IN MANCHURIA

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4589, 15 May 1922, Page 2

IN MANCHURIA

SOME' JAPANESE OPINIONS. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Aust.-N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received May 15, 10.25 a.m.) (Reuter.) Tokio, May 13. Tho Japanese press, commenting on the possibility of a Manchurian declaration of independence, which is now being frequently rumoured, generally expresses its disapproval, based on the possibility of the charges of Japanese intrigue and connivance with Chang Tso Lin. Although 'me regiment has already sailed from Yokohama to reinforce the Japanese police and garrisons in Manchuria, opposition is being voiced against any further substantial cooperative movement to Manchuria, especially from Korea. The newspaper Asahi denounces as groundless the Pekin dispatches reporting Japanese assistance and moral support for Chang. It says there is no necessity to fear a large revival of banditry' in Manchuria nor mutinies amongst Chang’s troops. Chang is capable yet of handling the internal situation in his province and of providing safeguards for the .Japanese residents. The Kokumin says the result of tho recent fighting simple’ exchanges the military dictators, and does not make any material difference in Hie Chinese foreign relations.