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HIROTA-THE GOOD SAMARITAN!

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JAPAN RESPONSIBLE On the one hand Mr Hirota re grets that the Central Government "concentrated armies in North China to challenge Japan," on the. other hand he purposedly ignores the fact that his own Government took the lead, while the Central Government only followed suit ta

territorial protect its

Integrity. It is only the occupations Peking" and Tientsin by Japanese Chinese troops that gave rise to te-inforcements.

While having imputed to China the responsibility for the present crisis, the Foreign Minister appeal- ed to his fellow countrymen by bringing forth a faked fabrication about Chinese ruthlessness in deal- ing with Japanese, nationals in China,

He sought to move the Dlet by stating that Sub-Lieutenant Oyama and Seaman Salto were murdered by the Chinese Peace Preservation Corps. His pretence. though Inflammatory and sensa- tlonal enough to arouse the feel- hardly ings of his country. can stand the test of facts. No sooner had the joint investigation of the two Governments established the

then facts

the Japanese blue- Jackets began shelling: The prompt withdrawal of the Chinese Peace Preservation Corps falled eventually to pacify the anger of the Japanese militarists, yet his Excellency the Henourable Minis- ter still blames China for not re- moving all military works at.. a suitable moment so that the conse-

and quent hostilities

calamities might have been averted!

According to the version of Mr. Hirota. the

of i reinforcement Chinese troops in Shanghal vlo- lates the 1982 Truce Agreement. Without questioning the legal validity of the agreement. China would be too glad to be enlighten- ed on what grounds the Japanese Government poured division; after division of Its troops Into the Chinese territory. "Mr. Hirota cloaked the wanton aggression of his country by justifying “a smal Naval reinforcement" to Shanghal

Though the small Naval rein. forcement" has proved incapable of bringing China to terms. yet this feet, consisting of no less than one hundred and thirty men-of- war with the most up-to-date equipment of lethal weapons was enough to cause a general exodus of the European residents Shanghai, and to bring about un- precedented devastation to Chinese civilians. Naturally in the eyes of Mri Hirota, inured to the Japanese grand scale armament scheme, such a naral reinforce ment is really small.

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DIPLOMATIC HOCUS-POCUS In his speech it is implied that the preliminary Peace Conference sponsored by the consular body in Shanghal prior to the opening of hostilities was frustrated by China's refusal to withdraw "outside of a

striking distance her regular troops" as the first prerequisite. Also it is implied that Japan, after China has fulfilled the proposal, would be prepared "to restore her forces to their original positions." That this statement merely serves as a bait to induce China to pull down her legally constructed de- fence works is obvious and clear. Yet the wise Miniater still wants to deceive the whole world by a play. of diplomatic hocus-pocus. Only the members of the Japanese Diet can believe and trust him.

INJURED INNOCENCE

Mr. Elrota alleged that the "Chinese war planes dropped bombs not only on the headquarters of our landing party, on our warship and on our Consul General, bnt

fault with China to: refusing direct negotiation. The contradic- tion is just as glaring as is absurd. Mr. Hirota's logic is only good for hypnotising his

Diet. members in the short of taking in" world.

fellow but fails the whole

Japanese Barbarism Takes Heavy Toll

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greeted the eye. The row of houses numbering 60 to 56 became a mass of smouldering ruins within a few seconds after the missiles fell. On the opposite side of the road the damage did not seem so great for the skeletons of houses were still standing. I went inside the near- est house spared by the bombs and encountered "a bewhiskered bent- backed old man who testified te was there at the time of the ex- When asked what the were he merely shock bewildered ex-

-In face of the fact that the crisis in North China is the out- come of Japanese offensives. Mr. Hirota tries to shift responsibility by accusing that China "Indulges In a series of provocalive actions." and that "large force's began to pour into the provinces of Cha-plosion. bar."

in his opinion, is against the terms and conditions his head, with a

This

casualties

of the various pledges and agree-pression on his face which showed ments But here His Excellency he had not yet fully recovered again forgets that the number of trom the effects of the shock.

$10- Japanese troops at present tioned in North China has ac- tually exceeded by twenty times that specified and allowed in the Boxer Protocol.

GOVERNMENT TO BLAME Mr. Hirota also deplores the general evacuation o Japanese

nationals were ordered

hationals is not so much prompted

by the anxiety that their existence may be imperilled. but as a pre- caution to remove all its nationals from a place which has been marked out by the Japanese troops as an abbatoirs for the Chinese people. If evacuees want to vo'ce any grievance in consequence of the evacuation, only the Japanese Government is. to blame.

THE WORST SUFFEREKS

Small shopkeepers and tenants of the poorer section of the dis- trict were the worst sufferers of these aerial bombardments.

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In a shopping district for the poorer class directly, south of the sacrifice thus marke a nationals and the

desomle scene greeted Incurred. Nearly all the Japanese the

Gye. The densely populated by their

rows of houses have now been con- Own

to evacuate, government

verted into an open space tully 200 against their reluctance to leave

yards square. It is estimated that their own Interests behind.

a number of 500 pound bombs were The motive of the Japanes:

dropped" here. Members OL the Government in evacualing its

clearing the debris in the effort Fire Brigade were busily at work

to locate corpses, of which a num- ber, were seen lying around, for the most part covered with grass matting with an arm or leg pro- here and there... No truding amount of words can express the sadness of the whole picture. Grim-faced men were seen looking around peering at the debris in the hope of catching glimpses of bodies of their relatives and friends. Houses which were located some, distance from the ruins bad their doors and windows shattered by the force of the explosions. Some houses had their entire front or side walls blown away, exposing the furniture in their original post- tions. One of the most tragic Samahni and Wuchow scenes was that of the still figure | Manila Macasser and Sourabaya of an old woman with her face

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HIROTA-THE GOOD SAMARITAN

soaked in blood reclining in the same position as when the bomb fell with such telling effect..."

"All this is due to no other cause than that the Nanking Government and also local mill- tarist regimes of China have for many

years past deliberately undertaken to incite ant!- Japonism as a pacara of streng- and in collusion with communist thening their own political powers,

elements, they still further im- paired Sino-Japanese relations." So Mr. Hirota raved,. To this. It would not be cut of place to reply that the militaristie Samurals and Machiavellian diplomats in Japan

MORE PATHETIC SCENES have persistently wanted to annex Moving away from this pathetic China at all costs as a preliminary scene, I went inside an ally ad- towards world conquest, and in joining Whice, Cloud Road behind conspiracy with dictatorial aggres-

the Tung Shek "Baptist Church, world peace to the root. sors they impaired and shocked

but here I was confronted with still another pathetic scene. All that was left of a primary school was its signboard. Most of the children were on holiday, but a ecuple were standing in front of the door with tears in their eyes. I asked them what it was all about. and they replied that they were looking for their two children. Ola women were crying loudly over the fate of their loved ones, with

After all, Mr. Hirota seems to be peace maker whether he is pseudo or hot is an open question, For even at the end of his speech. he reiterated that "Japan has no other objective than to see a happy and tranquil North China,” But he seems to ignore the fact that a happy and tranquil China could be brought about only when It is free from the bombardments of Japanese planes, and when it is placed under the actual rule of the Central Government. Instead of turning to the Japanese mill- tarists to stay their carnage, Mr. Hirota seeks to throw mud at

son, and against his conscience! China, against facts, against rea-

ANTI-PIRACY PATROL CONFERENCE

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silence. Une man was seen lifting a blood-stained bundle a little over Ave feet long and carry it across his shoulder.

I passed the Central Military Academy at Shaho together with a group of friends, and saw no sign or any damage to the buildings which seemed to be carrying on its usual activities.

Some miles to the south of All the experts who are taking | Shekpal on the right side of the part in the Anglo-French and Ita- railway going towards Kowloon, I Han conference un anti-piracy saw what was left of the wings and patrol in the Mediterranean which fusilage of a Japanese plane which opens this afternoon arrived in apparently crashed while it was Paris during the week-end. The being chased out of Canton by purpose of the conference is to Chinese airmen. study necessary modifications to From the above survey, it also all over the International allow of Itallan participation in evident that the material damage Sctilement." Chinese machine- the Nyon arrangement which is caused by the air raids was sight, guns and bombs are only directed | already in operation.-

and the principal „sufferers were towards hostile agents such as British Wireless Service.

the poorer classes of Chinese. Japanese cruisers and the flagship,

at

but they are never aimed civilians

and non-combatants. when they are rushing for shelter. Neither

are Chinese pilots so impetuous and nervous as to shoot Indiscriminately such

a dis- tinguished

the personage ke British Ambassador. despite the conspicuous identification display -

ed by the Ambassador's čar!

In his glow of enthusiasm for peace Mr. Hirota "regrets to say

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that the earnest efforts of the Temperature; maximum vester- powers," to propose a direct nega-day, 88 F. flation between the two Govern- Temperature; -ments, "were thus nullified by the night, 29 F.

Chinese outrages." From time to time the Central Government was quite ready to negotiate with the Japanese Government upon equal footing over those impen.Eng dis- putes. Nevertheless, the sincerity of the Chinese Government failed to bring its aggressor round to give up the principle of negotiat-. ing with local governments only.

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