In Dublin Not to Bomb Foreign Properties R. Kazushige Hirasawa of the American Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has just returned from an extensive tour to Hankow, Nanking and other points in order to investigate foreign allegations that Third-Party property in the interior had been deliberately bombed, addressed correspondents at yesterday's press conference and expressed his conviction that these "unhappy accidents" were unavoidable notwithstanding the fact that the Japanese command is doing everything possible to prevent the destruction of foreign property.
He pointed out that prior to a bombing raid being undertaken, pilots prepare their plans for three days, studying maps and being shown flags of the various nations, so that they can recognize them from the air and thus prevent the bombing of Third Party properties.
"There seem to be two main preconceptions on the part of foreigners here and abroad," Mr, Hirasawa said, "firstly, that the Japanese military authorities act independently irom instructions received from Tokyo and secondly, that Third Party nationals seem to be of the opinion that the Japanese military in China are trying to oust foreign interests in this country.
"I must most strongly protest against these preconceptions," he went on to say, "because I saw myself how the utmost care is being taken at the front to prevent these unhappy accidents.' Pilots prepare their bombing expeditions for three days, they locate Third Party property and mark them into maps or if there are no maps, it is pointed out to them that this city for in-
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