Hankow, Sept. 28.
The Wuhan military authorities decided to-day to forbid the flying fof British naval aeroplanes over the Wuhan cities or other Hupeh districts even for the survey of flood conditions. The step is held neces sary, the authorities fearing that if the British should be allowed to make flights here, the Japanese Fwould do the same thing thus exposing the strategic points in Wuhan the danger of beng attacked from About the middle of September, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Asiatic Fleet offered to the National Flood Relief Commission, the use of machines from H.
Hermes at Hankow to make fights, over the flooded areas with a view toward locating isolated country folk land generally surveying existing Each plane was to carry a doctor lor other accredited member of the Flood Relief Commission, The local objected, how-planes' ying Wuhan and despite renewed. requests from Mr, T. V. Soong, finally issued the announcement that they were unable to give the sary approval.—United Press,
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