighting. Jne Japanese action is in pursuance of a request by tho foreign consuls, which was renewed on Monday, that Japan should protect the consulates and the nationals. « . lb is officially reported that there has been extensive looting in Newchang, the suburbs of Mukden, and Shan inikwan, where Chang’s irregulars are involved. Bandit activity is vastly increasing. The Japanese forces i in Mancimria are not likely to reach 1. , , the limit permitted by the Portsmouth Treaty.—Sydney i Suu Gable-
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Evening Star, Issue 19126, 18 December 1925, Page 5
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186SITUATION IN MANCHURIA Evening Star, Issue 19126, 18 December 1925, Page 5
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