The Archive · 1940

Japan to Continue Railway Bombing

United States' Protest — Rejected by Spokesman — Of Japanese Navy

Tokyo, Feb. 8.

Despite American and French protests, the Japanese navy has no inten-non of ceasing its raids on French-owned Yunnan railway until the alleged shipment of arms and munitions to Cnungking from French Indo-China is discontinued, the today.

Japanese navy spokesman said here

The spokesman criticized the United States ior making representations against the Japanese, bombing of the French-owned railway last week. The United States, it was brought to Japan's attention in, strong terms that Japanese bombings of the reduction in armaments—these are among the peace aims contained in a lengthy declaration of policy issued by the Executive of the British La-

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