London, Feb. 19.
The battleships which Britain will lay down during the present ye: will exceed 42,000 tons, says the naval pondent of the "Daily Tele-to-day. It is generally assumed that the United States and French ships will also be larger than 40.000 tons. age of Japanese planes and of the Japanese pilots who were captured alive.
The Chinese press is loud in its praise of the Chinese Air Force which, it says, has special reason to feel proud of itself because it has been operating under two great handicaps; little experience and insufficient aircraft, Meanwhile, Chinese authorities dispute the Japanese claim to have shot down two of four Chinese bombers in the raid on Pengpu. The bombers, it is stated, were surprised by the Japanese pursuit "planes and, in the engagement which followed, two of them were forced to land behind the Chinese lines, while the two others returned safely to their base.
Subsequently, the two bombo which made forced landings, also returned to their base, it was said The four Chinese machines involved were piloted by members of the "Foreign Legion," and the planes were "Vultees," or American light bombers.
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