Tokyo, Sept, 30.
The Japanese reply to the Note sent by the Uniteti States on September 22 protesting the bombing of Nanking is published to-day.
It declares that the bombing of military effectives and establishments in and around Nanking "with ún-paralleled strong defences" is ün-&voldable, The bombings, the reply continues, are not directed indiscrimihately agallist noti-combatants who have been wathed in advance, There is no change, the reply concludes, in the Japanese policy respecting the rights of third Power interests, and the lives and properties of foreigners. Japan hopes that
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