London, Mar. 9.
The British Foreign Office announced today that Japanese planes bombed and badly damaged the Jenkins Robertson Memorial Hospital and the Baptist Mission at Sian on Wednesday despite clear designation and marking of the British property.
Two large Union Jacks were displayed on the grounds so as to be seen easily from the air, the announcement said. Japanese authorities, at their own request, also had been informed of the location of the property some months ago.
The Foreign Office indicated that a stiff protest against the Japanese attacks on British property would be forthcoming immediately.—United Press, "The China Journal"
The extreme charm of Shekwan pottery is shown in the illustrations to Mr. Arthur Berlin's "Notes on the Pottery of Shekwan" in the March number of "The China Journal." A recent photograph of Marshal Wu Pei-fu accompanies Mr. H. H. Barger's account of his career. Mr. Hubert Freyn's "Prelude to War—the Eh nese Student Rebellion of 1935-6" is continued, with photographs of student demonstrations in Peiping. Full measure of illustration is also given to Mr. Harry Glathe's/"Origin and Development of Chinese Money, again a continuation of an article begun in an earlier number and not yet concluded. Mr. Julius Eigner's capability with the camera as well as the pen is shown in "Strange Ceremonies Connected with Buddhist Pilgrimage to Miao Feng Shan," while "Mackerel Fishing from Piers and Rocks," "Flour-de-Lys," photographs of an elephant kill by H. E. the Swedish Minister, "The Rehabilitation of Szechuen Province," described by Mr. John Ahlers, a thumbnail sketch of Dr. Lin Vu-tang under "Personalities in the News", and the permanent features of the Journal help [t° make up a good number,
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