FALL OF KAIFENG

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12370, 8 June 1938, Page 3

FALL OF KAIFENG

JAPANESE SUCCESS ALL-NIGHT BATTLE BO AIDING OF OPEN TOWNS London, June C The Japanese, in a dust storm so dense that it formed ramps up which they could advance without scaling ladders, captured Kaifeng after an all-night battle, says the Shanghai correspondent of the Times. The Japanese Consul-General at Hongkong, Mr Nakamura, has acknowledged the protest of the British Consul, Mr A. P. Blunt, against air raiders flying over Shameen, and expressed regret for the occurrence. He said the airmen must lie more careful in future. Wellington, June S The following information has been received by the Prime Minister’s Department from the information section of the League of Nations;—The Secretary-General of the League, M. Joseph Avenol, has received and transmitted to member States a communication from the Chinese Government to the effect that since the beginning of Japan’s military aggression in China, Japanese

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aircraft have daily bombed Chinese open towns, inflicting a heavy loss of civilian life. Recently, says the communication, Japanese airmen have continuously raided Canton, deliberately bombing and machine-gun-ning the residential quarters, which are far from any military objective, and wounding several thousand noncombatants, including many women and children. The Chinese Government points out that in September, 1937, the League Assembly adopted a resolution condemning the aerial bombing of Chinese open towns by Japanese airmen.