Pengpu, Feb. 12.
Two hallan Jesuit nuns were wounded here this morning by fragments of bombs dropped by Chinese military aircraft in the course of two raids.
The nuns, both of whom sustained wrist injuries were: Sister Etienne 37 and Sister Josephine Della Heavy damage was also inflicted by the raiders on the property of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pengpu, the French Ursuline Convent, and a British-owned flour mill.
Immediately following the second raid, the Right Rev. Msgr, C. Cassini, in charge of the Vicariate, announced that he would ask Signor Giuliano Cora, Italian Ambassador, to file a strong protest with the Nationalist Government.
Interviewed by Domei, the wounded nuns said they were outdoors, prepa: ing gruel for refugees, when th heard the roar of power-diving planes The refugees immediately rushed into the building and escaped injury. The two Italian women were, however. slower and were wounded by bomb fragments.
Msgr. Cassini told Domei that he could see no explanation for the attack on Italian property, since it was clearly designated by huge flags on the roofs. Since the Japanese occupation of Pengpu, he charged, Chinese artillery on the northern bank of the Hwai River had; repeatedly shelled the Jesuit church and monastery, inflicting considerable damage.
In the first raid, which began at 9.35 o'clock in the morning, the Chinese aircraft dropped 11 bombs on the Italian property and the French Convent. Returning 25 minutes later six bombers rained incendiary missiles on the flour mill, setting it on fire.
According to an eye-witness of the raid, the Chinese planes dumped about 50 bombs into the Hwai river while attempting to escape from intense fire from the Japanese anti-aircraft batteries.—Domei.
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