Ambassadors; Canton "Strongly Defended"
Tokyo, June 8. 'APANESE air raids on the airfields and towns of China will be continued, a spokesman of the Foreign Office today Yold foreign press correspondents.
Hankow and Canton were included among the cities: whose bombing will be continued.
Japanese airmen, the spokesman, however, emphasized, have never directed their attacks against non-combatants, nor will they ose in the future.
The spokesman revealed that M. Arsene Henry, French Ambassador, thad made two different representa tions In connection with Japanese alr raids on Canton.
Same as the Britis The frst of these, he said, was "almost a duplicate" of the British oral. representations expressing an cornest hope for the discontinuation of the serial bombing of Canton, Mr, Kensuke Horinouchi, Vice Minister for Forel Affairs, Tesponse assured M. Henry." that Sepanese attacks are confined to military establishments in' Canton, MGbiieh' is not an open town, but, contrary, a strongly defended the spokiesnian. said, Intensified Hostilities Osaka, June '8.
Osaka businessmen yesterday joined the rapidly growing chorus of demands for an" Intensification of hostilities in China and for steps to check the assistance given to. the Nationalist Government by foreign Powers.
The Osaka Association, comprising the city's leading businessmen, passed 8 resolution urging the Government to "accept China's challenge of a war of attrition." The resolution reminded the Government that "naional sentiment is dissatisted with mere passive conduct of hostilities Chin We also told the French envoy that Tapanese raids have never been directed against Chinese non-com-
The other French representation, made yesterday, dealt with damage allegedly caused {0 2 French hospital fu Canton as a result of a Japanese
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