Chinese Renew Air Tientsin Briton Activities Still Untraced Shanghai, Mar. 27.
Coincident with the reports of the renewal of Chinese fir activities, deep mystery surrounds reports along the Toeat waterfront dries yesterday according to. which the. 2, Fengyang Mara Japanese transport, was Te poled to have been. bombed. and Jimk by\one of two Chinese miliary Planes which, according to: these Te. ports, al lacked "a" convoy. of three Topahese transports anda warship, aa'they were proceeding to Hankow:
"The bombing was slated to have occurred at n point between Nanking find Klukiong. and wae' said te have {aken place on' March "12. Chinese members of the crew were said to Have fast their lives and it was ree Ported that "the relatives of these Ten had approached. various cledes Here with 'R'view to obtaining: com:
However, the NAD. steamer Fengyang Maru arrived in Shanghai safely from up-river on Saturday and nothing. untoward. seemed. to""have happened to the vessel, Inquiries after the vessels arrival llelted. the information. that possibly another STapanese vessel had'been' the. victim Chinese raiding Faundron had, succeeded in reaching Nanking' and "bombing" Japanese Heamers moored a Helakwan, Chinese Bomb Canton The report has it that the two Chinese "planes. involved. suddenly dived st {ho convoy and. whilst one plane machine-qunmed the ship, the Dther Let go a: number of bombs, one which wns reported to have scored {direct ut, the ship. sinking within 4 few minnies. "The oticers and eres? ff" the ship, however, were said 10 Rave manned the anil-aieraft guns although it could not be learned Whether of not any" of the machines Wore nowaily hit oF stot down.
'That Chinese miliary. planes have been active during the past few weeks, is confirmed. in' a meutees message from Chungking dated yes ferdayr according to" which nai Yon "Of Chinese' bombers. appeared over "Canton onthe "morning. of Maren The report goes on to state that tug "planes met with ite ant-air Ten Planes Destroyed After visiting Canton, they axe said to have proceeded 16 the Fenho {nd Paiyun aerodromes, where over 10 rargecsize Jepanese "planes. were Sunted on the ground: ese "lanes bombed" the aerodromes.
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