One night two months ago a band of Japanese soldiers dressed in Chinese clothes went to the house of a most respectable and honest man. The son, young lad, saw the soldiers entering the house. He thought they were Chinese house-breakers. and shouted, Save life, save life The Japanese soldiers beat him with their guns till he fainted. Then they threw him out of the house. Ten days after the affair (when I saw him) he was not able to move out of bed. The father was imprisoned for few days, but he had no Cidioulty in establishing his innocence. The above is Very common occurrence. Many are dragged to prison, and they know not the reason why. They languish there for weeks or months without any trial. They know not why they were arrested, and when released they know not why they are released. After a little more of such ill-treatment would it be wonderful if these sufferers should become "robbers?" Last winter Iv a village which a few days previously had been burned by the soldiers. By the time I visited it things were quieted down a bit. Many of the villagers had returned and were trying to save something from the debris, In front of one man's house was a heap of smouldering rice which few days previously had been brought in from the harvest field. The owner went for a load of water and was in the act of pouring it on to the rice when three soldiers came and killed him. Half-an-hour afterwards T saw his blood on the spot where he fell. His sin consisted in trying to save the remains of his harvest. Is it wonderful that man's brothers and sons should join the "robbers" and attack the Japanese?
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