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threat The world, in feet, has been shocked into final realisation that Japan in her prosecution of war knows of no civilised restraints, into a true estimation of what is meant when this Japan throws herself at the throat of China. American opinion is permitting itself a second thought. British opinion no longer needs inter national lawyers to deepen con- victions regarding the situation in the Far East. In one of the pleasantries accompanying the
Hong Kong, Thursday, Sept. 23, 193, Nanking destruction threat, Ja-
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nese spoke of the Ambassador of a friendly Power who had on- dertaken the task of warning the nationals of countries not diplo matically represented of the peril of remaining in the capital. No more shocking examples of The name of the country was not Japan's genius for disregarding mentioned, and it would profit us levery accepted canon in the con-nothing to venture a guess. What duct of war among civilised na-it is safe to assert is that no tions have been provided than country to-day in the face of by the series of mass air raids on yesterday's outrages, could pre- Canton and Nanking. In Canton, sent itself openly before the systemised attacks caused great world as a supporter of Japan. damage to private property and
heavy loss of life among non- combatants. In Nanking, where
forty huge bombers launched Advertisement Eyesore death and destruction upon a comparatively defenceless city,
none of the bombs reached their Two bodies much concerned intended billets, but blew great with preserving the beauty of craters in roadways and destroy England held their annual meet- ed property which by no stretchings recently the National Trust even of a Japanese imagination and the Scapa Society for Pre- could be regarded as of military vention of Disfigurement in importance. The horrible nature Town and Country. Scapa's chief of the Nanking raids lost nothing object is to regulate (but not ne by the consideration that the Ja-cessarily to abolish) the display panese naval commandersin of advertisements, and it was Nanking had previously declared able to report some progress. their intention of destroying Local authorities everywhere, China's capital, and had warned by planning scheme, local Act, or foreigners including the diplom-by-law, are increasingly restrict atic corps to remove themselves ing the abuse of public advertis- to safer climes.
ing where it interferes with Happily, with the exception of amenities. It is good to learn the doyen, who probably blames that Scapa is not regarded mere- Washington for the whole affair, by as the advertiser's enemy but the Ambassadors refused to obey is often called in as referee be what virtually constituted a Ja tween a local authority and an panese command to get out of advertiser or consulted by the Nanking or take the consequen- latter before he sets up his pos- ces. The American Ambassa-ter
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warning Japan that the carrying The London County Council has out of her threat might gravely made by laws Winch,among jeopardise Americo Japanese diother things, extend the plomatic relations. Nothing could fance from a protected open have been more correct or ro-ispace within which advertise- per, and it matters not that Mr.ments are prohibited from forty Hull should have chosen to em- yards to one hundred, and also phasise the absence of Anglo-enlarge the schedule of protect-
rican unity of policy by an-led open spaces.
that he did not know Scapa's view is that the only Britain had taken precisely really satisfactory method of
action What must be re-control would be a system of li
strange was a State censing sites as permitted for Department act of such a na the display of advertisements, ture while giving Mr. Nelson and a draft bill embodying this Johnson such a free hand in principle is now being considered.