A protest was luxged yesterday afternoon with the Japanese naval command by the Brilish C.-in-C., Admiral Sir Charles Little, over the bombing by Japanese at Wuhu the Butterfield & Swire steamer Tax tung and the Jardine Matheson steamer Tuckwo and the damage done by splinters to H.MS. Ladybird, the British gunboat stationed in the port, Two Britons were wounded splinters, it was learned yesterday. They are the commanding oflieer of WINS, Ladybird and the chief engineer of the! Tatung. Neither was wounded seriously, though the latter was being detained in hospital yesterday. Chinese casualties were officially reported to be three dead and eight wounded. A Reuter message from Nanking last night, wever, estimated the total to have bbeon eight killed and twenty wounded.
'At the press conference yesterday afternoon, the Japanese naval spokesman said that he had formation on the bombing, while the Embassy spokesman said' that Mr. Herbert Phillips, H.-M. Consul-General, had telephoned Mr. Okamoto, Japanese Consul-General, ate on Sunday evening and presented aim with a factual statement of what was known of the altair in Shanghai.
At the morning press conference. the Japanese spokesman said. that the Japanese "authorities "had information about the bombing of Wahu other than that about '30,009 Chinese troops proceeding to the northern bank of the river were attacked. Despite reported dennis from Wuhu that any Chinese troops were in the vicinity, the spokesman at the morning conference said that thousands of junks, laden with Chinese troops, were seen by the bom. bers In the immediate vicinity" of Wahu, Mankow, Dee. 6.
Two foreigners were slightly. in= sured by bomb splinters when ese aeroplanes bombed British ships at Walt yesterday.
They were: Lieutenant-Commander Barlow, of HAMS. Ladybird, Jand Mr. A. C. Morice, Chief jot Messrs. Butterfield Tatung.
foreign eye-witness says the ralde fers flew upriver at a height of 6,000 feet, directly over the British shi and'dropped six bombs. Large Union Jacks, he declared, were prominent displayed on the British ships and Wahu itself was practi lly devoid lof Chinese troops at the time, tie Roes fon, and the only activity on ihe river front was provided by a number of refugees embarking on junks. many of whom fell into the iver in their stampede for safety.
Captain H.-S." Allison and the Jonicers of the Tuckwo, which set fon fire and completely nutted, vent Abend HAMS. Ladybind bombing, and from the deck of the gunboat watched the slow destruction lof their ship. The Tuckwo wae till burning early this mor The Tatunye was places and had to be beached Reuter.
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