Hankow, Nov. 24.
Pursuing Chinese troop remnants retreating from Yingshan in southwestern Anhwei, Japanese troops Butler said that the British Government was aware of the difficulties confronting British interests there, Sian Mosques Hit and had taken, and would continue to take, such action as was appropriate to protect those interests.
Asked by another member whether he had yet received a satisfactory reply from the Japanese Government in connection with assaults on British subjects in Shanghai, the Foreign Under-Secretary asserted that the British Ambassador in Tokyo was continuing to press for satisfaction on all outstanding cases of importance.
He added that there had been ar improvement in relations between the British and Japanese authorities at Shanghai.—Reuter, By Bombs Sian, Nov. 24.
Four mosques were struck yesterday morning, when the city was heavily bombed by Japanese aeroplanes. The raid coincided with the day on which the Moslem Fast of Ramadhan concludes. The Moslem quarters suffered most, but the East and West main streets were also hit. Many shops were damaged and casualties are believed to be considerable.
—Reuter, Barcelona Bombed Barcelona, Nov. 24.
Fight Nationalist aeroplanes bombed Barcelona yesterday, in the worst raid since last March. So far, 41 civilians are known to be dead and seventy wounded. There wes a further raid later in which ten persons were killed and thirty injured.—Reuter. crossed into Hupeh yesterday to attack stragglers south of the Upper Fa River, in an area situated 20 kilometres west of Lotien, field dispatches reaching here today said.—Domei.
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