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Show JAPANESE DENY BIG MASSACRE Army Leader Says Outlaws Were Slain and Their Headquarters Head-quarters Burned TOKIO, Dec. 4 (By the Associated Associat-ed Presa). The military committee at Chlen-Tao, Manchuria, haii addressed a letter to the Canadian missionaries I here In answer lo charges made recently re-cently by the missionaries that massacres mas-sacres alleged to have been committed commit-ted by Japanese troops, had taken place, and that villages were burned. The letter declares that the Japanese military expedition to the district was due to the fact that Chinese authorities authorit-ies co-operated with the outlaws and declares that churches and schools , were burned only where there was In- i onlestlble evidence that they had been used as ''breeding places of Iniquity In-iquity " In such places, the letter points out, ii was Impossible t" hold even court martlals. therefore the troops SXCCUtedl insurgents on the spot after i simple Inquiry which Included villagers' evl- dence, but took the utmost care to irid an Indiscriminate massacre. Warning Is given In the letter that; any spiritual or material assistance of the British missionaries give the Korean malcontents will lead to a! breach In the good understanding be tween the two countries. It says there ire many Insurgent races In India. and 'hut if British Christians assist ihe Korean malcontents, the Japanese, Buddhists ate entitled to asslsl the ant(-Bi4t)sh elements In India. If the missionaries refrain from politics, the communication declares. Japan will co-operate with them. If they act to the contrary, thej can hardly hope for the future development develop-ment of the work. In conclusion, it expresses the hope that the missionaries mission-aries win clearly understand the facts. |