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MANCHURIAN SITUATION LEAGUE’S ACCOMPLISHMENT (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Oct. 24, noon.) LONDON, Oet. 23. The Times’ correspondent at Geneva says Mr. Yoshizawa emphasised that the withdrawal of troops outside the railway zone depended on the goodwill of the Chinese.» Therefore, he could not promise to withdraw by any particular date. Lord Reading, interviewed, claimed that the League had accomplished a great deal, and that the danger of war had been averted. MORE CLASHES REPORTED RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES SHANGHAI, Oct. 23. Independent reports from Manchuria indicate a renewal of hostilities. Japanese airplanes bombed Chinese troops at Heilungkiang as a countermeasure to the destruction of bridges built by the Japanese. „ Most of the fighting is between bandits, disbanded Chinese soldiers and the Japanese forces. The latter, employing armoured trains and airplanes, are covering large districts, endeavoring to prevent the destruction of telegraph communication.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 5
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