WAR IN CHINA

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 December 1925, Page 5

WAR IN CHINA

MUKDEN AREA.

CONTROLLED BY JAPANESE.

CHANG EXCLUDED FROM C ITY

BY CABLE-FEESS ASSOCIATION COFYEIOiIT Received Dec. 18, 10.10 a. ; -i. TOKiO, i)ee 1. .

Changtsolin’s capital, Mukden, including the arsenals and stores. na>e been virtually taken over by the Japanese, under an cider iorbiudmg viie entry of any armed force, or the * ornmission of any acts of hostility within six miles of tue Japanese railway. Chang will be notified to-day that he will not be permitted to return to his capital unless lie returns a complete victor. Kuo will likewise be notified that he will not be permitted to pursue Chang to Mukden while his entry involves the possibility of fighting. The Japanese action is in pursuance of the request by the foreign consuls, which was renewed on Alonday, that Japan should protect the consulates’ and'nationals. It is officially reported that there has been extensive looting at Neuchaug and Yinchovv, suburbs of Mukden, and at Shanhaiwan, in which Chang’s irregulars were involved. Activity of bandits is greatly increasing-. The Japanese 'forces in Manchuria are not likely to reach the 15,000 limit permitted by the Portsmouth Treaty. —Sydney Sun Cable.