The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14
JAP HIGH HAND
IN MANCHUR|A
Hhey Are No Longer Restrained
by Allies, Says Chinese
Newspaper.
CALLS It "RE|GM Of TERROR
osn,enon Troops Assisting the Jap
anose Terrorizs Inhabitants Of
khaiIar-Seem Bent on Brew
inc Trouble, Says Paper.

Peking, China.-RepOrts reaching
here indicate that the japanese are
carrying things with high hand In
1anchuria now that the other troops
q the allies are virtually out Of the
country The Picking and Tientsin
Times has received from it's CORE
spondents reports which it presents
under the heading Reign Of Terror in
Nanchuria." 1t says that at lmanpo
two Russian workmen, who made some
disparaging remarks about the Jap
anese emperor in talking to Jap
anese soldier in the Russian railway
hospital, were seized by japanese SOL
diers and 'summarily shot on the
spot"
At Hardin, the newspaper says, Jap
anese sentries stationed on bridge
threw one Russian off the bridge,
breaking his collar bone, and stabbed
another in the face a bayOnet when
the Russians insisted upon crossing the
bridge.
The Japanese are reported by the
newspaper to have taken full posses
sion Of khailar and arrested there IL
Russian workers and handed them
over to the representative of General
Oemenoff and the Times adds that by
this time mo doubt they have been
shot by Baron Unger Steinberg."
Local Population Terrerized.
The japanese are declared to have
brought to Khailar and armed 500
oemenoff troops. who are reported to
be actively assisting the Japanese and
helping to terrOrize the local pOpu
lation. The Times predicts that sim
ilar incidents are likely to increase NJ
the japanese hold on the Russian far
east becomes more intense, and states
that the Japanese garrison at Hardin
10 to be increased by 1000 more men.
This reinforcement Is declared by the
paper to be absolutely unnecessary las
the Chinese troops stationed there are
sufficient to maintain order"
The situation along the Chinese
Eastern railway was characterized by
the Times correspondent as very crit
ical. He stated that the Japanese
military authorities had decided to
place their own guards and Sentries
along the whole stretch of the railway.
which crosses Upper Manchuria be-
cause they were about to send troop
trains and military supplies along that
railway and were afraid the Russian
railway workers, who were opposed
to Japanese Intervention. might try to
stop the Japanese from carrying out
their plans
"'The japanese seem bent upon brew
ing trouble among the Russian popu-
lattOn residing inside the railway area
BY giving them series of principles
80 as to bring about open strife which
will give them an excuse to take de-
termined action even to the selling and
working of the Chinese Eastern
wrote the correspondent.
The correspondent admitted that the
Japanese had the right to send troops
over the railway to protect the from
tiers against invasion, but that this
did not confer the right to occupy set
dement's along the line. or interfere
with the rights Of local populations.
He declared that the purpose Of the
Japanese to seize control Of the rail-
way called for an immediate protest on
the part Of the allies.
Forced to Work At Bayonet Point.
In Nikolsk, he reported, the rail-
way workers having gone on strike.
Japanese soldiers were rounding them
up and forcing them at the point of
the bayonet to do the work of labor
ers.
Since the foregoing situation was
described, information has been made
public in Moscow that Chinese and
Russian military commissioners in
conference at verkhne Udinsk, Trans.
Baikalia, have reached an agreement
under which inherent rights Of the
Russian soviet government in the
Eastern Manchurian railway were rec
o9nized and the Chinese guaranteed
to withdraw their troops from along
the railway lines" 1t was pointed out
that China's agreement that the Rus.
SLAMS should retain possession Of itl
road deprived the Japanese Of one OF
their best excuses for keeping troops
on It,