JAPAN'S REPLIES TO AIR RAID OUTRAGE CHARGES "Greatly Regrets Civilian Casualties In China"
FURTHER DENIAL OF NEARBY JUNK MASSACRE
London, To-day.
"The Japanese air force in China has consist- ently made Chinese troops and military establish- ments the objectives of attack," says a statement by the Japanese Embassy in London.
"It is greatly to be regretted that many civilian casualties should have occurred.
CHINA'S WAR LOAN SUCCESS
Shanghai, To-day-
It is announced that $241,000,- 000 out of the $500,000,000 issue. of- National Defence Bonds floated: less than a month ago,“ has al ready been subscribed. Reuter
EXPERTS SIGN
"In view of these unfortunate incidents the Japanese air force has again been strictly instruct- ANTI-PIRACY ed to take every precaution to avoid destruction of life and property of civilians."
The statement complains of "wildly exaggerated reports, for example, the report that 3,000 were killed in the air raid on Canton on September 23, and gives a list of establishments which it -declares are objectives of air attacks on Nanking, Canton and Hankow.
·MANCHUKUO- REINFORCEMENT 1 DENIAL
Tokyo, To-day.
The War Office denies as un- founded a statement attributed to a Japanese spokesman in Shang- hai that over 20,000 troops are being sent to Manchukuo. Reu-
The statement declares that as Japanese submarines have been?! strictly forbidden to attack mer- chantmen, junks and so forth, and that no Japanese submarine was operating in the locality, it was ab- solutely impossible that any at-i tack, such as was alleged to have occurred near Hong Kong on Sep-and property and other interests of tember 22, could ever have been foreign nationals. made. Reuter.
GENEVA STATEMENT
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The reply states that the Japanese Government continues to adhere to the principle several times enunciat- ed by it, that the interests of third parties must be protected as far as possible."
Geneva, To-day. A Japanese spokesman in Geneva yesterday issued a statement,
FOREIGN LOSSES similar lines to that issued by a with regard to damage suffered by Foreign Office spokesman in Tokyo, foreign nationals in the course of in regard to the League Assembly's fighting in China, the Japanese Gov- condemnation of Japanese homb-ernment maintains unchanged the standpoint it has often defined in
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The spokesman added that air the past. bombings would be continued if |· necessary. Reuter.
NANKING BOMBING
INDISPENSABLE
The Japanese Government presses the hope that the three Powers will collaborate with it and that understanding will be shown for the measures taken by Japan.- Trans-Ocean.·
Japanese Reply To FUEHRER GIVEN
Protests
Tokyo, To-day.
RE-ARRANGEMENT
Paris To-day
AMERICA DISAPPOINTED BY TOKYO NOTE
Washington, To-day.
Failure of the Japanese reply- to give a specific guarantee against the bombing of Chinese non-combatants has disappoint- ed the State Department, though the reply as a whole is received without surprise.
Informed circles state that în at fleast one respect the reply can hard- ly be regarded as satisfactory, namely, the portion in which the Japanese express the hope that the United tates will co-operate with Japanese forces when the Japanese The British, French and Italian give notice requesting foreign na- delegations to the naval talks here tionals to seek safety elsewhere. in connection with Mediterranean anti-piracy control, have concluded their deliberations, and the agree ment was signed yesterday.
JAPAN'S RIGHT!
This is interpreted here in effect Contents of the agreement, which as asking the United States to con- is to be submitted to the respective sent to Japan's right to dictate the Governments, have not yet been ful-movements of United States diplo- ly divulged-Trans-Ocean.
mats in China.
Disappointing to a lesser extent, but not particularly surprising, was the renewed refusal of the Japanese
New World Record Government to acknowledge respon-
For Two Miles
Budapest, To-day.
sibility for damage to United States property caused by Japanese mili- Itary operations-Reuter
A new world record for the two Quarantine restrictions have been miles was established here yesterday imposed by the Government of Beira. by the Hungarian runner. Mikloss Portuguese East Africa, against ar- Zabo, who returned a time of 8 rivals from Hong Kong on account minutes 56 seconds.-Reuter. (of cholera.
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RETURN VISIT
Berlin, To-day.
the United States the Japanese re- It was stated in Berlin yesterday ply to the Powers' Notes protesting that Signor Mussolini, during his against the bombardment of Nan- king.
stay in Germany, invited Herr Hitler to visit him again in Italy." The Duce renewed this invitation
The reply affirms that the Chinese capital is one of the most important in a farewell telegram to Herr Hitler from the Austro-German bases of Chinese military operations.
frontier. Hence, it says, bombing of mili- tary objectives there is indispensable Informed quarters state that no for the attainment of Japanese mili- date for such a visit has been dis-
eussed. táry aims.
“WARNING” GIVEN
It is pointed out that a long time elapsed between the first and second meetings of Herr Hitler and
Warning was given beforehand Signor Mussolini (who first met in to the foreign Powers by the Ja-1Venice several years ago), and that panese Government of impending it is consequently improbable that bombing and was intended to afford Herr Hitler will travel to Italy in the possibility of prot ting the life the near future-Trans-Ocean.
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