where were reported many cases of rape and insult to women, which we have not yet had time to vestigate (the report was written on December 15), but cases like the fol lowing are Suffcient to show the situation. "From a house close to one of our foreign friends, four girls were yesterday abducted by soldiers, Foreigners saw in the quarters newly arrived officer, in a part of the city practically deserted by ordinary people, eight young women.
"tu these conditions, the terror 1s indescribable, and lectures by suave officers on their sole purpose -of making war on the oppressive Chine ese Government for the sake of the Chinese people,' leave an impression that nauseates.
Surely this horrible exhibition in Nanking does not represent the best achievement of the Japanese Empire, and. there must be responsible Japanese statesmen, military and civilian, who for their own national Interests will promptly and adequate-remedy the harm that these days Rave done to Japanese standing in China, There are individual soldiers and oticers who conduct themselves fas gentlemen worthy of their profes sion and worthy of their Empire. Bul the total action has been a sad blow."
Fon the purpose of replenishing the man power of the Chinese armed forces, General Chiang Kalshek, Chairman of the Military Aftsirs Commission, and other military leaders of the country have decided to raise a new army of 3,000,000 men, says a report to the "Eastern Dally News."
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