MAJOR HOSTILITIES
OPENLY PREDICTED. POSITION BETWEEN CHINA AND' JAPAN. Australian Press Assn —United Service? SHANGHAI, Yesterday. China's military machine is commencing to function in an ominousmanner, presaging imminent warfare in. Manchuria. It is presumed that this is because China realiser the futility of expecting a satisfactory outcome from, the deliberations of the Council of the League of Nations. The Japanese military authorities at Mukden openly predict major hostilities. They base the prediction on the concentration of huge Chinese forces in preparation for a Chinese counterattack aiming at the recovery of Mukden. The Japanese even express the opinion that China is contemplating an open: declaration of war. Approximately 200,000 Chinese troops are available against 20,000 scattered Japanese. The latter undoubtedly are alarmed at the latest developments.
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Waikato Independent, Volume XXXI, Issue 2780, 26 November 1931, Page 5
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