STRIFE IN FAR EAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20985, 23 September 1931, Page 9

STRIFE IN FAR EAST.

MANCHURIA DISPUTE VIOLENCE AT HARBIN. CHINESE USE BOMBS. JAPANESE TAKE TOWNS. TREATY PORTS TENSION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received September 22, 8.35 p.m.) SHANGHAI. Sept.. 22. A message from Kobe, Japan, states that Harbin, in north-eastern Manchuria, has become the chief seat of violence. Chinese bombed the Bank of Korea, the Japanese Consulate and the office of the Japanese newspaper. Chinese soldiers caused a fire at the Yokohama Specie Bank. Japanese residents have formed a volunteer corps for protection against the undisciplined Chinese soldiers. News from other sources shows that the Japanese have occupied Kirin, 200 miles north-east of Mukden. Also they have seized four armoured trains belonging to the Manchurian forces and six Chinese gunboats on the Sungari River. Tenseness prevails at all the treaty ports. Martial law has been enforced at Tientsin, south of Peking. More than 15 important towns in South Manchuria, all the important railway stations, communication centres and railway depots have now been occupied by the Japanese. At an emergency meeting of the leaders of the Chinese Government, the Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, said: "We may lose our lives, but we cannot give up any part of our country, which we inherited through the centuries from our forefathers.'' A gigantic anti-Japanese demonstration, sponsored by leading commercial organisations, was held in Shanghai. MOVE BY RUSSIA. RED ARMY REINFORCED. WAR MINISTER'S INSTRUCTIONS. (Received September 22, 8.45 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 21. Despatches from Riga state that after informing the Chinese and Japanese Ambassadors that it cannot be indifferent to the conflict in Manchuria, the Soviet has ordered the Minister of War, Voroshiloft, to proceed immediately to the Far East where the Red Army is receiving reinforcements. | INTERVENTION SOUGHT. i APPEAL TO THE LEAGUE. CHINA'S CASE BEFORE COUNCIL. (Received September 22, 5.55 p.m.) GENEVA, Sept. 21. j China having appealed to the League j of Nations to intervene in the Manchurian dispute the Council of the League is holding a special meeting to-day to decide what steps shall bo taken. PACT NOT INVOLVED. RENOUNCEMENT OF WAR. ATTITUDE AT WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. The Stato Department holds to its announced position that the Chinese situation fails to present grounds for involving the Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war.