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A trainload of refugees at Wuhsien (Soochow) that escaped visitation by Japanese bombers.

The Rules Of War

(Continuedi from page 598) tion of their goodwill they pro- ceed with the bombing of open cities and towns, attack poor in- nocent fishing junks and in fact infringe all the rules of warfare to such an extent that first the Committee of Twenty-three and then the League Assembly adopted a resolution embodying forceful condemnation of these tactics which have "evoked the horror and indignation of the world."

Japanese observers in Geneva, not unnaturally, labelled the re- solution as "unfair and without purpose" and the Japanese naval force, against whom the resolu- tion is principally directed, chal- lenge the League's judgment in no uncertain terms. These pro- (Continued on next Column)

her position as an honourable nation, and SO we have Mr. "Soho Tokutomi, the Japanese historian and writer say that

since the outbreak of the North

China affair "the British people have

(Continued from previous Column) | (Continued from previous ('olumn) tests, futile though they must be, are supported by the Japanese press and one paper in particular singles out Great Britain for her "unfriendly attitude" towards Japan. This paper goes on to say that it is only in Great Bri- tain that hostility against Japan has assumed nation-wide propor- tions but in this, like in all their pitiable efforts at propaganda, the papers have missed the point, for news received from every sec- tion of the civilised world shows that feeling is so high against the Japanese, guilty of the gross- est barbarism, that it would be safe to say that scarcely one great Power has any sympathy for the Nipponese.

It is an accepted fact that only when a nation is afraid of an- other does she seek to undermine (Continued on next Column)

been

growing piteously nervous. They have been in- dulging in utterance which may well be described as hysterical.” But for the fact that we have long since become used to wild statements from Japan and her accredited spokesmen, we would perhaps be a little annoyed at this amazing allegation, coming as it does from a man

who is reputed to know what he is talking about, but little "Soho," like the rest of his countrymen. has lost what little reason possessed so that his statement. instead of causing annoyance (Continued on page 600)

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