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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE

Protest Against Slaughter of Innocents

·HONGKONG LEAGUE GROUP CONDEMNS CANTON BOMBING

Indignation at the Japanese hombing of Chinese cities was expressed at a public meeting of profcat, lu sympathy with the China Campaign Committee's plans for London, held in the Cathedral. Hall yesterday, under the auspices of the Hongkong League of Nations Society. Several speakers voiced their feelings and the scenes of havoc and horrer wrought by Japanese planes in Canton were vividly described to the large gathering by two eye-witnessES.

The following resolution was unanimously approved.-"That this public meeting of Hongkong residents, in the name of humanity, protests against the appalling slaughter and maiming of civilians through the bombings of Canton and other Chinese cities by the Japanese authorities and urges overyone of goodwill to mobilise public opinion against this form of warfare which threatens the foundations of civilisation."

upholding their ideals. Only by terrible effects of bombing have also completo separation from all inter- two messages. The first is this. course with the aggressor can we Neutral enquiry into bombing_must includo Chira 119 well as Spain. ever hope to attain this end.

Isolated from all the civilised na-Secondly, it is time for idealism In tions of the world, Japan will be international affairs to raise its head

again. compelled to call a halt to her ml- tary rulers, and so not only will China be saved, but likewise Japan and the clvilisation of the world from inevitable ruin. (Applause).

BISHOP HALL

Bishop Hall, who was the next speaker, began his speech by saying that the raid of yesterday morning demolished the house of Mr. Witten bach but fortunately there, were no casualties.

Referring to the subject of the meeting, the Bishop sald:

ONLY ONE' DEFENCE

to

There is only one defence against the bombing of civilians, and that is not a gas mask or a decontamination squad, but concerted action against the perpetrators of such horrors. Aurial warfare is not likely shorten, but to prolong wars, because it can destroy civilian populations and leave amics practically intact. And by its very horrors it makes such bitterness that when it does end there can never be peace but only an unending fear of inevitable re- tribution.

In the name of God, let us waken the world to realise these things and make an end of its madness. (Ap- Blouse).

EYE-WITNESS TELLS

Some years ago representatives of two natione stated their cases over the wireless in England. The second speaker first of all attempted to Justify his country's action on all points and then concluded, "Let him that is without sin among you cast

Mr. Halword said in part; the first stone." I have the greatest

Having seen the mutllated bodies sympathy with that speaker, for 1 have always regarded algebra as an of children amidst the ruins of their Why should not x homes my heart has been filled with Dr. J. H. Montgomery, President greatest possible care should always unfair science.

on that human beings could be so of the Society, was in the chair, and be taken with regard to non-comba- added to x make 2x?. It is an un-horror and shame at the thought the hall, packed, by a gathering, oftants, and that elties should not be idealable fact there are two x's devilleh. And so as one who has

ia your page. National opologists, various nutionalities, Included

bombed for the purpose of trying therefore, who first of all prove that been on the spot in Canton and has demoralise number of Boy Scouts.

population. (Applause). Taking luto considera- their conduct has been impeccable, on all the explanations that have and then go on to say that they are been given and all the excuses that only one among many sinners, have case has been doubly proved that have been made for the bombing of some reason for assuming that their Canton, the reports published in our papers about these bombings show the answer to their num is 2x. But

The following were the speakers. Ht. Rev. Mgr. II. Valtorta, Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall, Rishop of Hongkong, Dr. W. W. Cadbury, Rev. N. V. Halward and Mr. G. She.

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Opening the meeting, Dr. Montgo that there was a flagrant violation unfortunately that is bad algebra | population Hving in on

of the fifth Commandment of God "Thou shalt not k!" (Applause).

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the Hongkong League of Nations planes had appeared. to the Pearl interested.

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personally seen some of the horrors the past fortnight I have no hesita- tion In denying all that the Japan- perpetrated by the Japanese during

esc Bay in defence of their mur- a practically defenceless elvilian derous and indiscriminate attacks on open city which is nothing but the commer- mery said: This meeting had to be

cial centre for South China.

statements qued by arranged burriedly, but is object, Incessant to protest against the

Japanese Foreign Office in Tokyo, by EXPERIENCE OF BOMBINGS bombings of Canton by the Japanese,

the Japanese Admiralty Publicity The next speaker was DW. W.

But there is a second reason why has a special appeal to Hongkong

Bureau and other spokesmen are not residents, and this is well exemplified Cadbury, of the Conton Hospital, by the large number of people who who id: May I live through with the words "Tet him that is without I stand here to-night drst of all as a

protests to foreign Powers have only been sent in by the Chinese authori have come this afternoon to attend you once more my experiences of sin cast the first stone" are important only outrageous lies, but infer that our meeting and join in our protest. June 0. In fulfilment of the Japan Christian, but I am also an English-lea to arouse sympathy for their

For man. And neutrals, men and women

The Canton Committee for It is a notable fact that this meet-ese threat to bombard Canton, the ing synchronises with public protests mananere began on May 28.

fortable things about the use of being made in America, India, and nine days the invaders brought death not of my country, tell me uncom- Justice to China wes responsible on for sending off to Monday, May 30 the China Campaign Committee in and destruction to the citizens of this aerial bombing on the Indian Fron- different parts of the world cables of

And I sdem to On June & the first strener. city.

many protest by foreigners, I would like to England.

of I was my car French proposal to use national miH- that the idea to hold this sounded at 8 n.m.

had personally seen the ghastly however,

No No

arms as an International sults of indiecriminate bombing. In mecting to-day came to members of and off a few minutes later.

I raced from Lary air

police, and that England was not

the majority of cases bombs have fallen not on milliary or even gov- Society and others outside that So-Lingnan University

We are met to-night to protest ernment objectives or anywhere sloty almost simultaneously, and be- River Bridge. It was down, but only foro anything was known about the after identifying myself as a doctor against bombing of cities or villages near them, but on crowded civilian

Arriving on

On by any nation whatever (applause). areas. This can be vouched for by public protests being organized else was I allowed to cross.

Sincere's, the I have not been on the Indians Fron- many foreigners who, that the Bund opposite shows

ice myself, where. This

to render what help people of different races in different sound of planes was heurd. Then tler: nor do I know the inner history have gone aus

Clearly

we could in.bombed elviljan areas. thinking the rattle of machine guns sweeping of the French proposal, but I have parts of the world

Men, women and child- been in Canton. I have seen what along the same lines, and could not the streets.

"A MONSTROUS LIE allow the repeated and terrible ren were rushing wildly to shelter bombing of a great commercial city bombings of Canton, with their terri- and it was all I could do to avold menns

We have seen the mangled remains Bombs began ble death roll, the wounding and running them down.

of scores of civilians-men, and children-and many wounded maiming of many non-combatants, falling about 9 n.m. I was making the wanton destruction of civillen rounds on the Birth Noor of the Itos-

from the effect, of bomb explosions, houses and other non-military build-pital. Planes roared but a fowling The building ings pass without raising a volee of dred feet overhead. protest against such methods of des- shook with the shock of bombs to

Soon the Red Cross truction of life and property, which ing nearby, violate all the principles we stand units began to carry in the wound for as members of the League, and men, women and children. as members of a civilized community. one wounded seller! All innocent (Applause).

That is why we are met here this afternoon. We have no desire to stir bitter feelings, but up ill will or sincerely hope that our protest, com- bined with similar protests from all over the world, will so strengthen public opinion

everywhere against such actions, that the bombings of Canton and other cities and villages in Chinu will cease, and our protest

(Applause).

will not be in vain.

were

LAW OF GOD VIOLATED

the

civilians.

Not

One day's toll of casualties brought to the Canton Hospital, actually re gistered 164. Hundreds of others were treated elsewhere. Killed num bered thousands and some still buried under fallen houses.

ACCURACY OF BOMBING

women

And I have three things to say about it; (1) There is a remarkable and for the Japanese to say that difference in the accuracy of bombing casualties were caused by Chinese along the Kowloon-Canton railway, anti-aircraft Are is a monstrous lie. and in Canton city. On the railway, On the morningį of May 30 some though the proportion of misses to of the Japanese planes bombed the direct hits is high, the proportion of north-eastern district of Canton neur shell holes within twenty yards of where I live. I realised at once that the railway is very high indeed, and there must be many casualtics as the very few, are further away than 30 place where I saw the bombs drop yards. In Canton, on the biber hand, was the majority of the misses average from 400 yards to half a mile from possible targets.

There are two possible explana- tons of this extraordinary difference; dropped the bombs in Canton are not equally e perienced, or it does not so much matter M you hit

hit the bull's eye when I shall not describe again the tragedy of the sewing factory in Salo are over a great city. And if, as we are told, military objectives

Newspaper men who had covered Nanking, Soochow and other north-either the men ern ciiles, declare that this is the Worst massacre in this or any other

WAT

crowded arca. Our Scouts

were ready to go out and give a hand and as soon as we thought the planes had gone off we started. We had reached the edge of our compound when more planes come over and from over our heads released at least 15 bombs on the some area as be- In fore. Ten minutes later we were the scene and no words of mine can adequately convey to you an idea of the destruction wrough: to those poor

and priests of the Catholic Church ren were buried to death and many either that the military objectives in

Mer. Valtoriu said in part: Bishops Kwan, where 100 women and child-1 are sought, then we must conclude people's houses and shops. Scores of dead, dying and wounded were strewn amongst the wreckage, whilst are not expected, nor are they per-more horribly maimed, The Japan-Canton city are not so important and

others more fortunate were standing mitted, to take part in politics or in ese spokesmann will tell you, it didn't can be left to less accurate marks-

dazed from the horror which had so protests of a political nature; their inppen!" Was he there? Did he seemen, ar that it does not so much mat-

ter if they are hit, for if you miss suddenly come upon them.

Two days Inter we went to the work in life must be confined exclu-what we enw?

For 103 years the Canton hospital the railway you hit a paddy feld... sively to t their task of

of preaching

the people of Canton. if you miss In a great city God scene of another bombing again in a crowded civilian area just of the law of God that commands us to love has served God above all things and to love/ Through fire and flood, in war and knows what you may not hit.

wo la- The second point is this. Long Wai Ol Tung Road. Here our neighbour as ourselves. But it in peace, millions have come to it

for healing. In all this time there distance aerial bombing of pure mill-boured for over an hour to release is precisely on the grounds of ret has been nothing to compare with tary objectives is proving much less n small boy of seven who WAS Kion and humanity that

wish to the tragedy of these past three weeks.

vecks. successful than was anticipated. pinned under a pile of masonry In 1923 the whole world protest against such a glaring viola-

was Since last September over

1,300 Lion of this divine law as we are now

been almed at the witnessing in the cruel war that is horrified by the report of a great bombs have

the Chinese earthquake that brought death and strelch of railway between Canton being

waged against

cities of and Shum Chun, and the railway is and particularly in the destruction to the great boment from the air that is Tokyo and Yokohama. China, Great still running. Nine months ago no bringing death and unspeakable suf- Britain, America with other nations one would have believed this pos- civil population of/Poured out their gifts to the aid of the sible. The thirteen hundred bombo: ferings the

stricken Japanese people. Now these have reduced the traffic very consi- Canton.

With a real goodwill on all sides same Japanese, through their mill-derably, but they have not cut the

tary leaders, have launched a forrallway. have been war might casily averted. It is pitlable to see the more terrible attack upon Canton. noble efforts of a great nation like

MUST BE RESTRAINED China to rise above disunion, culmi-

Nations as well as individuals must or New mating in the San Sang Wut Life Movement that gave such hope be restrained from madness and in strangled and this 20th century this can be done all to the country, destroyed by a war in which millions by concerted action of the Powers it must suffer and millions must die, all they are willing to work together.

In Tuesday's S. C. M. Post the for the gratification of politicul am-

Minister of Japan is bitions. And It seems to me that Foreign this war, whatever its results, may ported to have sent his regrets that caally prove to be only the first link employees and students of Lingnan

this

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VITAL EXPERIENCE This experience is vital for the future. It suggests that there are A

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and B types of military objectives. CI-KWAN BLOG. DESVOEUX RD.C. The A type are those which can be reached without much danger to the civilian population, B type are those which must mean slaughter and suf- tering to the civilian population.

We who look on, so terribly close- gmanly to what is happening in Kwang- of a long chain of wars, and with the University were shocked by bombs tung, suspect that the latter and not political and national passions that falling on the campus. Actually the the former type are proving the more to fever pitch may official message from Japan referred profitable targets, and that the Air, which God made the most beautiful bring miserenerations

only to the foreign staff.

Every dollar lont to Japan, every of all the elements, will reverse the In China and Japan.

gallon of oil, every ton of iron sold, tradition of the sea, and women and But the terrible evil of the war will be diverted to the aerial attack children first for safety will become land. Their women and children first for danger.

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itselt is being aggravated by the upan the people of this favery We are met to-night to try and pre- ple. Even when a war is legitimate, man, woman or child who helps the vent that happening, not only civilisation and humanity fix a limit airmen in this deadly undertaking. to the methods that may be used, and

sufferings it inflicts on innocent peo-blood will be on the head

in

China, but in all countries. Now is the time for freedom-loving fance bombing of B tupe objectiuca My third point is that. Long dis- the most elementary laws of civilina-people of the world, for all those who be outlawed, or civilisation

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It is our duty, then, who live so near to what is going on, to protest that these things must not be. It was the sinking of the Lusitania thini roused a great democracy in a. vious war. The continual bombing of open cities and villages may have a similar effect upon the democratic

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