Lengthy Statement Issued by Educatoinal Leaders Nanking, Nov. 5, A Jengthy statement regarding the destruction of Chinese educational and cultural institutions by the invading Japanese forces during the present hostilities was Jesued to-day by 102 Chinese university. presidents, professors and other. educational The imposing list of signatures was headed by Dr. Tsai _Yuan-pei, President of the Academia. Sinica, Dr. Chang. Poling, President of Nankai University, Tientsin, Dr. Moulin Chiang and Dr. Hu Shih, Chancellor and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of the National Peking Univer sity respectively, Dr. 'Tsou Liu, Chancellor of the Sun' Yat-sen University, Canton, Dr. Herman Liu, President of the University of Shang-hal, and Dr. Mol Yi-chi, Chancellor of the National Tsinghua University, Peiping.
"The statement declared in ity frst part that "for more than three months the Japanese army have with gular thoroughness and ruthless ness attacked with shell fro and aerial bombs one university" after Up to the time of writing, it added, no less than 23 universities and ea: exes have been destroyed complete ly. or partially, and numerous see: ondary and primary schools have likewise been ruined.
Tt was also pointed out that eduentional institutions destroyed by. the Japanese army were not isolated In" stances, but so numerous and seattered over an area and destroyed In such a manner that no one knowing the facts could fail to perceive wherein lay the real intentions and policy. of the Japanese army,
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