MANCHURIA WARFARE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21359, 7 December 1932, Page 11

MANCHURIA WARFARE

CHINESE IN RETREAT INTERNED IN SOVIET AREA MOSCOW, Dec. 5 The Chinese army under General Su Ping-wen is fleeing from the Japanese onslaught in Manchuria into Soviet territory, where the Russians have already disarmed and interned 1000 officers and men, including the general and his staff.

BANDITS' ACTIVITIES

FOREIGNERS NOT SAFE CONDITIONS IN HARBIN (Received December C, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless IiUGBY, Dec. 5 Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the conditions at Harbin, .Manchuria, Captain R. A. Eden, Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs, said a state of great insecurity existed there. Owing to the activities of banditis it was not safe for foreign residents to go outside the city and attempts at kidnapping had been made even in Harbin itself. The British Consul-General had advised the evacuation of all women and children and several had left.

British firms were being assisted to obtain armed guards for the protection of life and property. The Consular body at Harbin had represented to the local authorities the urgent necessity for strengthening and improving the police force. In response to a request by the British Ambassador at Tokio the Japanese Government had promised to use its influence with the Manuchurian authorities.