Its Position, as Required According to a report received from Hongkong, Japanese authorities were not given any information regarding the location of the Stout Memorial Hospital in Wuchow, Kwangsi, which Was alleged to have been bombed by Japanese aeroplanes last Saturday, the Japanese Embassy spokesman declared at a press conference vester-day evening.
A request for such information was made by Japanese authorities March 4 and the request was not complied with, the spokesman said. The Japanese authorities requested information regarding the location of foreign property, use of flags and other details, in Kwangtung and Kwangsi provinces. The Japanese Consulate-General in Hongkong had notified authorities here that no information had been given, the spokesman stated.
A Japanese naval spokesman said yesterday that on September 17 at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon one unit of planes raided Nanning and the aerodrome there, bombing hangars and other buildings on the air field.
Another unit proceeded to Wuchow and was engaged in reconnoitring when it was subjected to machine-Cun fire from the east part of the town and from a hill farther to th: east, the naval spokesman said.
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