Peking, May 7.
According to a despatch from Tsinan, Northern aeroplanes raided Tsinan on the morning. of May 5 and dropped bombs on the native city and Hsinchuang, suburb southwest of Tsinan.
Northern aeroplanes again raided that district this morning ant dropped bombs, Many bombs fell fon the commercial area and even places not far from the Japanese guarded zone.
In view of the danger, Japanese troops were compelled to fire at the planes in self-defence, shooting down one of them, The Japanese Army immediately notified the Northern military authorities of the details of the affair. sand requested them to refrain from any dangerous action in fature—Toho.
Peking, May 7.
The Japanese report that fighting has ended at Tsinan but they are disedvering increasing evidences large civilian losses. There are 150 persons missing, while the discovery of ten bodies of murdered civilians in shallow graves arouses grave apprehensions of the fate of the others.
Force, which rill oral approximately 15,000 men, inclusive of the forces already in Shantung.
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