New Violation of Sovereignty and Provocation b Japanese Aeroplanes Charged Nanking, July 19.
-HE Foreign Office has lodged a protest with the Japanes Embass here against alleged attacks made yesterday by Japanese mili y "planes on trains at various points on the Peiping-Hankow Railway, which are stated to have caused more than 20 casualties, "The flight of Japanese aeroplanes over Chinese territory, the protest points out, violates the sovereignty of China, while attacks on Chinese trains are even more provocative.
After demanding that the Japanese military authorities stop the "illegal activities of their army aeroplanes" and take steps to ensure that there be no repetition of such "outrages." the Note adds: "The Chinese Go ernment holds Japan responsible for the consequences of the attacks and reserves the right to make legitimate demands."
"The first attack," according to an official communique, "occurred at 1130 yesterday morning, when two Japanese planes machine-gunned a passing train at Changhochiao, in Honan, killing two passengers and wounding two others.
"Then, at noon, a south-bound passenger train from Paoting was attacked by Japanese aircraft at Kw chuantsen, in Hopei, causing ove 10 casualties, while the ti attack occurred at 1230 p.m. near Yuanszehsion, in Hopei, when 10 persons aboard a passing train were killed end wounded."—Reuter.
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