ETIQUETTE IN WAR
BOMBING OF SHANGHAI COURTEOUS WARNING GIVEN. LONDON, September fi. Sir Rercivai Phillips, cabling from Shanghai to the ‘Daily Mail/_ says that for the first time in its history Shanghai was subjected to a Chinese aerial bombardment. It occurred when an aeroplane, believed to bo piloted by a Russian from a Northern .warship, tried to attack the Kiangnan arsenal. The bombardment was in fnll_ accord with the canons of Chinese etiquette, local military authorities receiving a courteous warning, intimating when the aeroplane was due. Thousands of spectators, cheering with the wildest enthusiasm, as if they were witnessing a novel fireworks display, watched four bombs dropped. Two failed to explode, and the other two fell wide.
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Evening Star, Issue 19664, 17 September 1927, Page 10
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117ETIQUETTE IN WAR Evening Star, Issue 19664, 17 September 1927, Page 10
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