Chungking, Oct. 29. tis now established that four members of the crew-two Germans and two "Chinese—were wounded when Japanese alreratt attacked a passenger plane of the Sino-German' Eurasia Aviation Corporation during a raid on Kunming on October 26 and foreed it'to Tand in a rice feld, 'There were no passengers aboard. 'The German. pilot' was wounded by a machine-gun bullet in the shoulder. The machine came down in a rice Jfeld in the eastern outskirts of the The front end of the plane was [destroyed and the wings were riddled with machine-gun bullets. The plane Jhad taken off and was heading north-feast when it ran into a squadron of Tepanese planes about to bomb Kunming. Four of the raiders pursued It. Tt was first erroneously reported that passengers, including some foreigners, were abonrd.—Reuter, How Liner was Downed Chungking, Oct. 29.
Japanese aircraft raided Kunming: yesterday when 13 raiders bombed the outskirts of the city. Four Japanese war planes also appeared over Kunming "on Sunday sweeping the suburbs with heavy machine-gun fire, It is now established that the Ger man pilot named Lutz who was flying the 'Eurasia Aviation Corporation's aeroplane on Saturday was attacked by three Japanese aircraft, After his aircraft had caught fire' in mid-air Lutz was foreed to land his machine in a rice-field, The Japanese aircraft continued to attack' the plane with heavy machine-gun fire after it had Janded. The machine was completely destroyed.
Lutz received three wounds, one! on the face, another in the shoulder, while-a third bullet pierced his side. Two other members of the crew were wounded in the legs, while, a fourth was also slightly injured—Reuter.
Transport Crashes a Naval Base in Central China, Oct. 28.
'A large Douglas plane, which had just taken off from the Kunming aerodrome, crashed Saturday as a squadron "of Japanese sea planes. embed the transport during a raid conducted em the airport.
Japanese military observers sur. mised that an important Chungki Government oficial might have been a passenger in the plane, as several fears, presumedly containing po Bidding farewell to the depart assonger, were seen on the ground.
Confirmation had not yet been secured that the plane was a regular transport on the Kunming-Chungking Aight—Domei.
Japanese Admiral Congratulated Vice-Admiral Nobutake Kondo, Tokyo, Oct. 28, Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff, and Vice-Admiral. Teijiro 'To-yous, Vice-Minister of the Navy, de-patched a joint congratulatory mes-Sage today to Vice-Admiral Shigelaro Shimada, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese China Seas Fleet, commend~ ing him for successfully' destro} aircraft factory at Mengyin on Yennan-Burma border and shoot down Chungking planes over the Sintsin aerodrome in Szechwan on Salurday according to a communique issued by the Navy Section of the Imperial General Headquarters tod Chinese Reds Urge Nehru's Release Chungking, Nov. 3.
Earnest hope of an carly release of the Indian leader, Pandit' Jawaharlal Nehru, who was arrested at Allahabad several days ago for making anti-War speeches' in connection with Mahatma Gandhi's individual civil obedience campaign, is expressed ina leading article of the "Hsin. Hua' Sih Pao." oficial organ of the Chinese Commntnist Party, Meanwhile, several Jeaders of the The Communist daily describes it Nehru as a great friend of visit to Chung-
King Fast autumn, aswell as his speeches and articles in India, urging assistance to China boycott against Japanese goods.
After accusing Britain of "deliber ately fomenting friction between Indians and Moslems, thereby delay-Indian: freedom." the paper expresses confidence "in the ultimate veees: of the Indian people's move- I ant for "complete freedom and in-
Bomb Bridge Tokyo, Oct, 29.
Continuing their systematic attacks on the Burma Road, Japanese naval aircraft further paralysed Chungking's vital trac artery when a. bridge spanning, the Lu Kiang river, to the west of Mekong, was seriously damaged during a' raid on Monday. claim Japanese official sources today.
Direct hits were scored upon the suspension bridge supports while store-houses on the west bank of the Lu Kiang were set on fire-—Reuter,
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