The disclosure that the cars in the Ambassadors party "when it "war "attacked nese aeroplanes, did not carry the lags on the radiators but actually had them on staffs well above the tops ofthe roofs is Interesting. So, too the disclosure that the Mags were 27 inches by 19 Inches square each. In commenting on this eubect it was assumed that the flags were ut ordinary size and were borne on the radiator bonnets 'Apparently this was not so, because it was Jaesired 0 keep the driver's' vision free. from [possible interference, so se tually. when the cars {eft Nanking and when they arrived in Shang: nal the fag staffs were, a& already described, hoisted perpendicularly on the roofs. of the fears. As the aeroplane which machine-gunned the car few down to a height of within 200 ft fof the ground and actually fired through. the Side of the ear it seems as If the airmen should have been able to detect the significance of the 'Mags, although it must be stated, in. faleness them, that there is stil a. difference of fepinion on that point, for allowances must be made for the speed at which' the aeroplane Mew, and the preoccupation Involved in steering the plane and directing the aim of the particular weapons with which they were concerned.
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