Shanghai, Apr. 26.
Reports of the bombing of two Chinese "'merchantmen by Japanese naval aircraft off Macao on Sunday ight were described yesterday by a tle the beginning of this year, {In one of the most extensive oper returned with wounds. Of this num~ Japanese naval spokesman here as a "malicious fabrication, apparently faft_on April 28 bombed ber, he said. two men were wounded with some ulterior motive." military. establishments, very severely.
Explaining the reason for the heavy The report, circulated locally by a railway stations and troop concentra-foreign news agency, said four Chitions from Canton in.the south to the esses sustained by the Chinese air: nese survivors of the alleged raid force, the spokesman ascribed it to Tsinpu front in the north. asserted that "more-than 100" Chi-'Tu Hsuchow, the pivot of the Chi-the slowness of the Sovietzmade 1.18 nee defence fine along the Lunghai ese of the two vessels were "either killed instantly He said he did not believe Japanese Railway, a concentration of 400 crowned." military' freight cars was heavily JArmy aircraft had taken part in the With the exception of the sinking spectacular raid, bombed. Numerous cars and various of several junks and one merchant railway buildings were destroyed.
Chinese "Splash" Account vessel on April 17, in retaliation for Veering eastward, the raiding naval fan attack by a convoy of junks and ight swooped upon Pibsien, bombing.
Hankow, Apr. 30. merchantmen on a Japanese warship, Chinese troop concentrations, a com-Accounts of yesterday's great aerial ro Chinese vessel has been sunk or munique Issued by the headquarters halle above Hankow are splashed in attacked by Japanese planes or war-of the Japanese China Sea Fleet all the Chinese papers this morning. ships, the spokesman declared.
Announced yesterday.
Especial prominence is given to pic-"The Chinese forces were said to tures of wreckage of Japanese ma-Ralds Over Wide Area have sustained heavy casualties. chines and bodies of Japanese pilots.
Shanghai, May 2.
'Pihsien is the eastern terminus of 'The Chinese authorities now claim No striking changes in the military 'a line of Chinese fortifeations stretch-that 21 Japanese planes were shot situation in' South Shantung have ipg towards Taierchwang. down, but it is stated that so far only occurred during the past 2 hours, a
'Taolochen Damaged "of, these have' been "detitely Japanese spokesman declared at press conference yesterday afternoon.
Chinese military positions The Chinese authorities have or-Japanese troops have made "con Teolochen, a small coastal Shantung ganized a party of foreign pressman siderable advances" in several places,
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