| Show J Putting Puffing On the Heat f c THE HE atrocious r rain in of death from the air making making mak mak- ing a shambles of Canton and a pyre for its noncombatant victims is the first evidence of the thed d' d major purposes behind the recent cabinet shakeup shakeup shake- shake up tip calling caIling for intensification of the Japanese drive for victory The ancient capital bombed to r ruins in ins th then n fired by incendiary missiles burning block by block bock beyond control by firefighters lacking 1 water water offers the world a a. scene of indescribable c carnage Casualties by last night had passed the O OO mark M Men n women and children 1 Working in the fields were blasted out of existence exis- exis tence fence as they bent to their peaceful tasks in the twelfth day of aerial raiding This marks a return to savagery transcending transcend transcend- ing the worst fiendishnesS fiendishnesS' which murderous passion passion pas pas- sion unleashed during the World war in the horrendous horrendous hor hor- COl conflict 1 ct in Spain or in the merciless advances advances advances ad ad- vances of Mussolini's s superbly equipped and skillfully led legions legions' against the barefoot blacks blacksin in jn Ethiopia It dwarfs into insignificance the k kaisers kaiser's iser's unrestricted boat U-boat campaign Its victims victims vic vie tims knew at least the perils they faced on n the thes s sea in in n Canton death struck from the sky without without without with with- out warning upon defenseless adults and int in in- in infants t. t ants asleep at work or at play Japans Japan's official plea in justification That war supplies were reaching the Chinese through Canton that this will wilI be stopped at any cost in treasure property or human life Where is Japans Japan's vaunted The world would have recognized if effective a naval blockade International law gave it legal status in t the e days of wooden ships and it is is in in that status today By stretch of conscience it likewise enjoys a moral status even though it involve death of the innocent by starvation and plague It is within Japans Japan's province to determine not to establish a blockade by ships but it is not given to her to launch a Satanic campaign of slaughter against civilians calmly pursuing their ways in and about their theli homes hoi Let Japan if it it ordains effect its blockade with its air force and have f for far r targets targets' ships ships' warned of their t peril I If Japan counts t the e losing of face the ultimate in disgrace and shamefulness shet she t 1 should know that h her hr r raids over Canton have f stirred revulsion throughout the world No Individual inI in- in i I minded adult-minded and possessed of the I least vestige of humane conscience can escape i the judgment that Japans Japan's statesmanship has sunk to the lowest level of depravity in decreeing decreeing decree decree- i ing a campaign of deliberate murder If Japans Japan's admirals are worth their salt s-aIt they could close closet t j all aU ports in the Canton area without the spilling F 11 of a drop of blood The master of no merchantman merchantman merchant- merchant f I man man freighted with contraband would havethe temerity or witlessness to risk a brush with f t warships on patrol stripped for action with guns in battery and sights laid I t I Japans Japan's statesmen do not mislead or confuse l by ly- their utterly tragic silliness in seeking to justify justify jus jus- f the Canton mass murders Recognizing that they near the end of their military and economic resources to continue the war the new cabinet decides to turn on the heat aiming to destroy the new new unity among the Chinese and make the war unpopular within the civilian population By a ruthless campaign of awfulness and frightfulness frightfulness fright- fright I they seek to do what their armies have not been able abl to do in the field What are responsible governments the world over Dver going to do about it What are Japans Japan's allies Germany and Italy thinking about it If they condone it or aid it or applaud it can either es escape ape a share of responsibility forthe for forthe the hellish business It is not an act of war it is murder earning for Japan exile from human I society There can be no reparation only adequate ade ade- adequate I quate punishment bloodless but humiliating and lasting asting through a long end long enduring ring time of penance |
