Statement Issued by H.Q. of British Forces All circles here express very grave anxiety over the hint given by the Japanese naval spokesman at Shans hai yesterday of the possible bombing et Hankow's business and residential districts, These districts are restricted to a few streets in the neighbourhood of the river front, and are congested with nearly 400,000 people. Bombs dropped there would, it is expected cause a heavy loss of life.
The situation here, from the point of view of air raids, is very bad be cause of the lack of open spaces in
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