MANCHURIAN UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1932, Page 15

MANCHURIAN UNREST

OFFICIAL EVICTED. A British officer of the Chinese maritime customs service, Mr. A. G. Wallas, arrived at Auckland by the Aorangi on Monday with Mrs. Wallas, on a noliday visit to New Zealand. Mr. Wallas had the experience recently of being put out of his customs house at Lungchingtsun, in Manchuria, by Chinese officials acting under orders from the Japanese who had occupied the region. Previously he had had three visits from an armed guard, and the presence of a party of 15 Chinese police under an. officer with a revolver in his hand. He was not compelled to leave the toym, but remained there for five weeks. He then . went to Shanghai, where he was granted 18 months’ furlough that was due to him. .In view of his position, under tire Chinese Government Mr. Wallas did not wish to comment on the. Manchurian situation, except to say that in his part of the country there had not been any unrest or disorders before the Japanese occupation. However, the unsettled conditions thereafter had encouraged banditry, particularly by Koreans, leading to the loss of a good many , lives.