Compensation for Japanese Merchants Hit by "War"
Tokyo, Jan. 23, Polly traders and manufacturers hit by the current hostilities China will get a share of the Government's vast orders for munitions, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry ruled to-day, Small Industrial establishments and artisans will be granted—sub-con-{tracts by the major munitions makers the ruling. said, Assistance will be-given by the Ministey (a such enterprises for the purchase of necessary equipment, The Ministry will also. make 9 Jerant of ¥.1,000,000 for the relief of petty merchants und manufacturers, most -of the money to be used us partecapital of various public China Said to Have Lost 659
Planes, 27 Ships Tokyo, Jan, 22.
'The aggregate number' of Aights made by Japanese naval aircraft. in the course of raids upon Chinese mill {ary establishments, troop concentra. {fons; and. communication tines be-tweet Aug. 13" and Dee. '31 last {otatiea "13,000," Admiral tatisumasa (Yonat. Navy Minister, told the House lof Peers this morning.
the Shanghai area, 6,000-fights were made by planes taking part in raids. "Planes attacking Nanking made 1200 alights 'Visitors to Canton made S00 trips, while alreratt bombing the Canton-Hankow, and the Kowloon-Canton oilways' made 900 dights.
Raids upon points on the Tsinpu! and. Longhal Railways" necessitated (600 fights. Atlacks were also. made upon towns in Hupeh, Hunan, Honan and Kwangsi, bringing the total num-Ber of flights to. 1,000. the Navy Minister revealed.
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