Monday was a busy day for Japanese naval airmen, whose activities extended over four provinces, the headquarters of the Japanese China Sea Fleet announced yesterday.
One of the units raided Kian, Kiangsi Province, severely damaging the aerodrome. Another squadron staged raids upon airfields at Chuchow, Chekiang, and Yushan, Kiangsi. In the latter town, Chinese troop concentrations were heavily bombed.
"Worst Possible Moment"
London, Jan.
Offical circles take the view that the present emergency would be the worst possible moment for introducing changes of such importance in the International Settlement's administrative machine, declares the. Diplomatic Correspondent of "The Times" in an article to-day on the Japanese demands to the Shanghai Municipal Council.
So far from accepting the alleged inefficiency of the Shanghai police, he asserts, authoritative opinion London considers. that the Council, in all the circumstances, have been remarkably, successful in their efforts to preserve order and suppress antiforeign. activities.
In the British view, the correspondent continues, the Municipal Council certainly would not be helped in the performance of these arduous tasks by concegsions—in with greater representation and influence in the administrative and police services—to the Japanese, who. would arouse the reverse of kindly feelings in the Settlement's Chinese population.
The Municipal Council, he writes," can appropriately continue discussions with the Japanese authorities, but on the basis that they and their services can be trusted to keep order. and put down anti-Japanese activities.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.