find it diMeult to understand, rst of all, exactly upon what grounds those criticisms are based. Is it being reasoned that the bombing of Canton self, a defended city and hence a legitimate military object, is bad? If so, why should Japan be singled out for condemnation? Air bombardment of defended cities and towns did not begin with the present hostilities Similar military operations have been and are being carried out by ettler Powers In other parts of the world, Hoihow Bombed Shanghai, June 19.
With Japanese charges of French military assistance to China receiving wide publicity, the attack by Japanese naval' aireraft_ on Chinese military stablishments in Hoihow, on Hainan slond, on Friday, attracted attention in Shanghai yesterday. Hainan Island Is. comprised among the" territory China agreed not to tease or surrender fo another Power under a treaty with France. Nearby Is the French teased territory of Kwangchowwan, According to a Japanese naval' com. munique issued in Shanghai at noon yesterday, "heavy damage" was. in" flicted upon the Defence Headquarters and other military establishments at Hothow.
Other aerial operations included attacks on the Sunning railway Kwangtung province, where freight carriages near Towshan station were blown up. Tracks were claimed to have been destroyed at various points slong the lin
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