London, May 10.
Japanese raids on Chungking were the subject of many questions in the House of Commons today. Replying to these, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that in the course of the air-raid on May 4, an explosive bomb was dropped on the native staff quarters of the British Consulate-General, and he regretted to say that two Chinese members of the staff were killed and eleven wounded.
Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, he continued, was now waiting ior a fuller report on the general results of the raid.
Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador in Tokyo, declared Mr. Butler, had been instructed to protest vigorously to the Japanese Government.
Replying to Mr. Tom Williams, Labour member for the Don Valley division of Yorkshire, Mr. Butler gave the assurance that sentiments against the raid, as such, had also been expressed.—Reuter.
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