ANTI-BRITISH FEELINGS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 September 1924, Page 9

ANTI-BRITISH FEELINGS.

J BITTER JAPANESE PRESS

FIGHTING IN. MANCHURIA. BY CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT Received Sept. 30, 1.40 p.m. . , ‘*• . . PEKIN, Sept. 29. -p iVLUkclep communique states that . ro ®P s moved- eastward- from Uninping with the objective of recapturing Chaeyang. They m.et part of the way a section of the Mukden second army,, which defeated them after a brisk'battle. The Jeholites fled to I-ochmgshan, where they were reinforced. Resuming the offensive later, they were again signally defeated by t the, other unit of ..the second army, u hich drove the enemy to Laohushang in the neighbourhood of Chinping, after an all-night battle in which they took 13 mountain guns, 1000, rifles, and much ,es ’ a^so 400 and ivounding 'i, l ne ™ . an< ? capturing many. The •fall of Cliinping :1s expected hourly. Great quantities #f the supplies of grain, beans, and firewood- have been tiansported to within the walls of Mukden. Foreigners have been notified by. the police to exhibit their national colours on automobiles and carriages to ■ prevent possible commandeering. General trade is at ua .standstill and country folk are afraidpo come to the city. Military headquarters are supremely confident aslto the outcome. . A Mukden message states that local Japanese papers accuse ithe British Consul at' Mukden 'of the' evacuation, of British troops at 'Shanhaiwan. after selling' their ; arms and ammunition to the;. Chih-li Consul. Other Britishers are accused of assisting the Mukden enemy. Tu -order to appease local sentiment the 5 consul issued a denial to this charge, which reflects the general anti-Anglo-Saxon campaign in. the Japanese presslin Manchuria. where white correspondents are regarded as spies. A mail message from Peking, which has been delayed for a fortnight u. on •account of the telegraph lines b®ig "aiiousted, soys that Chamr .Tso ifm’s forces are advancing steadily on Jehnl. Troop s from Peking are falling steadily hack and are not offering a serious -esi«tance. Chang is preparing defence lines in the event of reverses, but holds every mountain oass on the apm-oaches to the Shanhaikwau front, while the lowlands n.re forming bases. There have been continual air raids.—Reuter.