The following version of the incident was issued by the Japanese Domei News Agency last night:—Failure of two cars, carrying British subjects, to display prom-mently the Union Jack while proceeding from Nanking to Shanghai, late last night was blamed by Japanese naval aviators for their attack on the vehicles at a point about two miles south of Minghong yesterday afternoon, The cars, Domei learned, were proceeding on a route not specified in the preliminary information conveyed to the Japanese authorities by the British Consulate-General in Shanghai regarding the projected course to be followed by the vehicles, Moreover, it was pointed out, the notification stated that three cars, all prominently displaying the. British flag would comprise the convoy. Only two cars were, however, involved in yesterday afternoon's incident.
The cars, the fliers told Domei, "could only be regarded as Chinese military vehicles" as they were painted in a yellowish colour and, moreover, did not carry in a clearly visible manner an identitying symbol.
Japanese naval aircraft, returning from a bombing raid on Sungkiang, Domei learned, found the two cars proceeding towards Shanghai on the highway south of Minghong.
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