Chapter 227 – The Manchurian Incident (5) part 1

On the following day, September 18, when the “Liutiaohu Incident,” the train derailment, came to light, the Asia-Far East region suddenly grew restless.

Japanese public opinion, upon seeing the morning papers dominated by headlines about the “South Manchuria Railway Derailment Incident,” became uniformly focused on demanding that the Japanese government secure safety in Manchuria. 

In particular, the Teikoku Shimbun(Imperial Newspaper) of the Ootori Group network, which reported the details most thoroughly, printed more than three times its usual run, yet copies flew off the shelves at station kiosks and the like.

That was because only the Teikoku Shimbun carried photographs of the freight cars burning fiercely.

Then, before noon, the Communist Party deep in the Yangtze River hinterland issued what was not quite a claim of responsibility, but rather high praise for their comrades in Manchuria. Addressing the people of the Republic of