THE WAR IN CHINA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 2 May 1922, Page 7

THE WAR IN CHINA.

JAPANESE ACTION

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT (Reuter Service.) Received May 2, 1.35 p.m. TOKIO, May 1. Orders have been issued to the Japanese Governor at Tsingtau to prevent * the landing of the Mukden force of Chinese for the purpose of attacking: Wu Pei Fu through Shantang. It is * reported that a large Mukden force is ! afloat, destined for Tsingtau. The Jap- ! anese Government is determined to pre- ; serve neutrality, but it is stated from * reliable sources that Sun Vat Sen is ! raising a loan of £20,000,000, pledging' railway, mining and pottery concessions j in South China for it.