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Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1920, Page 5

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ULTIMATUM TO MISSIONS. WARNING FROM JAPANESE. ,By Telegraph.—Press Assn.'-COOTrlfat. j i Received Dec. 4, 5.5 p.m. Tokio, Dec. 2. The Japanese military mission at Chientao has presented a letter to the chief of- the Canadian Presbyterian mission at Mungchun saying that British missionaries must either cease political anti-Japanese activities or get out. The letter reviews recent events, including the subduing of the Korean malcontents in Manchuria, and admitting the 'burning of churches and schools, and the shooting of many insurgents, but denies killing without a preliminary trial or burning without justification. It says it is possible some innocent people were executed, but not knowingly, as the Japanese troops had strict orders not to imitate General Dwyer at Amritsar. The letter reminds the Canadian missionaries that the British Dominions are also troubled by revolutionary plotters, and urges them not to give legal excuses for Japanese Buddhists to go to India and assist non-co-operators, or to Ireland and assist Sinn Feiners. It says the Japanese troubles in Manchuria have parallels elsewhere, citing the Brit-ish-Afghan border, and the troubles on the American-Mexican border, while Japan entered Manchuria only after China had failed to suppress, the Korean plotters. It adds that the British and the •Japanese have mutual troubles, and must show mutual sympathies.—Reuter Service. JAPANESE MOBILISING. A LARGE CAMP ON FORMOSA. WHAT IS ITS OBJECT? Received Dec. 5, 11.35 p.m. New York, Dec. 4. The Chicago \Tritfune's correspondent on board a ship off Formosa has sent a wireless message stating that Japan is maintaining a large military camp on the lower end of Formosa, within a day's Bail of San Fernando, Philippines. The despatch states Tokio is aiding the camp unobtrusively by means of a fleet of transports carrying men and supplies. The correspondent, while unable, to verify reports estimating the troops to number 30,000, states that personal observations show the camp covers' several hundred acres. He adds disquieting reports are circulating through American Far-Eastern colonies regarding Japanese activity. The Japanese explain the troops have been mobilised for the control of natives—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.