Hankow, Oct. 14, Fifty Chinese fell victims to bombs dropped "by. their"own countrymen when 20 Chinese aeroplanes staged. a raid here at 2 pin. Flying in formations of eleven, six and three: machines, the Chinese bombers apeared from. the west, salvo of 40 bombs, released from an estimated altitude of 20.000 fect, land-fed in the folds west of Chungshan Park, killing and wounding about 50 a window a machine-gun was fired at Chinese soldiers.
Inturiated by this surprise attack of Jo "traitor," the Chinese soldiers set fire to the restaurant, which was reduced to ashes, the report said.
Aiding Infantry forces, aeroplanes incessantly. attacked the' city's mille tary positions, Gen. Wu Fei's headquarters building was wrecked when Init by two bombs but he escaped death as he already has left the city. Gen. Chang Hui-chang, Vice-Commander of the district, was reported to have been seriously wounded by Machine-gun fire from an aeroplane while he was retreating—Domel.
Fakhol "Virtually Occupied"
Tokyo, Oct. 14.
Pakhoi, eastern Kwangtung seaport land the sole ocean outlet for the [Nationalist Government, is virtually. Joccupied by the Japanese Navy, Viee= Admiral Nobutake Kondo, former. commander-in-chief of the "Japanese. naval forces in South China, said Sea patrols, coupled with almost Jdaily air raids executed whenever weather conditions permit, have, effectively destroyed the seaport as a point of trans-shipment for munitions, the stated. Vice-Admiral Kondo returned to Tokyo yesterday to us-sume a new post with the Naval General Staff. Twenty thousand cases lof gasoline had recently been destray= fed at Pakhoi in an air-raid.
Referring to Chinese troop remnants jin the mountains of Hainza Island, the former commander-in-chief de-flared that their resistance would die a natural death" asa result of a dearth in munitions. An attempt to Jestablish a munitions factory inlaw, he added, had been foiled when 'Japanese naval aircraft blasted' tne building housing the plants—Domci.
Gropped by the Chinese raiders strucle a Spanish Franciscan church west fof the Hankow race course. Two other Chinese assistants in the employ. of Father Contreras were Wounded. The church was badly. damaged.
This was the second Chinese air attack upon Hankow since the Wuhan Peicelty area was occupied by the Japanese forces almost a year ago. The first Chinese attack occurred on October 3—Domel.
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