The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-28
UNITED STATES AND
JAP OFF|CIALSHAVE
A BRISK ARGUMENT
Statement Attributed to Stim-
son Is Misunderstood BY
Japanese Leaders
MATTER Strengthened OUT
Yellow Army Halts March on
Chinchow and Begins
Backward Trek
MATTER Strengthened OUT

eSe relations SATURDAY enllVened the
Manchurian controversy Saturday,
according to Associated Press dis
patches.
japanese news agency dispatches
from Washington described Secre-
tary of State StimSon as saying the
Japanese army was running amuck"
in Manchuria.
The Nipponese reply was immediate
and sharp and, until Stimson's state
ment was Strengthened out, Tokyo's
attitude was markedly belligerent.
This by-play occurred as the
League of Nations at Paris continued
to get nowhere with peace efforts and
the Japanese army, which had head
ed for Chinchow, key city of SOUTH
ern Manchuria, halted its advance
and began to withdraw upon orders
from Tokyo.
Senator Johnson. California, at
tackled what he termed Americas
secret diplomacy" In the emergency
and demanded that all notes dealing
with the Manchurian situation be
made public.
After Strengthening out the misun-
derstanding about what he said, Sec
retary Stimson said he finds it diff
ficult" to credit or understand dis
patches telling of new advances to-
ward ChinchOw in view of Japanese
assurances against hostilities In that
quarter.
The backward march from Chin
chow, a spokesman for japanese army
headquarters at Mukden said, began
with the vanguard of the army. an
armored train which is remaining at
Yang-Kuantaizie, 20 miles northeast
of Tahushan and covering the with
drawal of the main body of troops.
! The withdrawals, he said, and the
new disposition of the units, will re-
| quire a few days.
Government Ordered Halt
The Japanese force, numbering
!, 10000 men was stopped by govern
ment order after it had got under
, way southwark
/. Belated reports of Fridays opera
) tions southwest of Mukden said one
Japanese officer and one soldier was
killed in a clash between Japanese
! scouting party and a Chinese armor-
| Cd train and that two Japanese rail-
waymen aboard an armored train
were wounded in clash between ar
, mored trains at Yang -Kuantaitze.
, Reports that l8 foreigners, includ-
, ing some Americans, were killed dur
ing fighting between Chinese and
Japanese at Tientsin were not be-
} lieved at Pieping Saturday. The u
. S. legation, which has been in close
touch with Tentsin by radio and
telephone, received no such report.
5 Press dispatches from Harbin tc
t Shanghai said fighting between
\ Chinese and Japanese troops has be-
= gun again north of Tsitsihar, along
} the Tsitsihar- -Koshan railway.
Say Attack Repulsed
, The dispatches said the Chinese
succeeded in repulsing the Japancs.
: attack In spite of the superior Japan
, ese ornaments. but that General
: Nah is planning a counter-attack in
l which he hopes to regain Tsitsillar.
1 The Japanese are constructing ar
! elaborate system of trenches in the
z area, it was reported, while Japanese
\ aviators fly overhead.
Meanwhile" the report said, "the
Chinese, under General Nah Char
r Shan. are perfecting their defenses
r The provincial militia has reinforced
General Nah. bringing his tota
! forces to $4,000.
. Hostilities have also occurred alone
t the Taonan -Anganchi railway, it said
2 which menaced the japanese al
+: TSitsihar and caused them to with
draw partially from the city.
In spite of reports from Japanese
e sources and from Paris and Washing
i ton that Japan was not planning tx
!. attack Chinchow or attempt to drive
t the Chinese within the great wall
S Chinese reports from Manchuria an6
China proper continued today t
= maintain a japanese offensive ir
, southwestern Manchuria is under
} way.
| The correspondent Of the Kuo Mil
official news agency telegraphed tht
Nanking government the Japanes.
! are moving toward ChinchOW.
This, the correspondent said, Is thu
initial drive against China's northeast
ern forces at Kowpangtze and Chin
chow.
Trouble At Tientsin
At Tokyo the government an
nounced reinforcements would be sen
to Tientsin where the japanese weri
reported beleaguered in their con
,cession.
Eugene Chen, foreign minister o
the Canton government, demanded .
civil government in Manchuria to re-
place the military regime. He charged
Nanking had failed to resist Japanes'
aggression in Manchuria.
At Nanking anti-Japanese demon
strations continued and parading stu
dents demanded active war on Japan
Breach Partly Healed
The American-Japanese imbrog!i
appeared to have been partly heale
Saturday when Ambassador Debuch
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