Foraiguers Advised to Move to Plnods of Safety Before Noon on September 21
Shanghai, Sept. 20. ESCRIBING Nanking as the principal base of Chinese military operations, Admiral K. Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese Third Fleet, yesterday issued a warning to all foreign nationals that China's capital will be bombed after noon on September 21, and urging them to take precautions for their personal safety. The warning, dated yesterday, was communicated to the consuls of foreign powers in. Shangha "The safely of the lives and property of nationals of friendly powers will be taken into full consideration during the projected offensive," his warning stated. He urged foreign nationals to move {to arcas of greater safety, however. Foreign warships and other foreign vessels wore advised to moor up-stream from Lis shan, the warning concluded.
The full text of Admiral Hasegawa's statement follows=—
"Int being the objective of the: Japanese operations to bring the present state of hostilities to an. fearly conclusion by" terminating the Thoatle notions of the Chinese forces, and Nanking being the principal base the Chinese. military operations, the Japanese Naval Air Force' may, for 12 noon on September 21, have resort to such offensive. measures og bombing and olherwise_ upon the Chinese forces, as well as all the Gslablishments" pertaining to. thole military. operations andi etiviles (around Nanking.
"It needs no reiteration that. the safely "of the lives and property nationals of felendly powers" wil be {ken into full consideration during the projected offensive, In view, hhowover, of the. possibility of such nationals. becoming dangerously" in volved in the Sino-Japanese esti ties. in spite of all precautions, th Commander=in-Det of the Thiea combat over Nanking " yesterday Fleet of HLtM.8 Navy is come rained earnestly to advise such fornicals and residents as are now Tiving in and around Nanking to take fdequato measures for" voluntarily moving into areas of greater safety.
foreign "warships. swell a those who propose to avoid the danaer on the Yangize' are advised. moor upstream from Hsianshan:"
The serial visitors concentrated their attention on the Central Broadcasting Station onside Chlangtungmen and the lly waterworks out-fide Kuallenmon. Both places were heavily bombed, but. were reported not to have been damaged.
The all-der signal was given at! 1015.
Nanking was visited again this afternoon by Japanese pursuit planes and bombers. which appeared above Swauiow Rock, to the north-est of the river front According to official reports, Chi-one engaged the which Scattered after drop in the South City anda west Taiping. Toad. the main thoroush= Bombs were" also dropped the "waterworks. The "all igual war given at 445 pam.
A final check-up shows, according. {o- oficial "Chinese reports, that 43 Zepanese planes. abacked" Nanking {his morning, and 20 this afternoon. Six Japanes "planes are stated have been brought down altogether.
Three, it ie announced, were shot down by Chinese pursuit ships and Jone by anti-aircraft guns this morn~ while two were. brought down ey" an anti-alreratt fie In the after-
'The Chinese, the announcement adds, lost' three "planes, two. being hot' down in. the morning and one {in the afternoon—Reuter, Air Fight Over City Japanese Retatiation Twenty-six Chinese aeroplanes the "Curlise-Hawk and. Breda. types were shot down by Japanese machines In 'a spectacular 06 morning, a" Japanese. naval. spokesman claimed Ju a communique issued 't'230 o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
The encounter was a sequel to a mass raid by Japanese naval alecrat over the Chinese Shanghai, Sept, 20.
Angered by the Chinese air raid on their warships in the Whangpoo and hele positions inthe Wayside and Yanguzepoo uistiets on" Saturday hight, Japanese aeroplanes began the ay' unusually early" yesterday ook Int for objectives to quench their thirst'for vengeance, said a Chinese li dozen. Japanese Wwere bombed "with "Tapanese losses, the spokesman clared, were "extremely. small Divided Into three wings, the Japanese machines took of' from belt basos at dawn yesterday. White {wo squadrons devoted their" attend Hon to bombing various objectives, the third took on Chinese Aghting craft In. combat, the spokesman de-
Pootung, making ample use of thei machine-guns. in sweeping the dis-Wiel. Later they split-up into several" groups flying separately 0 Chapel. western Shanghai, Nanteo (On Saturday night about the same} me as Chinese. aeroplanes were aiding the Whangpoo, three Japan-ere bombers visited. Minghong, where numerous people. were. lulled oF aimed, and several houses destroy-fed, the communique said, Sheer Fabrleation" ho Japanese message that 26 Chinese' planes had been shot down Nanking was charueterized by a Chinese miliary Spokesman here as fikeer fabrication. "White dotals. of the japanese ait raid on the capital were" Incomplete, the' spokesman gad" on ud Jearned that only Afleen Chinese pursuit planes mot the: Invaders icenstully re=
Asa reminder of the Mulkden Astale of September 10, 1991, Chinese weroplanes stceestfully aided the: Japanese positions slong the Whang poo, from Yangtszepoo to. Lokatsu lay" night, the spokesman ce out ab many points, iiaty store wat. des:
"The "Chinese raiders. were really nindoved In thole attack Yranatszepo0, where st was necessary to exerelso fecal are lest the Shanghai Power Co.'s Yangtszepoo station, the Gas Works" new promises and we Selllement Water" Works, sh na utter"
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