Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07

JAPANESE agency message from
Hardin said the Chinese losses included
reglmental commander, two other
officers and as non-commissioned Off
GERS killed. There was no estimate of
the less OF enlisted personnel
Withdrawal Plans Reiterated.
Fearing troop movements might be
misunderstood. official circles here re-
iterated that the japanese would with
draw as soon as japanese crews could
repair the Nonni River Bridge, the
cause of the three-day battle Chinese
troops allegedly started the fight by
firing upon japanese soldiers guarding
the repair crew
Official circles said possibly a handful
OF troops would remain at the bridge
after repairs were made to guard the
structure, which really is a series of
five bridges more than a mile long
crossing several forks of the river.
While Gen. Nah Chan-Shan, COM
mander of the defeated Chinese army,
appeared crushed. reports indicating
Chinese forces were moving along the
Chinese Eastern Railway with the in
tention of concentrating at Anganchi.
strategic city near the battlefield
caused japanese military authorities
some concern
A Mukden dispatch to Rengo News
Agency, quoting authentic sources"
said Gen. Ting Chao, chief of staff of
Chang Ching-Hui, governor of Hardin,
seemed inclined to assist the beaten
Heilungkiang army
Generals Agree to Unite.
This decision of Gen. Ting Chao,
however, was reported to have been
reached November 5, prior to the Chi
nese defeat. after which the routed
troops flSd in the direction of Tsitsihar,
their capital, less than so miles to the
north.
The japanese consul at Hardin said
RUSSIAN circles had reported Chinese
generals along the Chinese Eastern
Railway had agreed to unite against
the Japanese.
Chinese cavalry from Manchuria and
khallar. in Western Manchuria, was
said TO be moving eastward, supposedly
toward Anganchi. Chinese infantry
and machine-gun attachments were re-
ported showing activity at many points
along the Chinese eastern line.
The defeated Heilungkiang Army,
said Mukden dispatches to Toxic news
papers. was continuing its flight north
ward from the battle ground toward its
capital. Tsitsihar. It made a brief
halt at Anganchi and then continued
northward, crossing the Chinese East
ern Railway and leaving a rear guard
of only 200 cavalry south of the rail
line.
Note Contents Withheld.
The japanese government continued
to keep secret the contents of the
latest note from the American Gov
eminent regarding the Manchurian
situation. Baron Shidehara, Japanese
foreign minister, prepared an answer
to the communication.
The only hint of the contents of the
american note came in the quotation
OF an old Japanese proverb. Good
medicine is bitter to the taste" such
was said of it in official circles when
w. Cameron Forbes, American AM
oasSador. presented it yesterday.
JapanS answer. which probably will
De delivered in Washington next week,
is expected to follow roughly Tokio's re-
ply to the recent communication from
ArlStlde BRAND, chairman of the League
OF Nations Council, suggesting that Chi
ma mad complied with the Toxic gov
ernment's demand that China recognize
nve fundamental principles as a pre-
requisite for settlement of the contro-
verSy.
1t appeared, however, that the Amer
lean note had not mentioned Japan's
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