Battle Near. Nomonhan permits, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, informed the House today in the course of a written reply.
(Mr. Butler was replying to.a question by Sir John Wardlaw-Milne. He said notification had been received from the so-called "Reformed Government" of Nanking that owners of vessels wishing to clear for nine specified places after June 1 must first obtain a certificate from the competent Japanese authorities, Sir Robert Craigie (the British Ambassador in Tokyo) had been instructed to take up the matter with the Japanese Government, and ask that immediate instructions be sent to the appropriate authorities to refrain from insistence upon military permits, the necessity for which is "not recognized as justifiable by the Government."
In reply to Mr. Frederick Bellenger, Labour member for the Bassetlaw division of Notts, Mr. Butler made a statement regarding the incident 1n ihe General Hospital in Shanghai on April 24, following the death of
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Tokyo, June 8.
Assault Protested Jgpanese superiority in the recent aerial engagements with Soviet-built spaireraft along the Manchoukuo-Outer Mongolian border today was attributed by Captain Shire Osawa io the more modern design of the "Japanese fighters.
The mainstay of the Outer Mongolian air armada in the spectacular patte of May 28, Capt. Osawa who took part in the action said, consisted of LZ biplane scouting bombers, escorted by 1-15 biplane and 1-16 monoplane fighters.
"The LZ planes can only be described as old fashioned," Capt. Osawa said. "That is why the battle ended in the astonishing 59 to 1 victory for the Japanese."
The chief advantage of the Japanese fliers, he said, was that they knew they were flying above their own troops. In an emergency, the Japanese pilots had the assurance of being able to land among friends, if it became necessary to bail out,
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