Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — CHINESE KILL 19 JAP SOLDIERS [ARTICLE]

CHINESE KILL 19 JAP SOLDIERS

Mikado’s Troops and Police Ambushed at Kirin Province Railroad Port. BATTLE LASTS TWO HOURS Lomu of the Chinese Soldiers Were Not Given in the Report Sent to Washington by’the Tokyo Government. Washington, Aug. I.—Sixteen Japanese officers and men, and three Japanese policemen were kille<l, and 17 Japanese soldiers more or less seriously wounded in a clash with Chinese troops at Kuanschenghu July 19. according to an official report received by the Japanese embassy here. The losses of the Chinese were not given. The clash was said to have followed an assault on an employee of the South Manchuria Railway company by about 20 Chinese soldiers. The report said the Chinese government expresed regret over the dent, and dismissed from office the Chinese commanders and reprimanded Gen. Meng Un Yuan, governor general of Kirin province, in which Kuanchenghu is situated* Text of Official Report. The official report to the embassy is as follows: “On the morning of July 19 about 20 soldiers of Kirin province mode nn assault upon and rendered uncon-' scious an employee of the South Manchuria Railway company. The place where the unprovoked attack was made was within- the railway zone at Kuanchenghu, the terminus of the Chinese Eastern railway. “When the report reached the Japanese garrison nearby, one officer and six men visited the camp of the Kirin men. sjl’hlle they were discussing the matter with the commanding Chinese officer fire was was suddenly opened upon the Japanese. The latter were re-enforced and a fight lasting two hours ensued. Japanese Casualties. “The Japanese lost 16 officer* and men killed, four of whom were massacred, hnd 17 more or less seriously wounded, besides three police officers, who also were killed in the melee. The casualties sustained by the Chinese are not known. “The Peking government, at the request of the Kirin authorities, dismissed from office the of the Chinese division brigade and battalion directly responsible for the disorder and reprimanded Ge». Meng Un Yuan, governor general of Kirin province. “The vice minister of war and the acting premier of China also expressed deep regret over the incident to the Japanese minister at Peking.”