SERIOUS UNREST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 242, 12 October 1937, Page 7

SERIOUS UNREST

TROUBLE IN MANCHUKUO UPRISINGS SUPPRESSED BY JAPANESE (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) SHANGHAI, Oct. 10. The Evening Post publishes an interview with an arrival from Manchukuo, disclosing serious unrest, including street fighting in Mukden, when the Manchukuoan troops rebelled and were suppressed by Japanese reinforcements. There was also a rising at Kirin and elsewhere, which was quickly crushed. Many Japanese are sending their families out owing to fears of further insurrections. Anyone suspected of Communism is liable to summary execution. Already many Russians have been shot for alleged espionage.

DIPLOMATIC BREAK CHINESE MERCHANTS’ W ISH SHANGHAI, Oct. 10. The business and financial organisation has petitioned the Nanking Government to sever diplomatic relations with Japan and recall the Ambassador. The Japanese boycott has been formally opened. JAPANESE WAR ’PLANES FIVE HUNDRED ENGAGED. NANKING, Oct. 10. The Chinese military authorities state that the Japanese have about 500 warplanes concentrated at various points to make daily raids, not counting those based on Formosa or in North China. INVINCIBLE CHINA GERMAN MILITARY POINTS PARIS, Oct. 8. “Japan can never conquer China” is considered to be the verdict of the German General Staff in the semiofficial organ Deutsche Wehr, which says that the Japanese may invade China in many places, score victory alter victory, and forcibly annex the whole of the provinces, but there will still remain the immense bulk of the Chinese Empire, which is invincible and abundantly peopled and henceforward will be full of implacable hatred towards Japan.” It is noted that the German General Staff is better informed than any other about the efficiency of General Chiang Kai-shek’s army, which many German advisers helped to form. JAPANESE FAILURE CHINESE LINES INTACT. NANKING'S REPORT. [ Ter Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 11. The following Nanking cablegram has been received by the Chinese Consul: The Japanese assertion that the final stage of the fourth big push would be reached before October 10 has not materialised. Japanese prisoners from Lotien reveal serious food shortages, and Japanese ’planes are carrying canned goods for marooned men there. There was fierce fighting at Wentsoapang Creek, which the Japanese crossed. There were skirmishes at Chapei, the lines remaining unchanged.