JAPANESE BOMBING

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12369, 7 June 1938, Page 2

JAPANESE BOMBING

BRITISH PROTEST SHARI* REPLY FROM JAPAN Tokio. June 6The Foreign Office spokesman. M r T. Kawai, to-day commented upon the protest made by the British Ambassador to Japan, Sir Robert Craigie, at the bombing of civilian areas in the city of Canton. Mr Kawai vigorously denied, that there had been indiscriminate bombing- He said Canton was dotted with military and anti-aircraft stations. Moreover, it was the biggest depot for the import of munitions, which made the bombings necessary. Pe admitted they might sometimes affect adjacent places. Mr Kawai reiterated that Japan would not welcome any intervention whatsoever, while her attitude toward mediation depended upon what its nature might be. An Admiralty spokesman denies that the raiders flew over Shaineen. On the contrary, they experienced difficulty in bombing the railway station because they conscientiously avoided flying over the foreign quarter. He hoped the British Consul had persuaded the Chinese to withdraw their military establishments as the host guarantee of the safety of noncombatants.