Tokyo, Sept. 28.
Condemnation of Japanese air xalds on Chinese cities, expressed in a resolution passed yesterday by the Committee of 23 of the League of Nations was to-day subjected to withering criticism by a spokesman of the Admiralty.
The committee, he asserted, is guilty of indiscretion in passing judgment on actions of the Japanese Navy on the basis of fragmentary newspaper reports or unilateral contentions., "One Nation's Sacrifice"
No due attention, he declared, has been paid to "the stern fact that one nation is bending all energies, paying heavy sacrifices and mobilizing all its resources to remedy injustice and iniquity hampering its existence and development and also to seek a speedy settlement of the dispute."
In condemning the actions of the Japanese Navy, the League "is repeating its past failures," the spokesman asserted, Japanese naval circles to-day said that the action of the committee will "bring no good," "but definite harm has been done in giving credence to reports that the Japanese raids were directed against non-combatants.
Naval officials pointed out that in launching large-scale attacks on Nanking, the Japanese Navy had issued an advance notice to foreign nationals as well as to the Chinese non-combatants, urging them to keep away from military establishments, civilian population."
"In the name of humanity as well as in the interests of justice to my country and the peace of the world,", Dr. Koo said, "I hope that this Committee will not et the main issues be lost in the labyrinth of confusion but will act speedily as well as effectively,'
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