'The extension of aerial nativity on both sides bringing fresh horrors and greater dangers to "eivilan life. 'Unfortunately neither the Japanese nor the Chinese airmen. tem have been able to comply with the foreign Admirals' request that. they should the French "Concession Sept. 18 had a most unpleasant reminder of that lack of restraint, has does aggression breed reprisals end counter-reprisals in. which third parties seem to. be. specially "hapless sufferers. It was amazing that so comparatively {ow castaltley occurred when the antiaircraft fire sent shells widespread over the two foreign areas. But the damage done. to foreign proerty by: incendiary bombs intended by the: Chinese "airmen, apparently, for the Japanese Jucrodrome and other concentrations, was considerable. The rallitary value of he raids was Slight. Nanking is now faced with so formidable a threat to its very existence that the requisite attention to considerations of this kind may not be forthcoming. Again, therefore, is It porce Row uncontrollable are the forees of destruction when once they are. invoked. Tragieslly. hae that fact been overlooked by Japan no less than [China in embarking on the present operations ound £0 congested an urban area as this. Ju announcing. his. intentions to challenge Nanking's powers of endurance, Admiral. Hasegawa, haw Implieltly to admit that his airmen cannot guarantee to. discriminate between combatant find non-combatant. Whether this admission wil, 28 he seems to think, shorten the operations remains fo be seen. Gravely must the question asked if the process of driving a people 10. desperation is truly effective in the long Fun.
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