Shanghai, Miy 21.
Foreign correspondents' yesterday Jatlernoon were denied making any reference in their, despatches to the [Chinese "propaganda" raid on Japan, ut after the Embassy spokesman's personal denial that it had taken place (with him, were associated the Jarmy and navy spokesmen), Reuter's representative asked why. his office ]was prohibited from securing a con Jirmation or denial from Tokyo, 'The "spokesmen were certain' that Ino such raid had taken place or they would have officially been informed by their respective superiors in Japan, but they assured both Reuter fond other correspondents that they Jwould inform the censors to allow messages to pass, provided they carried also an oficial' Japanese denial of the truth of the Hankow report, The news of flight of Chinese planes over Japan was enthusiastic ally' received in Chinese circles here yesterday, proving a welcome relief fof the concern felt over the Hsuchow situation, All the afternoon papers carried the report under big headlines, which were printed in red ink in some papers, Owing to the great demand by the public, sales of the afternoon editions of the Chinese papers tore reported to have been con siderably increased yesterday, The information was first broad~ least over the radio and shortly before 3 pam, extras wore sold in in the Settlement The extras were "a Mei Wan Pao" at 1230 pin. With news vendors. yelling the headlines at the top of their voices, several thousand copies of these " extras were soon sold out in Nanking Road, The alr raid also proved to be the Jmain topic of conversations in streets Jand street cars in the afternoon, Chinese papers also reported direct fighting in Hsuchow with a small Chinese force still holding out in the city, hampering the advancing Japanese.
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