Soviet Breaks Silence

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 February 1932, Page 2

Soviet Breaks Silence

“MIGHT BE COMPELLED TO

PROTEST.”

Received Wednesday, .9.50 p.m, LONDON, Feb. 3.

The latest news via Tokyo is that the Japanese forces in Manchuria are still some distance from Harbin and are delayed by a broken bridge awaiting reinforcements.

M. Karakhan informed the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow that the Soviet might be compelled to protest if the Japanese entered Harbin city.

JAPS ENTER HARBIN.

WHAT WILL RUSSIA DO?

San Francisco Press Broadcast, MUKDEN, Feb. 3.

Japanese troops marched into Harbin t’o-night, put the Chinese garrison to flight and gave (Tokyo a firm foothold,in Russia’s jealously guarded sphere of influence in North Manchuria. The : Chinese opposition that forced General Hasebe, commander of the advance, to spend a week in battling his way 150 miles northward from Changchun to the relief of Japanese residents in Harbin, melted away as his force approached the city. His troops occupied the centre of the city. While Japanese airplanes roared overhead, to the westward ■ streamed the retreating forces of General Ting Chao’s garrison. Their retreat along the Chinese Eastern Railway is cut off by the Japanese garrison at Anganehi. The drive was one of the most costly to both combatants since the ojiening of Manchurian hostilities. The Chinese lost more than 600 men, the Japanese 55 killed and as many more seriously wounded.

U.S. Crack Infantry Regiment San Francisco Press Broadcast. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2. The Thirty-first Infantry, now cn route to Shanghai from Manila, is one of the crack regiments of the army, officers stationed here said. The regiment, commanded by Colonel Lorenzo D. Gasser, has a peace-time strength of 1056 officers and men, and is carrying all its equipment. Besides the riflemen,

the regiment has three machine-gun companies, one to each battalion. Each ] company has eight machine-guns. Are U.S. Naval Reserves Being Mobilised ? San Francisco Press Broadcast. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Naval officials have -announced they were unable to explain the basis for the frequently recurring rumours that naval reservists were being mobilised. Those directly in charge of naval reserves said no such orders had gone out and none were contemplated. They added that nothing more than routine operations were under way so far as the reserves were concerned. Five-Power Buzz Saw MOST IMPRESSIVE SESSION OF LEAGUE. San Francisco Press Broadcast. GENEVA, Feb. 3. A fivc-Power buzz-saw, with America, Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany as its cutting teeth, came out of the most impressive session ever staged by the League of Nations Council today for the purpose of convincing Japan and China that war in the Far East must ccasp. The Council meeting, called by Great Britain to impress the two Oriental members of the Council that the great Powers are lined up solidly behind the United States in its ministrations for peace, was all that was necessary to associate the authority of the entire Council with the steps already taken by the Powers. Naotake Sato, Japanese delegate, contributed his part to the historic scone by assuring his colleagues Tokyo approved the scheme and would welcome it gladly. Dr. W. W. Yen, Chinese representative, said he welcomed the proposal warmly as it offered a material basis for getting Japanese soldiers off Chinese soil.