Chungking, May 26. [HE banking district appeared to be the objective of the Japanese bombing of Chungking yesterday evening. This section of the city was not greatly affected by previous bombings.
Twenty-seven Japanese bombers, in three squadrons, converged over Shensi Road from the west.
One laid a line of bombs from Sinfen Street, eastward through Hsienmiao Street, towards Shensi Road.
The centre squadron started bomb-'Swatow was attacked by a squadron ing at Central Park, then moved fof eight planes from "an alreratt eastward through Taomenkou towards carrier, resulting in an unknown Shensi Road, while the northern. humber of casualties, Later in the squadron went from Tuyuchai, down (er noon, the alreratt carrier" re-through Siacliangtse towards 'Shensi turned to the vicinity of Swatow, Road. second raid was made, eight 'One bomb directly hit the tower planes bombing Chaoynng, causing of the Meifeng Bank, which was fires which were visible from probably the finest and' tallest build Swatow. The number of casualties Ing in Chungking, crashing through fin the second bombing is also not {wo reinforced concrete floors and shattering every window in the bulld-Many Reported Killed Near Macao Ing.
'Reuter, however, in @ tour of the 'Macao, May 24. city this morning, found the bank Japanese planes were very active fflices on the ground floor opened as. today near' Macao. A number of Usual At 7 am. the clerks were men, women and children are busily attending to their duties and ported to have been killed when the taking care of patrons, although the Sapanese machines bombed Shek oer was littered with broken "glass Jand'Hachak, Hachak is adjacent 10 and other debris. nako.
'AL the same time, Japanese de-Fires Under Control stroyers" ares reported again to be All fires in the city were under nathering off Tongka—Reuter, control and all the wounded persons were removed to hospitals by mid-Shang! night.
Troops were seen this morning Wenchow, important clearing up the debris and removing Jeastern Chekiang, was again raided unexploded bombs. Workers were aval busy repairing power, telegraph and telephone Lines, Central Park presented a tragic mills and picture when inspected immediately owns. he said, Bfler the raid, "AN Whanghwatsun, the spokesman suid, Japanese alreratt had. jnflcted Partly due to the summer heat, and Heavy' damage to. Chinese barracks partly due to the mistaken belief that Jin spite of Intensive anti-aircraft fre the Japanese would not bomb such an open space like the park, which dlrgeted at them, devoid of any military objectives, Allacks. ayainst Chinese positions hundreds of the populace had flocked fon the Fukien mainland opposite there after the alarm sounded.
Amoy and Kulangsu were continued bytaireratt on May 21 and 22, Women, Children Killed Two clandestine arsenals "engaged the manufseture of rifles." Were Many small bombs were rained all Gestroyed by Japanese naval landing over the park, causing a large num= bor of casualties. About 30 wounded parties near Wangpo on Hainan Tsfand carly this week, while milliary were already in stretchers, ready 10 Jestablishments at Chongkong and carried off to hospitals, when Pellishih, in the western part of the Router arrived on the scene, while island, were badly damaged by raid-least 20 dead bodies were still left ing Japanese aircraft, the spokes: lying on the ground. man stated, One small girl was sitting against 'a wall as if sleeping, but a trickle of British Bullaings Bombed blood flowing down her neck vealed that she was dead.
Shanghai, May 28.
"A Chinese mother was holding the 'A Chinese message from Hongkong liliand of her dead boy, who was about states that when Japanese planes six years of aye, erying uncon bombed Foochow. and neighbouring districts on May 14. British church trottably. fand {wo British mission schools were Further on, lay another woman, still alive but unconscious, availing bombed. The church was completely Femoval, while beside her lay her foestroyed. and the schools suffered. small gid ina pretty print frock—daniage. The mission property dead, Was located in a place 22 kilometres An almost headless soldier had southwest of Foochow, Two British slumped at the foot of a cut-down missionaries have gone to report the tree, and beyond him two young girls, matter to the authorities in Hongkong. their bodies almost unmutilated, sprawled against a wall, What was once a children's play. ground was "littered with bodies,
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