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Show Help The Chinese The appeal of Picsldent Roosevelt, Roose-velt, asking the American people to contribute not leas than one million dollars, to be expended by the American Red Cross In the aid tr suirurliiB civilians in war-torn China, should meet with a responsive respon-sive outpouring by the people of this great nation. No one can lead the dispatches that come from the Far East, without with-out sympathy fcr Chinese civilians, particularly women and children, suffering from ti e ravages of war that apparently know no bounds. The behavior cf the Japanese soldiers sol-diers at Nanking, where raping and looting has been practically continuous for more than a month, is but a reported example of what has probably happened on a larger larg-er scale than many suspect. Tne war that devastates China today Is not of her seeking. It is a war waged in defiance of a pledged pledg-ed word and In disregard of covenants coven-ants with other powers which stand idly by while Japan takes advantage of China's defenseless condition and seeks that which the Mikado's government promised net to seek in the treaties that limited naval construction. Theie was a time when nations went to war over broken treaties. There was a day when strong and self-reliant powers, having given protection to weaker people, were resolute enough to force other nations na-tions to stick to their word. That day. it seems, is not to be found in 1938. The Japanese strike the Chinese countryside from the air and death-dealing bombs leave millions mil-lions of people in dire distress and woeful want. The people of Sanpete valley no doubt find it hard to realize that men, women and children are being be-ing murdered in China. Families are being destroyed. The innocent inno-cent suffer with the victims and the fortunate are those killed by the bombs that drop almost unheralded un-heralded frcjm the sky. What fate is in store fcr those who live? God -only knows, but, perhaps, some of ofT-mn may find a brighter day also as ft-dollars contributed to Cglitggf acTre by the American before s'oing -".'ly- reader cf The Pyramid, who wishes to participate in a work of mercy, may do so by making a contribution through the Red Cross. Similar societies in other nations are also seeking funds with which this experienced dispenser of relief can give aid to suffering human beings in a far off land. We hepe the response will be prompt and generous, bespeaking the sympathy cf America for the Chinese people. |