"Air-Minded"
Railway Junction Target of Many Japanese Raids Conditions in City With the Japanese forces pressing hard on Hsuchowfu, the North the Tientsin-from a correspondent, who describes rece conditions in the city.
The letter is marked "Air Mail and probably travelled by train from Hsuchowfu to Chengchow, thence to Hankow, flown to Canton and trought here by steamer, indicating the circuitous routes of China's communications these days.
Since August 30, Japanese air raids have been frequent, sometimes two and three a day with as many as from 30 to 50 bombs dropped in a single day, he writes. "We give these Japanese airmen credit for not bombing the crowded or residential sections of the city. Their objectives tave been clearly confined to the tions of the city bordering on the v0 railways. The total casualties cup to March 10) have not exceeded {200 killed and wounded, of whom about a dozen were soldiers. Several hundred houses belonging to the poorer classes have been demolished but the railways have escaped with remarkably little damage. No bridge has been hit."
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