Recalling his recent trip to Central and North China, Rear-Admiral Noda said he himself saw a map of Henkow, marked with the location of Chinese military establishments and foreign property. These maps, he added, were used by Japanese pilots in their raids on the Yangtze city.
Japanese airmen flying large "planes, he declared, moreover usually photograph their objectives after the bombing.
Metropolitan newspapers today continued to devote long editorials to Taids on Chinese cities and to their free to decide on plans of operations according to the highest principles of military strategy as applied to local conditions. It is now possible io regulate advances or withdrawals on the principle of sustaining min-um losses and dealing heavy blows at the enemy when an Opportunity arises.
"During the first stage of the hostilities, China made gallant sacrifices in defence of strategic points. The experience thus gained has enabled our troops and our people to develop confidence and, at the same time, a tenacious spirit. effect on China's capacity for resist-
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The Nationalist Government, the "Nichi-Nichi" suid in a typical article, is Suffering heavily from Japanese attacks, on land, from the sea and in the air.
Recalling a Japanese air raid on Lafchow, in Kansu, last year, the dally said that "wherever the Na-
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