HANKOW AIR-RAID

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 October 1939, Page 5

HANKOW AIR-RAID

JAPANESE ACCUSE RUSSIANS. [by cable —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] SHANGHAI, October 15. A semi-official report states the Japanese assert that Russians manned at least one of the bombers, which raided Hankow on October 14. The bodies of two Russians were found in the wreckage of a Soviet-built bomber. A second Soviet-built bomber was brought down outside Japanese territory. CHINESE CLAIMS DENIED. TOKIO, October 15. The Japanese War Office derides the Chinese claims of victories in Central China, and claims that the Japanese have taken all the fortified positions of the Chinese ninth zone, including the mountains south of Kiukiang between Hupeh and Kiangsi provinces. JAPAN’S AIMS STATED. TOKIO, October 15. General Abe said that Japan was determined to create a new Chinese Central Government able fully to share in the reorganisation of East Asia, which China and Japan must accomplish unassisted by outsiders. He added that, the reorganisation could be accomplished without the assistance of third Powers, whose rights would be respected. An effort would be made io convince the world of the sincc-riiy of Japan’s aims, which were the preservation of peace in East. Asia, the establishment of prosperity, and co-operation with all nations for international stability.