Amoy. Apr. 5. least 26 aeroplanes from various actions partook in an air raid this morning at Changchow. About fifty bombs were dropped on the aero drome and in the vicinity a numb: of houses were destroyed. Two concrete bridges were likewise damaged. The raiders also machine-gunned the aerodrome. but so far there has been no report of the casualties. No bombs were dropped in Amoy itself, but the sounds of the explosions were audible in the city.—Reuter.
Commissar.
M. Litvinoff, rejected the protest The Japanese Ambassador alleged that, during the recent fighting in China, Japanese troops brought down plane which proved to be Russian. and that the pilot, taken prisoner by the Japanese. admitted that he had been in the Soviet service. This fact. Mr. Shigemitsu said, was re-grottable, and imposed a particular responsibility on the Soviet.
M. Litvinoff denied all knowledge of the pilot He pointed out that Soviet Russia was equally entitled with other nations to act freely in China where, according to the Japanese, no war but only an incident existed.
The viewpoint of the Soviet in regard to the sale of armaments, including aeroplanes, to: China, Litvinoff continued, conformed w universally accepted standards international law.
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