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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 9, 1939.
CLEARING UP A MISCONCEPTION
Sir,-On Saturday morning a re- porter from the "Sunday Herald" came to me for an interview regard-
ing the bombing of Chungking on May 3rd and 4th. The report as written up in the "Sunday Herald" carries certain misconstructions, of my words which I fear might give a wrong impression to the general public.
I was asked whether there were any Chinese pursuit planes in the air at the time of the bombings. I re- plied that on the first occasion, May 3rd, I counted 18 Chinese pursuits planes in the air, and that on the second day I did not see any. The article as published implies that there were only 20 Chinese planes in Chungking. As I know nothing. about the number of aircraft at Chungking, it follows that I could have made the statement tributed to me..
not
I
was any
was asked whether
anti-aircraft fire
at-
there from
could
anti-aircraft
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nor hear
the fire; that on from the place where I watched the bombing, I could not see any fire from large calibre anti-aircraft
to bring these guns, but that I did see fire from anxious, however, small calibre guns, which, owing corrections to the attention of the to the altitude at which the bombers public, particularly to the Chinese were flying was ineffective. I did not public, among whom I have many
Booking is now open for the per- say, as the newspaper reports imply, friends, who may have gotten the I was criticis- that the Chinese Capital has little impression that
formance of "The Resurrection," which the city defences, as naturally I do noting the way in
a mili- Oratorio by L. Perosi, which will am not know the type or extent of such de- was defended. I
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FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANÓRAJ reporter I informed him that I
an ordinary eye-witness,
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admiration companied by an orchestra, will be say doubted very much that there was I can
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