Evening star., 1922-01-12
CLASHFEAREDAS
JAPANESE ll||lh'NCE
Occupation Of TSfsihar. 125
Miles From q 5H5PIIn, De.
cIared 0maipus.
BI JUNIUs; RsSR1tQH,

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Japanese troopss dlasHs the last
! week have OCCUPIED EAlx,har. I2s
miles ives, Of IlarBin. .SaSa jhe situa-
ton is ominous Cor asdash between
them and the Chinese troops along
the Chinese eastern. SSslre.id. This
Information has been vecejted from
America, govorninSnt .sprsse6tatives
in that portion of Manchuria. couplinE
it with the comment tia feeling Is
tense as the time sDprtsa h $ Tor the
discussion of this ku ssienr iIroad by
The conference. E5oti Chtna and ia
pan are anxious tu seeHTe control OF
this iniporia, link iii, She transit
berian rou.e md on .-of stfe salient re-
suits of the japanese expedition in
Vladivostok has been to divert large
portion of it's traffic to the Japanese
owned South Manchurtan; railroad to
Daircn.
Attack Causes step.
| The annihilation on December 22 of
squad OF twelve Japanese soldiers
who were guarding the transportation
The Eos: .oId IRON Z sit sihar to Blago-
vestc.Ien.k - given a| the reason for
ne Subsequent occ lDation of the for
l-er city by .hr > .D..nes Idics,. 'ine
hn" L o.. !, O.. Chan, Tso-.in, who
-,e .teJ, etcAiy ,a-ruine, .,.a.lcnuria.
.e heiu res. onsible for no. prevent
,n% The ut.,cK on the ammunition
! rain. esuI.ably. il waS made by
! ,he HLn,latZe banuitS. VINO infest the
-,sti,,., t,:oGSl ,nef> w-te no SurvIV-
,rs IL tell tie story. and the ammuni-
zion disappeared.
The inciden,, according to the Amer
ican report, is connected with the new
rs If,Ii 81 y ~ trsf ha I,lt
..rea since the conference started. The
, explosives had been brought to Tsitsi-
liar by train. and were there loaded
INTO carts and started northward over
the rugged Chinese road toward Blae-
ovestchensk on the north side of the
Amur river. which is the boundary be-
-f.en t.tc a. aste. II ,.eouuIl. and
| China. From there the plan was to
axe them by sieus up the Zeya river
-. b.o~ - U.e oI.ue y. tiir
muir railroad
Would Cut on Troops.
The Anur .aI,.oau - % ,sd anu
Operated by the Fag Ease. n .tepubii,
ind :: d. 'ci conn sction G,:tw X ii Chiti,
md khaoaro.sk. BY Blowing up tn,
bridge over thr Il y4 rIvc.. the -
'ubiic would be u u,au.e 20 send L.,
to recapture Is ab,,i -.sk from
kappel and Semionof rcvolutiun
irias. Other reports tro.n :, ".ria ar,
that the fevo.utionaI% trts .hav.
Zen halted fo.ty miles west of tn.
khabiroIsk and that mo:I t"oops ar
rriving. from Cnita to drive thsm
Tho rspors also stata that several
thousand more troops are beinl
armed in Vlad'vostok and hauIec
nofth so that more bitter m:dwinter
lighting may be expected before they
are dislodged.
Freight Cars RequisItioned.
The AEler.c 4 r.poi.s sd. ,,..t IA;
Japanese command in v V.adivis ok .Ii>
requ!sitioncd all of the available
freight cars in the area for the pur-
pose of transporting the troops a.
sumpt on o, fighting. Forcing tn.
horrors OF a midwtnter campaign o:
Siberia serves double purpose. 1t
tends to indicate to the confer"
that the Far Epstern Republic Is |,
ing d fficulty in enforcing its author
ity and that the Japanese expeu tor
must remain to suppress the disorder
whicl il s,arts.
1t also has served the immedia
purpose. according to the. American
reports. OF diverting so per cent Of
the freight of the Chinese Eastern to
Dairen over the South Mapchurian.r I
Life and Property suffer. I, +,
When the Russian troops revolted
the troops who had guarded the road
ever since its zone was ceded to Rus
sia were succeeded by allied troops
then in Siberia evacuating the
Czechosloraks. China and Japan
beth wanted to guard tn Dad. Du
the Chinese secured the privilege and
life and property both have suffered
from their methods. The Japanese
have maintained a large force at
Harbin. where part of the Chinese
Eastern branches from the main line
to connect with the South Manchurian
at Changchun. They have also had
armed telegraph companies at various
stations and military missions at
Poeranitchnaia and Manchuli the
eastern and western border stations
between Manchuria and the Far
Eastern Republic. and at B;agoves-
tchensk on the northern boundary.
The present occupation of Tsitsihar
is the first japanese force of any size
which has been west of Harbin in
more than year.
Copyright. 1927