Tokyo, May 21.
The*appearance of Chinese aircraft over Japan Proper on Friday morning was admitted today by the Japanese.
According to the Kumamoto correspondent of the "Nichi Nichi," a mysterious aeroplane, appeared over the city at four o'clock on Friday morning and dropped anti-war handbills and pamphlets, The police, he said, collected between 500 and 600 "rabidly antipanese" pamphlets scattered, on hillsides. 5 fter investigating the aeroplane's course, the correspondent added, the police authorities concluded that the machine belonged to the "enemy."
Kumamoto is a garrison city in Kiushiu, about 50 miles east of Nagasaki, reports from Hankow yes-said that the Chinese planes which raided Japan Proper and dropped leaflets were two giant monoplanes, twin-engined bombers of the Martin (American) type.
Many Chinese officials are said to have been present at the airfield to greet the pilots, stated to be all Chinese, on their return from their historic fight.
A brass band blared forth martial music, firecrackers were fired, and cameras clicked as the planes taxied across the aerodrome.
Dr. H. H. Kung, President of the Executive Yuan and Minister of Finance, congratulated the airmen on behalf of the Chinese Government in a brief speech—Reuter.
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