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HOURS OF TENSION IN RAID ON CANTON Failure Of Japanese To Bomb Wracks Nerves

Feared Prelude To Savage Raid On Big Scale

(From Our Staff Correspondent)

- Canton, 2.10 p.m., To-day.

GUARANTEE CHINESE LOAN FOR CHINA GOVERNMENT DEMANDED

EVACUATING

LONDON, TO-DAY. HANKOW DECLARING THAT CIVIL-

ISED PEOPLE WERE HORRI- WITH THE BESTIAL BOMBINGS OF UNARMED

Hankow, To-day. Chinese Government

will be transferred to Chungking, to the Legislative, Judi- and Control

Canton this morning lived through an atmosphere FIED

of tension unequalled since Japan commenced CIVILIANS IN CANTON, THE her savage aerial bombardments of the "DAILY HERALD" SAYS THAT offices are being evacuat- Kwangtung capital, in a temperature which at DIPLOMATIC PROTESTS ed from Hankow.

ALONE-- ARE USELESS AND 11 a.m. had reached over 90 degrees.

The Kuomintang civil offices are SUGGESTS THAT THE MEN This was becaused no bombs were dropped. The AND WOMEN OF BRITAIN being moved to Chungking and military offices are moving to the menace was ever-present overhead for the bet-GOVERNMENT SHOW CON- and later to Kunming.

DEMAND THAT THE BRITISH-south, in the first place to Hunan ter of three hours, with a score of planes zoom- DEMNATION OF THE JAPAN- It is learned that the Ministries of ing continuously, sometimes swooping low ESE BY A GUARANTEED Economics, Education, and Interior

LOAN TOWARDS CHINA. down from their usual height of about 12,000 feet. One or two bombs would have relieved the tense, nerve-wracking experience, during which two thoughts were uppermost, one the fear that the raiders would suddenly discharge an avalan- che of deadly bombs on a selected area, the other that such a systematic survey of the city could only be the prelude to a savage afternoon or night raid on a scale unprecedented even in this city of civilian sorrow.

Throughout the "raid," the Japanese planes. Eight alleged city was almost eerily quiet, spies were shot out of hand at though actually an intensive spy Saichuen this morning, accused hunt was in progress.

of being caught in the act of in- dicating important points' to the bombers.

SPIES ABROAD The authorities, have posted "spotters" everywhere watching for any signs of signalling to the

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Last night, I personally observed red rockets shooting into the sky from several parts of Canton, some close to Shameen, revealing that the fear of spies and traitors is more than just a scare,

As soon as one of these rockets appeared, machine-gun -and "rifle fire was directed at the area, while troops and soldiers threw a cordon round suspect premises.

MANY ARRESTS More than fifteen arrests were made last night and they are des- tined for summary execution, unless they can prove their innocence. For another syndicate of amaha Some of the arrested had to be sav- is to-day sharing handsomely in the ed from angry mobs, who threaten- Lantau Handicap takings. They ed to tear them limb from limb. missed the first prize this time, but More, anti-aircraft guns, pom- secured the second, netting $20, poms and. Bren machine-guns are 645.24.

being installed on roof tops. They The amaha' syndicate in this in are being erected in scores this stance shared in 230 tickets. Ap- morning in- areas which were proximately the same number were, thought to be immune from Ja- interested, though the share of some panese air attacks, à bellef so tra- was as low as the 10th of a ticket. gically disproved by Japanese mur- The_lucky group reside in the der squadrons in the last two weeks. Jordan Road and Cox's Road" area. — -Our Own Correspondent.

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Such a loan would provide the in addimination

Chinese with funds to defend their cities against air attacks.

"Plans for such a loan al- _ready__exist_and_they_are_at_ this moment under consider- ation by the Foreign Office and Treasury. There must be no further delay and public opinion must force the Government to sanction it immediately."

cial Yuans which are already there.

The Ministry of Communications and the Foreign Office are being-moved-to-Kunming...

Approximately 10 of the highest officials of each ministry are re-

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