Some members of the English Me-thadist Mission including two ladies and a small boy were caught near the scene of the bomBing when taking advantage of the sunny weather, they had arranged a country picnic. They had just time to lie flat beside the roadway, where they could watch the bombs dropping, several at a time. Two squads of three aeroplanes swooped round in great circles alternately arriving over the field and releasing bombs, and the entire manœuvre took from 12.10 until akgut 1 p.m. scare has not been altogether unexpected, although as is well known, Wenchow possesses not a vestige of any kind of military or industrial objective. But because of the natural security of this quiet old harmless city, trade has been brisk and vessels have been calling. This condition would tend to attract the attention of-the Japanese military, who might mistakingly draw the conclusions that Wenchow was acting as a receiving port for places in the interior.
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