The graphic story of the present plight of Chapei—a stricken waste of debris and shattered houses—shows how fierce has been the struggle for possession of that suburb of this city, It speaks all too eloquently of the mood of wanton destruction which afflicts either side in the grip of modern warfare. He would be a bold man who could venture to assert that such recklessly systematic elimination of all the amenities of urban life was strictly ordained by military necessity. Again the mania for destroying is seen to be apparently uncontrollable. Is it possible to hope that some consideration can be given to this aspect of the operations now conducted on the edge of the Settlement? Property in the battle area Nas already been sorely damaged. It should be not beyond the bound of practical organization to put some limit on the process. Neither side in the long run can be better off for the accumulation of an astronomical bill of damage. Even more important is the thought that material resources which will be greatly in demand are being senselessly merged in the general holocaust.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.