Britain’s Protest To Japan
(Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, May 9. The British Ambassador at Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, has been instructed to protest, to Japan against the bombing of the British consulate at Chungking. The Chinese embassy in London issued a statement that the bombing of the foreign consulate at Chungking was not in self-defence. It points out that the areas were devoid of antiaircraft batteries. H.M.S. Scorpion is . hastening to the aid of the British steamer Tungmo, which a Japanese destroyer ordered to heave-to in the Yangtse and discharge cargo.
The Hongkong correspondent of “The Times” says women’s infantry regiments are supporting the Chinese reinforcements on the West River, holding up, the flanking movement against Shiuhing. The Chinese are also threatening Sunkai and Sheklung, and have surrounded Sunwei.
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Northern Advocate, 10 May 1939, Page 5
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