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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938. -PAGE

CHINA RESIDENTS URGE

URGE MEASURES TO RESTRAIN KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY

CIVILIAN BOMBINGS

Canton Committee's Effort To Mobilise World Opinion

The Canton Committee for Justice has sent an air mai ietter this week to a selected list of people in all parts of the world giving them information, regarding the recent bombings in Canton.

·letter is as follows:-

The

We send this letter by air mall in the hope that those who re- celve it will act quickly and do something to restrain the militarists of Japan from the policy they are following in Canton of bombing business and residential sections, resulting in the death of thon- -sands of civilians and the wounding of an even larger number.

Cantonese feel themselves at the mercy of bombers which have in recent days been dropping bombs without much hindrance

ble home in which she was living was destroyed by

bomb.

RED CROSS CASUALTIES from In another room are two Red anti-aircraft guns. Until recently Cross workers, both of them injur- 'bombs have for the most part beened when helping la rescue work. dropped either on the railway lines One Red Cross worker was killed on factories But recently when a bomb exploded in front of bombs have been frequently drop the Red Cross Headquarters last "ped in crowded sections of the city. | Monday. causing much loss of te and fill- ing the hospitals with wounded.

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This same bomb scattered bodies of more than a hundred people, Most of those who are dead and nearly all of them anong the poor wounded came from the poorer of Canton's population, who had familles of the city. For many of taken shelter under the porch of a them a wound, which makes it large building. Pleees

of their impossible for them to make a bodies were scattered about an lving. may be even worse than area of two hundred yards square. death.

We wish to urge that each person who receives this letter starts im-

LIVING LOST

RACEGOER

A happy racegoer snapped at the sixth extra meeting.

REPUBLICANS

ADMIT LOSS OF CASTELLON

Troops Withdraw

To Valencia

to its capture."

were

HONG KONG RESIDENTS DENOUNCE BOMBINGS

(Continued from Page 1)

is precisely on the grounds of vious war. The continual bombing religion and humanity that I of open cities and villages may. wish to protest against such ahare a similar effect upon the de- glaring violation of "this, divine moralic world today. (Hear law as we are now witnessing in Hear). the cruel war that is being waged

To our friends in England "we against the Chinese Republic and bere in Hong Kong who are near particularly in the bombardment

to the terrible effects of bombing from the air that is bringing bare two messages, The first is death and unspeakable sufferings tpk Neutral enquiry into bomb- to the civil population of Canton. In must include China as well as Even when a war is legitimate. Spin. Becondly, it is time for civilisation and humanity fx idealism in international affairs to limit to the methods that may berair its head again. used, and the most elementary

a decon-

laws of civilisation and humanity the bombing of civilians, and that There is only one defence against demand that the greatest possible is not a gas mask or care should always be taken with tamination squad. but concerted regard to non-combatants, and that cities should not be bombed for the purpose of trying to de- moralise the civil population.

Taking into consideration all the explanations that have been

given and all the excuses that have been made for the bombing of Canton, the reports published in our papers about these bomb-

wa's ings show that there Dagrant

fifth violation of the Commandment of God: "Thou

(Applause).. shalt not kill!"

DR. CADBURY

A graphic description of the

action against the perpetrators of such horrora, (Applause). One of the scenes in Canton last week was described by a neutral observer as though a bomb had fallen in a well-stocked butcher's shop.

In the name of God, let us waken.

the world to realise these things and make an end of its madness.

Loud applause).

REV. N. V. HALWARD Rev. Halward, who has also seen much of the sufferings of the people of Canton, said:-...

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In the men's ward of the Canton | mediately to get together a meet- Hospital is a shoemaker who has ing of people of his or her com-

Valencia, June 16. lost an arm. This means he has munity to discuss what can be done

Government circles admit" the lost his means of making a living. to bring pressure to bear on Japan Insurgent occupation of Castellon, It affects his family, also, who de- to keep her military leaders from adding that

My friends I come to speak to Republican troops pend on him for support.

past few weeks of terror in Can- lyos this evening wearing the bombing the civilians of a city far have withdrawn southward in the ton, one rendered all the In the comer of the ward is an removed from the armies at war. direction of Valencia, which has poignant by virtue of the simple have always been proud to wear more badge of a Scout. It is a badge I other man who groans, not because Such a meeting might well discuss been subjected to repeated air yet very clear language be used, in the past because, the of the pain which has come with means of weakening Japan by ralds.

for was given by Dr. W. W. Cadbury Merement the amputation of his leg but be means of an

has always economic boycott. It is reported that the residen-of the Canton Hospital. cause, as he tells us, be has six ways of supplying China with tial quarters of Castellon

stood for international friendship children, the oldest of whom is ten means of defense and reller funds only slightly damaged by Insur-

Dr. Cadbury said, in part:- and brotherhood. years of age, all whom will not for Chinese who are suffering from gent artillery bombardment prior trought death and destruction to of the Christian Church and I am For nine days the invaders I also speak to you as a prlest eat unless he can carry on his the var.

the citizens of this open city. One reminded that Our Lord once said work of selling fruit along the

Emphasise the fact that China Two raids were made on Barce-day's toll of casualties brought to "Whosoever shall offend one of streets, a means of livelihood which will fight the war against Japan lona this morning to which 13 per- the Canton Hospital, actually re- these my little ones, it were bet- is made difficult by the loss of a We do not need to send Western sons were reported to have been gistered, 154. Hundreds of others tet for him that a millstone be leg."

soldiers to China. Point out the injured.--(Reuter).

elsewhere. In the ward for women and wisdom of helping China to defeat

were treated.

Those placed around his neck and that children is a child four months Japan. This will make It unneces-

Killed numbered thousands and he be cast into the sea." Having Paris, June 16. old, its foot partly shot of by asary to spend the millions of dollars

some are still buried under fallen seen the mutilated bodies of chil Six thousand members of the plece of

houses. bomb 1

dren amidst the ruins of their which went which some nations have appro-Spanish Republican "Lost Divi- through the mother's body while priated to build battleships for the ston”

Let us

talk with some of the homes my heart has been Alled crossed the border into

victims. Here is a doctor who was with horror and shame at she was nursing the baby. The war which their navies expect to France today, 2,000 are arriving at helping in the Red Cross. He was thought, that human beings could child lives, the mother died a fight with Japan in the future.. Fabian Gedre and 4.000 crossing struck down when a bomb fell in be so devilish nearby bed is a 16-year-old girl

There is a further danger about i the frontier to Aracnonout by the front of the Red Cross headquar- with a beautiful · face. She is a

And so as one who has been on acquiescing in the contention that Gela Pass-(Renter). seamstress whose leg has been am -

ters, He is dying, both legs hor-the spot in Canton and has per-a city like Canton can justifiably ribly mangled. His wife and little sonally seen some of the horrors putated above the knee because of

be bombed because it contains an injury received when the hum-

boy stand beside him weeping. perpetrated by the Japanese dur-llitary objectives, and it is this. We relieve his pain-that is ziling the past fortnight I have no How are we to define what is a Next, a man with one leg hope-hultation in denying all that the "military objective" and who is to lessly crushed. He is bleeding so Japanese say in defence of their define it?

GAS USED BY JAPANESE

Chinese Soldiers Killed

· DR. A. 3. FISHER (Chairman),

EDWARD H. LOCKWOOD (Secretary).

SECOND FRENCH SHIP. BOMBED

Heavy Air Raids

On Valencia

Valencia, June, 16. Tungkwan, June 16.

tear gases were -A second French ship was des-

Mustard and

Japanese army in

:

LOST DIVISION

NEW DEFENCE

CHIEF FOR SOUTH CHINA

table.

Gen. Ho Ying-ching To Take Command northern cities, dec.are that this

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Canton, June 16.

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Why Chinese Embassy In Tokyo Closed

RETURNING CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ON

CURRENT CONDITIONS

Shanghai, June 16.

I pulled the tourniquet tighter murderous and indiscriminate at- Is a girls' school a military ob- and he is hurried to the operating tacks on a practically defenceless Jective simply because little chil-

chilian population Hving-in

dren may sell flowers to buy war Newspaper men who had cover-

Is a newspaper office ed Nanking. Soochow and other open city which is nothing but the weapons?

commercial centre for South with its ceaseless issue of fery editorials a military objective? Is China is the worst massacre In this or

a city protected by anti-aircraft any other war.

guns (which can only "defend and The Chinese Embassy was closed Five times the airmen dove over

In the majority of cases bombs not attack), a military objective? on May 29 because the names of the French hospital with the have fallen not

or is an unarmed city that contains the Embamy Staff were kept out on military

ora raliway sending arms to the of the diplomatie list and malls to government objectives freely brought into 115€ by the troyed as the result of air raids General Ho Ying-ching, Ministricolour clearly painted on the

Two bombs hit and des to roof. an effort to carried out on Valencia yesterday fer of War, will shortly come

anywhere near them, but front a military objective such that Chinese diplomatic officials were break through the strong Chinese afternoon by Nationalist Spanish Canton to assume charge of the troyed the X-ray room laboratory crowded civilian areas. This can many of its civilian populations detained, said Mr. Yang, Yun-chu. |Charge D'Affaires, who procseded. cordon at Honan, in southern algeraft.

of and operating theatre. All was in be vouched for by many foreigners may be destroyed with impunity? defence. .of the provinces Shansi, yesterday.

The two-masted schooner Kar-Kwangtung, Kwangsi and Fuklen, readiness to perform operations who like myself have gone out to If so, it will not be very dirtó Hong Kong today with his staff

Crowds driven away from shelters

what help we could render

in The employment of poison gases bear of Marsellla was hit by a it was learned today.

Acult for any aggressor to justify en route to Hankow. the hospital fled to the

the bombing of any city anywhere "We wouldn't care to remain in by the Japanese Army has greatly bomb, took fire and sank, The An earlier report stated that near

bombed civilian areas. 3 newly-built enraged the rank and file of the crew was saved,

in the world. For if Canton canJapan except to protect the re- General Chen Cheng. former Gar. Wing On Tong

We have seen the mangled 're- The airmen

be bombed for the reason given by maining Chinese residents there,” Chinese troops, who have sworn to A already reported, the French irison Commander of the Wuhan concrete building.

the Japanese, what is there to pre- said Mr. Yang. “There are about take Houma at any cost

steamer Gaulois was also destroyed Area, would be appointed to this power-dived and dropped a bombains of scores of civilians-men. Chinese troops equipped with gas during this rald.

vent Hong Kong from sharing the ten thousand · Chinese in Japan, post, but General Chen has now close-by, and then another in the women and children--and many wounded from the effect of bomb crowded with sampans. masks sustained only slight losses. Exceptionally severe was a fur- assumed the Chairmanship of river

Scores of men, women and chil-explosions, and for the Japanese same fate? (Hear, Hear). If we do who are engaged in petty trade A platoon of Chinese dare-to-diether air raid carried out yesterday upeh Province.

to say that casualties were caused not raise the voice of protest such as running barber shops, sell- soldiers who had not adjusted their evening. 50 bombe were dropped on Apart from threatening to oc- dren were killed here alone.

by Chinese anti-aircraft fire is a against this deterioration in war ing marine products and cotton

practice and the disregard of the goods. masks in time were killed by the GraO, one of the suburbs cupy Canton, the Japanese have

"IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!"

monstrous lie. effect of the poison gases-(Inter-Valencia.-(Transocean).

announced the imminent invasion

The Japanese have also stated custcans of civilized nations, then.. I shall not describe again the "national).

tragedy of the sewing factory in thit in numerous cases the Chi-these very walls will cry out.

SITUATION IN TUNIS

Tunis, June 16.

M. Armand Guillon, the Resident General of Tunis, had a lengthy conversation yesterday with Gen- eral Hanote, the Commander of the French forces in Tunis.

It is learned that the main sub-

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Meet Yugoslav Prime Minister

of

Yenice, June 16. The Italian Foreign Minister, Count Clano, arrived here today

of Foochow Although Canton is ready for attack, the threat is not

I

once we acquiesce in

the

"All Chinese residents are re- quired to y the defunct dive- colour flag, and only the Embassy

taken seriously, as it is considered Sai Hwang, where. 100 women яrnèse authorities have set up mill-bombing of a city because it is eld flew the Kuomintang ensign.",

for

that the Japanese will not be able to spare the necessary such an expedition.

men

BERLIN'S NEW JEW DRIVE Large Numbers Arrested

children were buried to death and tuy and government establish- many more horribly maimed. The mints in close proximity to for- Japanese spokesman will tell you, en property throughout the city "It didn't happen!" was he there? o Canton. This again is an Did he see what we, SEW? And stsolute ls, as practically all the what our hands handled? ..

foreign property owned in Canton

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to contain military objectives them

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WANTS TO END WAR Japan wants to end, the “war" as "war" and "massacre" are synony mous terms. (Applause).

quickly as possible," Mr. Yang 25- RESISTANCE TO THE END | serted. This – is due to the ex- The meeting was then thrown | hanation ...af: Japanese · resources, said" the⠀ diplomat, whißle - many In 1923 the whole world was either in Shamcen or Pak Hok

Mr. Walter Hemming Chen said: Japanese do not know what they horrified by the report of a great Tung and Lingnan which are both

As one who has seen some of the are fighting for. earthquake that brought death and on the outskirts of

the city most disastrous bombing of Man- destruction to the great cities of Within the city. apart from three king and who has undergone this. Foreign Minister General Ugaki, Declaring that the polley of China, hospitals and the large compound would like simply to say a few would lead to nowhere. Mr." Yang Tokyo and Yokohama. Great Britain, America with other surrounding the Roman Catholic words or thanks for holding this said that the Minister wished to jeet discussed was the possiblity where he will receive the Yugoslav

nationa. poured their gifts to aid Cathedral, there is practically do of further improving the folitical Prime Minister and Foreign Minis-

be friendly with Great Britain and the Berlin, Jude 16.

stricken Japanese people, foreign property at all.

I can assure you that in spite the United States and to adjust situation in Tunis by placing a na-tex, M. Stoyadinovitch,

I would urge that it is high time of Japan's threats to beat us to our relations with Soviet Russia. Mr. tive civil service once more in con-

The suggested, new drive against Now these same Japanese, through Á Yugoslav official announce Jews in Berlin is now under way their military leaders,

have that the Governments of Great knees with her barbaric tactics we yang said that fapan depended on trol of domestic affairs.(Trans- ment states that the visit is of a and large numbers of Jews have launched a far more terrible attack Briain. France and the United will not allow ourselves to be in Germany and Italy to develop

private nature.

States of America and other timidated. We will continue this heavy industries in North China.. 1. Stoyadinovitch interrupted his Jewish shopkeepers are prepar-. Not words, but deeds prove the countries should take strong at war of resistance to the very end. ↑

for sub-ultimate result of the "China In-ton to restrain Japan in her Journey to Venice at the Yugo ing lists of their goods

(Applause): slav town of Ljubljams, where he mission to the Government. The|cident.".

campaign of aggression in which had a lengthy conversation with order has aroused fears that their Every dollar loaned to Japan, many thousands of innocent the Regent, Prince Paul-(Trans-property might be confirested every gallon of oil, every ton of civilians are suffering.

ocean).

HONG KONG RELIEF DELEGATES IN CANTON

Canton, June 18. Bringing with them large quan- titles of food and milk for distri- tion among the refugees, Messrs. Han Chi-hden and Chow Hain- chih, representatives of the Hong Kong Federation of Relief Bodles, arrived here today by shilp.

The two representatives will call on the local authorities and also the various charitable bodies in Canton to discuss questions of evacuating and relieving air raid- victims.(Central News)

ocean).

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been arrested.

(Reuter);

CATHOLICS INDIGNANT AT

CLOSING OF SCHOOLS

Hankow, June '16.

Chiness and foreign:Catholies, are indignant at the closing of the Catholle Girly"" and · Boys” Middle Schools by "order of the Peiping Poppet government after their refasst to participate in the celebra" None of the fall of Hsuchow and are considering appropriate measures to counter-act the high-handed action, according to a message from Tientsia/=(Ceniral News),

upon Canton ng d

tron sold, will be diverted to the aerial attack upon the people of this land. Their blood will be ön the head of every man, woman or child who helps the airmen in this deadly undertaking. (Loud ap Dlause);

`MR. GEORGE SHE

Mr. She said in parti-

meeting.

FLASHED OVER THE WORLD Mrs. B. M. Bando, Hon. Secretary

but this stand was opposed. by many people in Japan-(Inter- nationall

of the League of Nations Society, Dean Willon, who, Dr. Mont- said those who has attended and gomery said, had been largely

If you will study the history of had shown their support could responsible for bringing the meet- military tactics or consider inter-show it even more if they would ing into being, then : proposed a national law and usage governing cut out from the newspapers the vote or thanks to the speakers and warfare, you will realise how re- report of the meeting and send it to the Press. volutionary and unorthodox is this to their friends here and elsewhere. In declaring the meeting ad- w contention of the Japanese he hoped news of the meeting journed, Dr. Montgomery, Bald the army that once a city is held to would be shed all over the world. matter would now be left in the possess military objectives then it Mr. 8. V Boxer suggested that a hands of the League of Nations: can be laid into ruins irrespective report of the meeting should be Committee in Hong Kong to de- printed. Dr. Montgomery said the cide where the protest was to be idea would be considered,

sent; they would do their best to The resolution was then proposed send it to as many people and as atid passed with acclaim.

infisential people as they couc

·BISHOP HALL,

Bishop Hall said in part:— It is our duty who live so near to what is going on, to protect that of the size of its civilian population these things must not be. It was of the fact that it contains a the sinking of the "Lusitania" that liige number of women and rossed a great demoerney In a pre- àlidren'