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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2478, 19 October 1922, Page 5

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CHINA AGAIN IN TURMOIL. REDS GAINING UPPER HAND IN MANCHURIA. FOREIGN MARINES ON GUARD. [By Electric Cable—Copyright] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received Wednesday, 9.20 p.m.) TOKIO, October 17. It is reported from Amoy, China, that American, British and Japanese marines are guarding foreign interests in Foo Chow. The Southern forces completely control the city, while the river is controlled by the navy, whose status in the lighting between North and South is not yet determined. It is reported that 7000 northerners surrendered after their force had suffered 2000 casualties. WHITE FORCES RETIRE TO FRONTIER. (Received Wednesday, 9.20 p.m.) PEKIN, October 17. Harbin reports state a Red Army defeated the forces under General Dieterichs. The former have occupied Nikolsk and the latter have retired to the Chinese frontier. The report adds that Vladivostock is in immediate danger of being invaded by the Reds. BIG PRIZE AT VLADIVOSTOCK. TOKIO, October IG. Admiral Kato, in discussing the disposition of the vast stores of munitions lying at Vladivostok, valued roughly at £30,000,000 said that the withdrawal of the Japanese troops would leave no forces in Siberia to prevent the munitions falling into the hands of whoever was the strongest. Recently the Japanese approached the British and American Governments regarding their disposition, but a suitable plan could not bo found. Japan had no alternative but to leave them at Vladivostok. FEARFUL OF NATIONALISTS LONDON .October 17. According to the "Daily Mail," the diplomatic reports from Constantinople state that the Sultan, fearing rough treatment at the hands of the Nationalists, has retired permanently to the tender sanctuary of the Imperial harem. His Minisers dare not cross the forbidden feminine threshold, and consequently it is only through the mediation of the Imperial eunuchs that high State dignitaries, as well as lesser functionaries, can communicate with their sovereign.