Tokyo, June 17.
Following a prote: yi relay from ^ne American Ambassador, Mr. Joseph Grew, regarding damage done to the offices of the United States Military Attache and American property during Sunday's raid on Chungking, the Foretgn Office is investigating the bombing an official spokesman stated toda; He said that Sir Robert Craigie British Ambassador, who called at the Foreign Office on Saturday, also perhaps took up Chungking bombi: The spokesman did not have definite formation on this visit, He said the bombing of foreign property undoubtedly was accidental Bombs fell near the United States Embassy and the American gunboat Tututila anchored near the Embassy when 27 planes rained bombs on the south bank of the Yangtze known as the safety zone on Sunday. e offices of Col. William Mayer, Military Attache of the "United States Embassy, were wrecked and many bombs landed all round the American gunboat. Doors and windows at the Embassy and also aboard the gunboat were blown out and small pieces of shrapnel hit the vessel.
Among foreign property destroyed were a godown and warehouses belonging to the British firm of Barry Dodwell, iceworks owned by an American, Mr. J. H. Schwer. the American naval canteen, and offices of the Standard Oil Company.
More than 30 persons were killed on the foreshore of the south bank but there were no foreign casualties.
"The Government is making enquiries among Japanese mi y and moval authorities in China," the deputy spokesman of the Inf. ion Board, Mr. Koh I: ed today when questioned regarding a report of damage to the gunboat, the offices of the U.S. Military Attache and the United States Navy canteen.
If the press report was true the damage must have been caused aocidentally. the deputy spokesman added.—Reuter.
"Unintentional"
Bombing of U.S. and British property in Chungking was un intention. zl and caused by stray bombs, said Comdr. Hazama, navy spokesman, at the press conference here yesterday. This was according to latest reports from Japanese naval headquarters, he said, which stated that investigation of the cause of some bombs going astray was proceeding.
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