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Well we'd tempted to laugh if it all was not so tragic. It is typical of the lies Japan has been sending abroad ever since the war started.
I have written this account in no spirit of vindictiveness. War is brutalizing, especially war of conquest and it would seem to me from my expereience of this, as also in the Shanghai war of 1932, that the Jap- anese army, with no background of Christian idealism, has today become brutal, destructive force that not only menaces the East, but also may some day menace the West and that the world should know the truth about what is happening. How this situation should be dealt with I shall have to leave with abler minds than mine to con- sider.
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There is a bright side to this story, of
course, and that is the wonderful spirit of service that has been shown by our Chinese and foreign friends alike and the intimate fellowship we have enjoyed in our common cause. Our hearts have been frequently warmed, too, by the innumerable times the refugees have expressed appreciation for what we have tried to do, and our own losses and inconveniences seen trival when compared with what they have suffered. Then our three German friends on the committee have both won our admiration and affection. They have been a tower of strength - without them I don't see how we would have got through.
What of the future? The immediate future is anything but bright but the Chinese haven unsurpassed capacity for suffering and endurance besides their many other good qualities and right must triumph in the end.
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