Tokyo, June 2, Japanese airmen attacking the railway station in the vicinity of Canton are experiencing great difficulty, stated Rear-Admiral Noda, spokesman for the Mu ry of Navy, today, The difüculty, Rear-Admiral Noda declared, arose from the fact that the airmen "conscientiously avoid flying over the Shameen International Settlement.
The marksmanship of the Japanese aviators, hé/said, was accurate, and therefore there no damage done to other establishments than those used for military purposes, Rear-Admiral Noda cited raids on Hankow as an example of Japanese manship, stating that "Chinese in Hankow feel unperturbed Japanese air raids, except those living near military establishments."
Rear-Admiral Noda referred to the "Japanese air raid on Hankow on May 31, when nine Japanese raiders engaged over 50 Chinese planes, mostly of Soviet manufacture, and including some Curtis Hawks."
The Japanese aircraft, he said, shot down 20 of the Chinese "planes, One Japanese plane was missing, he said, but all the others had returned safely to their base, Rear-Adi al Noda said that "the total number of Chinese bullets which hit Japgnese planes was less than ten, showing the standard of Chinese marksmanship."
He added, "Chinese airmen usually avoid engagements with Japanese raiders, unless numerically far superior, as was the case on May 31."—Reuter,
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