CHANG TSO LIN

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4592, 18 May 1922, Page 4

CHANG TSO LIN

BECOMES THE DICTATOR OF MANCHURIA. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.! 'Aust. and NZ. Cable Association.) Tokio, May 17. Word has been received that Cluing Tso Lin has declared the independence of Manchuria and Atongolia, and lias requested its recogai! mi by Ihe Foreign Offico. Tok: i is not officially dec br ed to scout the news, but nevertheless it is known that such a move on the part of the Mukden w lr lard was not i n expected in official circles. If it proves true Chang’s move will lie embarrassing to Japan, whose most important Chinese interests centre in Manchuria.

Pekin, May 16. Chang Tso Lin’s declaration is particularly important as the independence of Manchuria and Japanese influence there, in conjunction with the Japanese maritime province of Kamchatka. practically cuts off Soviet Russia from the Far East. Furthermore, the Chinese hope of regaining control of Mongolia by peaceful means may now lie frustrated, as it is unlikely that the Russian forces there will be withdrawn unless Chang Tso Lin is first suppressed.