AIR RAID HORRORS
HUGE FIRES IN HANKOW & OTHER CITIES FIVE HUNDRED TRAPPED IN BURNING THEATRE. BOMBS DROPPED FROM HIGH ALTITUDE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. HANKOW, July 19. 'Twenty-seven Japanese bombers, flying high to avoid anti-aircraft fire, carried out their biggest and most destructive raid on the Wuhan area today, attacking the aerodromes at Wuchang, Hankow and Hanyante, at the latter of which huge fires were caused, one dangerously close to the arsenal of Hankow. The city itself is believed to have suffered severely. A Chinese theatre was set on fire and 500 refugees were trapped. RIGHTS IN CHINA. SOME ASSURANCES OFFERED BY JAPAN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 18. In an answer in the House of Commons today regarding British commercial interests in China, Mr R. A. Butler, Under-’Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that the most recent communication from the Japanese Government expressed readiness to take certain steps to allay the anxiety felt for British rights and interests. The British Ambassador at Tokio was continuing to press the Japanese Government on the subject.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 July 1938, Page 5
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173AIR RAID HORRORS Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 July 1938, Page 5
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