JAPAN’S WARNING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 263, 5 November 1937, Page 7

JAPAN’S WARNING

WILL SHOOT ALL ’PLANES MARKINGS NO BARRIER (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) Received Nov. 4, 10 p.m. SHANGHAI, Nov. 4. A warning that the Japanese will shoot down any aeroplanes flying over their lines, regardless of marking, has been issued by the Japanese authorities as a sequel t r the reported flight of two monoplanes with British markings* north-west of Shanghai. The British suggest that the monoplanes were camouflaged Chinese craft. The Japanese celebrated the birth of Meiji with a salute of 10 guns, but the guns were pointed at the Chinese and the shells were alive. CHINESE TROOPS WITHDRAWAL FROM NANTAO. BRITISH FIRE ON JAPANESE ’PLANE. SHANGHAI, Oct. 3. An agreement has been reached between the French, Chinese, and Japanese under which Chinese troops will be withdrawn from Nantao with a view to obviating a Japanese attack against Nantao, which would have imp the French concession. Foreign military observers say that the Chinese forces in the Soochow Creek area consist only of the first line with a few reserves. The main body of the Chinese army is established on a line north-west of the city. A Tokio message states that the Domei Agency representative at Shanghai reports that anti-aircraft batteries, apparently in the British defence sector, fired on a Japanese naval ’plane flying over the Tokoda cotton mill, which is Japanese property in the hands of the Chinese. The 'plane reached the base safely, though bullets hit the wings.