SHADOW OF WAR

Evening Star, Issue 20256, 17 August 1929, Page 15

SHADOW OF WAR

MILITARY ACTIVITY IH MANCHURIA RUSSIAN RAIDS REPORTED RED PLOT DISCOVERED frets Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SHANGHAI, August 16. China is actively preparing for war. & message from Mukden states, that General Chang Sueh-liang, the Manbbnrian overlord, has issued orders for 'the immediate departure of 60,000 toixed troops to the Siberian border, to jbe divided between the eastern and western fronts. A message from Harbin reports unprecedented, military preparations, supborted by naval while the manufacture of ammunition is proceeding at a feverish pace. Soviet raiding parties continue to spake sudden visits to Chinese towns on the border. Three towns —Chao-hsin-blnn,TChung-hsm-chin, and San-chien-!Bang—are still occupied by the Russians. Manchuria reports the arrival of two additional Soviet divisions, reinforced ■by cavalry and a labour corps. A dastardly Soviet’ plot at Harbin today has been officially announced. A of Reds plotted to blow up an iron bridge spanning the Sungari River fend destroying the shipyard. The arrest bf those concerned led to the discovery tof a huge cache of arms, machine guns, pn/T bombs.—Australian Press Association. .