BOMBED AGAIN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23055, 4 June 1938, Page 13

BOMBED AGAIN

CITY OF CANTON RAILWAY TERMINUS ESCAPE OF REFUGEES 1800 RAIDS IN MAY 900 TONS OF MISSILES By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received Juno 3, 11.40 p.m.) LONDON. June 3 Eight Japanese bombers arrived over Canton at 3 p.m. to-day and raided the city for an hour, mostly attacking the area about the CantonKowloon railway terminus, where thousands of refugees were awaiting transport to Hongkong. The bombs, however, missed the mark. It is announced that in May Japanese naval aircraft carried out 1800 raids in China, 900 tons of explosives being dropped. The Japanese claim to be encircling Kaifeng in spite of counter-attacks at Langfeng. They say they are nowdriving toward Chengchow, where it is estimated that 200,000 Chinese are massed, says a message from Tokio. The report of a Japanese landing at Saiheung is now denied in a cablegram from Hongkong. An official report estimates the Japanese losses in China for three months up to May 31 at 2139 killed and 8586 wounded, while the Chinese casualties are given as 250,000. NEW WAR MINISTER JAPANESE GENERAL YOUNGEST TO HOLD POST SPEEDING UP CAMPAIGN (Received June 3. 11.40 p.m.) TOIvIO, June 3 Lieutenant-General Seichiro Itagaki, commander-in-chief of the sth Division, who has been recalled from China, has been appointed War Minister, the youngest ever to hold the post. He is regarded as a man of outstanding ability, and favours speeding up the campaign, beginning with the capture of Hankow. General Sugiyama, whom LieutenantGeneral Itagaki succeeds, has been appointed to the Supreme War Council. AMERICAN PROTEST RIGHTS OF NATIONALS SOME PROPERTY RETURNED (Received June 3, 11.40 p.m.) WASHINGTON, June 3 The State Department has been officially advised that the Japanese Government has acceded at last to some of the demands in the American protest against interference in China with American nationals and their property. It has returned certain property belonging to American missions. Japan has also restored to the Americans their mission station in Chapei, but not the university or business properties. She has promised permission for four British missionaries to return to Nanking.