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It is believed
This is the first time that aeroplanes have been used
to bomb either of these two cities.
that the Cantonese Government have at the moment only
seven aeroplanes at their disposal. Of these four are Avians, one a French plane, another a home-made
article, and the last a Ryan, the "Siki ang" belonging to
Lau Pui-chuen himself. How far these are adapted to
military purposes appears to be a matter of some doubt,
while the much advertised graduation ceremony on the
9th of March at the Aviation School, Canton, when thirty-
six cadets received diplomas, which entitled them to the
privileges of qualified aviators seems to have been
devoid of serious significance.
It is even said that
two of the cadets had only been in the air as passengers
before the event.
6. Bandits have taken further advantage of the
wide-spread chaos to overrun the South East of Kwangsi
and South Eastern Kwangtung, where an Italian Missionary
Bishop and his priest have been murdered at Kon How on
the North River, while at Tai-ping-fu (Kwangsi) a father
of the Missions Etrangères was seized and tortured before
he would give up the keys of his church and mission which were looted by the bandits. It is also reported that
Communists are very active in the Lung chow area, to the
South West of Nanning.
7. The Cantonese Government has made a show of
dealing with the piracy nuisance at Bias Bay. It has
been stated in the Chinese press, that three gunboats
were to maintain a permanent patrol in that region.
Since then it has been reported that a detachment of
troops