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JAPANESE BARBARISM TAKES HEAVY TOLL Canton's Poor The Victims
<#{FROM OUR OWN"CORRESPONDENT)
In order to ascertain the real extent of the damage done as a result of the continuous, air raids on Canton during the past week, especially the last few days when two, three and four raids were made in succession, I made a tour of the City of Rams, visit- ing various places where havec was wrought by bombs dropped by Japanese planes.
The Sun Yat-sen University, which was started by Dr. Sun himself and was only recently moved to its beautiful $5,000,000 I observed campus, was another object of Japanese" sir raids,
no visible signs of damage to the gorgeous buildings except shat- tered glass in one instance. However, I saw two bombholes in the tennis court. Other missiles apparently meant for the buildings fell into a pond.
ese
any rate, the people. At The spilling or sulphur all over
a bomb damage was negligible. One bomb 3 concrete path when
fell on the pavement some dis- dropped nearby revealed that the
tance in front of the building, pro- intention of the tombers' was to
set fire to this important cultural ducing a crater about eight feet An- institution in South Ching. As far in diameter by Ove feet deep.
other bomb which was found to be as can ascertain, there were no
Incendiary in character, created no casualties within the campus.
Just west
damage of Carton's famous other
shattered except glass and a small crater with a Six Bunyan Pagoda, which is the headquarters of the Kwangtungpool of sulphur-soaked water.
Buddnist
Association, another bomb tell, wrecking a group of thouses and shops. Residents in
the vicinity
wondering are still whether the bombing is an ex- pression of resentment of the Chin- ese interpretation of Buddhism!
GREATER HATRED FOR JAPAN The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, built in memory of the founder of the
the Chinese Republic, WES target of Japanese airmen on two separate occasions. This auditor-
lum. the
largest of its kind th China with a seating capacity of well over 4.000 is a gorgeous build- ing with massive red columns and green tile roofs. It is not known what the reason was for bombing this memorial hall, but it has only fanned a feeling of greater hatred for the Japanese among the Chin-
Ruthlessness
SIGNS OF DEMAND FOR BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE GOODS ARE VISIBLE
NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL EXPRESSES HORROR AT BOMBINGS
PULPITS AND PRESS VOICE PROTESTS IN
SIMILAR STRAIN
LONDON; SEPT. 27: THE NEWSPAPERS TO-DAY WIDELY REFLECT WITH RISING DISGUST THE JAPANESE INDISCRIMINATE BOMBINGS OF CHINESE CITIES AND MANY PULFITS YES- COPIOUS CORRESPONDENCE COLUMNS TERDAY DENOUNCED THE JAPANESE RUTHLESSNESS.
TO ARE WRITTEN IN SIMILAR STRAIN, THE NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL SENT A LETTER THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR KAPRESSING. "INTENSE HORROR AND DISMAY" AT THE JAPAN- ESE BOMBINGS. THE LETTER IS SIGNED BY THE BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM (RIGHT REV. E
SIGNS OF W. BARNES), THE MASTER OF BALLIOL AND MANY INFLUENTIAL INTELLECTUALS. A DEMAND FOR THE BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE “GOODS BEGIN TO BE VISIBLE IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS.
Sir Francis Acland, P.C., M.P., former Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in a letter to the Times" states: The bombing of Canton must and can be stopped. More than three-quarters of Japan's total trade is with countries under flags of the Netherlands, United States and the British Empire. The heads of these countries are men of high civilisation, humane and merciful. They could act together and at once stop Japanese trade within a week. That would stop the massacres. Wi they not do it?
The Bishop of Bristol (Right Rev. Clifford, Woodward) has also sent a letter to the "Times" with the same plea and believes, "I am voicing what many Englishmen are feeling."
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CONTRACT TORN UP
Proceeding to an alley at the in- tersection of West Wal Of Road and Chong Bien Road, I came upon a crater about thirty feet, in dia- meter with scattered pieces of wood, bent iron bars and bricks, re- minding one that a buliding once stood there. The nearest objec- tives seem to be the provincial courthouse and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Library.
The News Chronicle" reporting Tungshan. the residential dis- the formation of a private or
to boycott Japanese trict in the eastern part of the city,ganization
goods arts out a list of the chler is untouched except for the sec- tlon east of the former Sun Yat- commodities Imported from Japan sen University grounds which pre- the value of which in 1935 was sents a sorry spectacle. On Tung Wah Road, about a stone's throw from what is now the University's middle school. a number of de- molished houses on either side of this asphalt-paved
thoroughfare
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Picture above shows a building demolished during à Japanese
air raid in Canton.
NEW ADMIRALTY SIGNAL SCHOOL
London, Sept. 27, The Admiralty have acquired from the Portsmouth Corporation site in the northern part of the city on which It is to erect a new Kaignal school at a cost of £350,000. For some years past the signal school has been in Portsmouth Royal Naval Barracks where the accommodation is inadequate for the needs of the school which is the principal, establishment for training officers and men of the Royal Navy in signals and wireless telegraphy.
British Wireless, Bervive,
450 JAPANESE FLIERS SHOT ་ ་. DOWN IN CHINA Nanking, Sept. 27: Four hundred and Aty Japanese pilots and, filers have been shot down in China Since the opening of hostilities. It was learned here today, w FrMost of the airmen have been ther killed when their machines
JAPAN-GERMAN ANTI.COMMUNIST PACT
Hint To Mussolini
over £8 250,000, and urges readers to carefully ascertain the country of origin before purchasing. Managing Director of a chain of milkbars in London in a letter to
The
SEEN OFF BY A CHINESE
JAPANESE SOLDIER GIVEN FIRST-AID KIT AND CIGARETTES
A local Chinese merchant is re-.. ported by the "Japan Chronicle" to have given a Japanese soldier a hearty send-off the other day, urging him "to "fight bravely agains, the Chinese soldiers". for the sake of Japan.
The Chinese merchant, who learned the other day that one of his tenants had been called away' on a "grave affair," immediately went to a department store and bought a first-aid kit and 30 pack- ages of cigarettes which he gave as farewell gifts to the departing soldier. In urging the Japanese to be brave, the Chinese merchant declared: I have been well cared for in this country and even if the worst comes I wish to remain here. Please do your best for the sake of Japan"
London, Sebt. 27. Now, have you heard this one? The "Times" learns from Berlin There were once three bears. .......... that it is believed that a hint will However, we thing there is some- be given to Mussolini that an an- thing delightfully naive about the nouncement by him of formal gift of a first-aid kit.
--Ed. "HKD.P." Italian adhesion to the Japo- German Anti-Communlat Pact would not be particularly welcome to Germany Just now.
In various parts of the country movements have begun to boycott Japanese goods and place on em- bargo on Japanese imports, states Reuter" message from Washing- ton.
Scores are
crashed or drowned. reported to be missing.
Many were also taken prisioners but at present only the names of 119 have been ascertained.-- Central News-
JI
THE DOLLAR
TT. ON NEW YORK: 20-11/18 T.T. ON LONDON: 1s. 2.7/88.
London Silver Market
(From Our Own Correspondent).
London: Sept. 27. London silver prices to-day were unchanged, as follow:-
Sept. 25 19-15/16
Spot...... Forward.... ....19-13/16
Bept. 27. 19-15/10 19-13/16
the "Manchester Guardian” writes:, "To-day I was about to purchase a hundred million straws at a most favourable price. I thought of the barbaric bombardment of Canton and
tore up the contract." The "Manchester Guardian" In an editorial quotes the Hague Air War Rules of 1923 showing that they are diametrically opposite to what is claimed by the Japanese Naval Attache at Shanghal. The rules expressly forbid bombing where
"THE DEVIL A SAINT
WOULD BE".
Under this heading on page 8 in his daily survey of Sino-Japan- ese affairs, the Editor discusses the statement by Rear-Admiral Honda on behalf of Japan, that could
bomb non-combatants under the terms of the Hague Air Convention,
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CHINA WILL ' ACHIEVE VICTORY
General
military points and non-combatant residents are intermingled.
The paper adds: Six of the greatest Powere in the world have now separately protested to Japan against indiscriminate bombing of non-combatants in Chinese cities. It is time they joined with other countries wishing to do so to make a more solemn, more formal, and more serious protest against this inexcusable massacre-
Beuter
Denounced
HIROTA-THE GOOD SAMARITAN!
Japan's Policy Of Peace And Goodwill
(BY Y. C. LEUNG).
In the midst of Japanese shelling and bombardments in Shanghal and other parts of China, Mr. Hirota still remembers his, desire for peace! His goodwill and sincerity were best shown In his. speech before the Japanese Diet a few days ago. However, due to his failure to enlist the support of his fellow-countrymen for his good intentions, Mr. Hirota finds it is impossible to realise his sin- cere desire. Of course, he might also have regretted that the whole world, especially the Chinese statesmen. have given him" the cold shoulder.
SO TOUCHY!
In spite of his love for peace. Mr. Hirota, ut the beginning of his speech accused China of embark- ing upon "an anti-Japanese cam- paign of the most vicious kind." As the Chinese Government has hitherto taken all steps within its power to prohibit any campaign In China, the movement has not been found the "most vicious as Mr. Hirota alleged. On the con trary, ever since the large-scale smuggling, openly conducted and encouraged by the Japanese Gov- erhment in violation of the inde pendent tariff system in China, more Japanese goods have poured into China and been foisted upon. the Chinese people than formerly, before the so called "most vicious“ anti-Japanese campaign began. the "campaign" was Actually inspired by the illegal acts of the Japanese.
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"VICE?"
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LOCAL "AUTHORITIES"
Mr.
also Hirota
reproached China for her refusal to negotiate with the Japanese Government through the local Chinese authori-: ties. Certainly, he is of the opinion that outstanding disputes might be settled more speedily in this way, and of course, In doing so, he is pretty sure that he could manage to extort £
little more from the local Government, as his Government has hitherto, done with the Chinese War Lords in the peat.
SPECIOUS ARGUMENT
To avoid legitimate and open negotiation with the Central Government with the malicious 、 purpose of hoodwinking the local. authorities by violence and dupli- city may, as His Excellency`re-) marka. "effect a speedy solution," but it is absolutely Impossible for Japan to check the "aggravation" of the dispute in question. Sooner or later the Central Government would deny any agreement arrived at by the Japanese diplomats and Chinese local authorities. By that time, either the Japanese Govern- ment will have to relinquish the spoils legally seized, or it has to 11 stand by the agreement at In
costs. So war is inevitable! The.
Since Japan as a whole benefits by the legal natiorial movement of the Chinese people in terms of her increasing exports to China. where is the vice? Perhaps Mr. Hirota would say that the vice was. in jeopardizing the Interests and lives of the Japanese people. support of his anxiety over the JAPANESE FLIER situation, he would, however, be at
PRAISES CHINESE
COURAGE
Soochow, Sept. 27: A Japanese fler who was taken prisoner when his plane was shot down in Tal-
tsang district near here yesterday morning was brought back to Soochow to-day.
When interviewed. he expressed great admiration for the courage of the Chinese people and soldiers during the recent air raids. He also added that he hoped the war would soon end and if he should
be able to return to his country alive he will never take up arms again.-
Central Nerda
THOUSANDS CHEER DICTATORS
Shanghai, Sept. 27: Chu Shao-liang, new Chinese Com- mander-in-Chief in the Shanghai area, to-day stated: "No matter what large forces the Japanese may throw in here we are confid-
Berlin, Sept. 27: Signor Musso- ent that China will ultimately Itni and Herr Adolf Hitler have achieve victory through a prolong-left for Berlin from Essen The ed war of attrition." Reuter.
EMPHATIC DENIAL
Soviet-China Pact Assertion
Tokyo, Sept. 27, The Japanese Foreign Office has declared there is much “reason to believe that a military past has been signed between the Soviet and China. The Chinese Govern- ment has emphatically denied the Japanese assertion and has declar ed it is entirely unfounded Reuter's Bulletin Service.
Kruppe Works refused to give any Information as to what Mussolini saw on his official visit there. It is estimated a crowd of 750,000 lined the route from the Krupps Works to the station and cheered the DictatoTE---.
Renter.
"FLYING DOCTOR" STILL MISSING
Darwin, Sept. 21: Fears are ex- pressed for the safety of Dr. Claud Fenton, Australia's "fying.doctor" who has been missing for seven
days while on a flying visit. Two planca have been searching around Newcastle waters. The doctor has only ten days water supply with
him---
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
a loss to quote u single incident in which either Japanese nationals or Japanose properties have been en- dangered to the extent that the Chinese people have been usually treated in Japan
FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS į IN SPANISH WAR
London, Sept. 27. During their separate cails at the Itailan Foreign Office on Fri-
non-aggravation policy. so tena- clously held to by Mr. Hirota will turn out, after all, to be an ag- gressive one, which, according to the tenor of his speech, he should eschew.
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EMPLOYEES EXECUTED
Moscow, Sept. 27. Five men have been executed on the charge of destroying 200,000 tons of grain by introducing pests in grain warehouses. The were employees of the Grala Col- lection Commissariat.—
day the British and French Charge leuter's Bulletin Service. D'Affaires in Rome intimated that
a joint France-British Note setting
forth the views of the two Govern-
ments on the main problems pre- sented by the foreign intervention i in Spain and especially the pre- sence of foreign volunteers is to be sent to the Italian Government in
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Scene of desolation in Tungshan following Japanese air raids during the past week in Canton.