1938-08-26 — Page 24

"Senseless Outrage" Says Shanghai

Shanghai, To-day.

“Another senseless outrage" declares the "North China Daily News" to-day, commenting on the C.N.A.C. disaster. "Indiscriminate destruc- tion" echoes the "China Press.”

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The "North China Daily News" emphasises that

even if there was no definite understanding TOKYO CLAIMS arranged regarding the inviolability of the! C.N.A.C. service, "the least that can be said of the situation is that the Japanese, by refrain- ing from taking action against Chinese civil aeroplanes in the past, have at least permitted the impression to be formed, at any rate for the time being, that these machines were free from attack.'

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that the markings on the ill-fated

Refuting the statement of the Ja- panese Navy spokesman in Tokyo C.N.A.C. plane were not observable to the pursuing Japanese aircraft, a spokesman of the C.N.A.C. declar- ed that the signs were easily re- cognizable.

large since the bombing of the There was, he said, a The fact that C.N.A.C. machines, "Not could have been attacked any time Panay' and 'Ladybird' and the in- Chinese character "Yu," meaning wrought postal, painted on the top part of during the past year, and were not discriminate destruction attacked, had created a sense of on the civilian population of Can-the left wing of the plane and also security and if the Japanese could ton by Japanese planes, has local on the sides of its body, which are no longer grant such security, the public opinion shown such signs of plainly observable from a distance. Also, he said, the name of the least that should have been done being thoroughly aroused by Ja-

corporation both in English and was to issue an explicit warning to panese military depredations.

"The Japanese authorities were Chinese was painted on the wings that effect.

the of the machine. These markings, "There were foreign officials at apparently quick to realise the time of the aircraft's depar- enormity of the action of their na-he said, clearly indicated that the ture who might have very well val fliers by attempting to enforce plane was purely a civil machine travelled by it and, it is thanks to an airtight censorship of all incom-without any military significance.

The plane, he revealed, was pur- no action on the part of the Ja-ing news of the tragic event."

the whole occurence After describing the inefficacy of chased from America in July · last panese, that does not have a wider internation-such methods, the "China Press" and was put on the Chungking- "The Ja-Hong Kong run on May 25 this al significance than it already has." concludes ironically:

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C.N,A.C. STATEMENT

Commenting

Chungking, To-day.

C.N.A.C.

on the

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plane incident, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pressed great indignation at Japanese outrage and profound sympathy with the victims in press conference.

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The spokesman declared that the attack must have been a deliberate attempt to slaughter innocent civi- the lians. He pointed out that C.N.A.C. is a transport company of a commercial nature and that the markings and routes of its planes are well-known and easily recogni- zable.

The attack surpasses all records of ruthlessness.

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That the Japanese authorities in Shanghai had censored press ports of the incident, the spokes- man said, showed that they realis- ed how deeply they were in the wrong.-Central News.

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