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Show Where New Jap Bombing Arouses French, British HANKOW VJ&J ' -t " - fr river rx - p:r TJi sal u 1 ikSsd When .Japanese war planes dropped scores of bombs on the Chinese Prt of : Swatow shown m choto at right killing and wounding more than 1000 persons, British and French salesmen had new cause for a arm-for Swatow is far south along the Chinese coast and dangerously close to stratcfiic British and French possessions. As shown in the map at left above, Swatow ,s near the Brit sh nava base at Hongkong. Croat Britain fears that the bombing of the south China port ay presage further attempts to seize Hainan Island, which in turn would enable the Japanese to cut ft route between" the British bases at Hongkong : and i Singapore France reportedly has warned Japan against occupying Hainan because of the island's proximity to French Indo-China - r |