CANTON’S ORDEAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1938, Page 7

CANTON’S ORDEAL

APPEAL BY MISSIONARIES AGAINST BOMBING OF CIVILIANS BRITAIN AND UNITED STATES URGED TO PROTEST. REFUGEES SWARMING ON QUAYS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Copyright; (Recd This Day, 9.20 a.m.) In the third successive daily air raid, twenty Japanese planes dropped forty bombs, mainly on Government offices, but adjacent dwellings again suffered. The continuous anti-aircraft barrage is endangering the foreign settlement in Shameen, which the raiders have hitherto avoided. Steamers bound for Hong Kong had to sail early to escape the swarms of refugees pressing on the quaysides. The British United Press Agency • estimated that 300 were killed today, making the total for the three days 1300. The British gunboats Cicala and Seamew are en route to Canton from Hong Kong to join the Moth and the Marantula. It is stated that 200 were killed and 300 wounded in today’s raid. The British missionaries in Canton have cabled an appeal to the Arch- ' bishop of Canterbury to draw public - attention to the bombing of Chinese civilians and to urge the British Government to protest to Japan. American residents have similarly cabled Mr Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. STIR IN TOKIO OVER FRENCH RAILWAY PROJECT. NEW ROUTE FOR SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS. r (Recd This Day, 9.20 a.m.) TOKIO, May 30. A stir has been caused by the news that a group of French banks is backing the construction of a railway within six months to connect Haipong in Indo-Chlna with Nanning, in Kwangsi, which, next to Honk Kong, is China’s best route .for importing munitions from Europe.