"Squads of men picked out by Japanese: troops os, former Chinese soldiers have been tied together and Shot. 'These. soldiers had. discarded ikele-arms, and in some cases their nnilitary clothing. 'Thus ter we have Yound no. trace of prisoners. Sepanese, hands otter' than such squads actually or apparently on the Way to execution, save {or men picked up anywhere to serve as temporary carriers of loot and equip ment. From one building in the refugee zone, 400 men were selected by the local police under compulsion from Japanese soldiers; and were marched off tied in batches of Atty between lines of riflemen and machine-gunners. The explanation given to observers left no doubt as to their fate.
"tu the main streets, the petty looting of the Chinese soldiers, mostly of food shops and of unprotected windows, was turned into systematic destruction of shop-front after shop-front under the eyes of officers of rank. Japanese soldiers required pri-vote carriers to help them strug)
jong under great loads, Food parently in" first' demand, but everything else useful or valuable hed His tum. "Thousands upon thousands private houses all' through. city, occupied and unoccupied, large and small, Chinese and foreign, have been impartially plundered. Peculiarly disgraceful cases of rob bery by soldiers included the follows: scores of refugees in camps and shelters had money and valuables re= moved from their slight possessions during mags searches; the staff of hospital were stripped of cash and watches from their persons, and of other possessions from the nurses' dormitory (their building are foreign, and like a number of others that were plundered, were fying foreign flags and carrying official proclam tions from their respective Embassies); the seizure of motor cars and other property after tearing.down the flags upon them.
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