Canton, May 31. (CANTONS hopes of a respite from yesterday's air-raids were shattered this morning by the sounding of the alarm at 9. Soon afterwards, five Japanese a aeroplanes appeared oyer the city and began to drop their bombs.
The objectives of the raiders were not certain, but the sound of the explosions came from the direction of Honam, a thickly populated district.
Little damage resulted from this morning's raid, a number of bombs falling in íhe river, and some in open spaces near Saichuen Waterworks.
No casualties have been reported up io now, and there were no further air raids during the afternoon.—Reuter.
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