TROOPS WITHDRAWN

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 911, 4 November 1933, Page 1

TROOPS WITHDRAWN

Japanese Leave Chinese Territory. DEMILITARISED ZONE. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received November 4, noon.) PEKIN, November 3. The Japanese have begun a general withdrawal from the demilitarised zone, and a few days,hence not a single soldier will remain, releasing a large number for service elsewhere. The Japanese, however, continue to control the Great Wall, but are allowing Chinese artillery to proceed to Funing, where bandits are operating. They have been given a last chance to surrender.

JAPAN ACCUSED.

Encouraging Opium Growing in Manchukuo. GENEVA, November 3. The American delegate, Mr Fulle, caused a sensation at a meeting of the Advisory Commission on the opium and narcotics traffic by declaring that Japan was encouraging production of opium in Manchukuo, where a monopoly had been established. Aeroplanes, he said, were employed to drop pamphlets urging the cultivation of the poppy. He added that new coins on the obverse have an opium poppy.

JAPAN IN PACIFIC.

To Build Aerodrome Upon Mandated Island. (Received November 4, 12.30 p.m.) TOKIO, November 3. The Japanese Governor of the Pacific Mandates announces the decision to build an aerodrome on Saipan Island to study the weather, aid fisheries and improve communications. Cable.