The pamphlet is gruesome, ugi poorly edited and wholly' pi Pagandist and is intended to incite the populace against the Japanese. In the introduction, no evidence is offered to show how the photographs were gathered nor is there explanation as to the date on which they were taken, "The statement, "When the Tsinan Incident happened on May 3, 1928, for the first week, the whole world was naturally: eager for news and what ants same from Agency." But later news filtered through, in spite of Japanese censorship.
It is to be presumed that these photographs filtered through later? That is, are they photographs taken on May 8 or during the week ending May 10 or were they taken in July and August? Their validity" depends to a large extent on the di when they they were made.
Furthermore, were these photographs taken by responsible in-viduals, by a Cortmission perhaps, or were they purchased in Shanghai? If they represent actual conditions, the truth should have th: attestation of some responsible individual or body.
At any rate, this exceedingly dubious pamphlet was being dis tributed from an office which claims to be a part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, in the International Settlement.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.