Lord Cranborne, British delegate Bombings to Continue If Necessary Geneva, Sept. 30.
A statement regarding the League of Nations Assembly's condemnation of Japanese bombings, similar to that of the spokesman of the Foreign Office. in Tokyo, was made by the Japanese spokesman here to-day. Japan, he said, was determined to destroy the military forces of her enemy, and air bombings would be, continued, if necessary, Expressing deep indignation at the ble manner" in which the Assembly had considered the matter, the spokesmen in Tokyo yesterday, accused that body of passing Sentence without assuring themselves of the accuracy of their evidence, Nanking and Canton were not undefended cities, he asserted, but contained important military establishments end had been strongly fortified against aerial attack, He denied that the Japanese Government had ever permitted indiscriminate bombing of non-combatants and declared the objectives of Japanese aircraft were. entirely restricted to troop concentrations and military establishments,—Reujer.
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