ABSTRACT
IN the early days of the invasion of Manchuria Japan gave assurances of early withdrawal, sometimes declaring that this was actually in progress. If there were any movements which could be called a withdrawal, they were dictated by the need for protecting the railway from bandit attacks, which were catalogued with minute care for future use. Actually the campaign developed steadily. General Minami still had a dislike to the publicity which the sailing of troopships received in Europe, and the Press was strictly forbidden to mention departures; but the local secretaries of the Ex-Soldiers’ Association were notified of the time of the passing of troop trains and ordered to see that there was a good turn-out, with flags, to cheer as they went by.
