The United Press message from Tokyo con cerning the alleged new Japanese military device for luring Chinese "soldiers to their deaths is another indication of how very terrible warfare is becoming nowadays. It is reported thet the Japance troops play songs on gramophones and, when the Chinese soldiers hear of them, they' abandon all caution, and, rushing towards the sources of the music, are mown has long, been urged on the side of music that it has qualities calculated to soothe the savage breast and, of course, it is quite likely that hearing the strains of the "Peanut Vendor," and "Abdul Abul-Bul Amir." the Chinese soldiery forget their rancour against the Japanese invaders and seek to fraternize with then: under the common inspiration of the musical art. On the ollier liliand the sounds may be so outrageous that the Chinese may be inspired with a desire to inflict the most condign punishment on the torturers of St. Cecilia's sweet sounds. But whichever way it works, according to the Japanese reports, devastating effects upon Chinese resistance seem to justify the suggestion that Hankow instead of spending vast cums on more deadly forms of armament, might save considerable expense and add effectively to the equipment of the Chinese forees if they also invested few batteries of gramophones. Fancy the effect upon Japanese morale of a continual barrage of "Won't you go home, Bill Bailey," or "My bonny.
appropriate Japanese! Think of the effect a over the Ocein* adequately done continuous playing of the Austrian suicide song might have upon the Japanese, reducing them to gloom and eventual self-destruction! Imagine the saving in ammunition of such an offensive properly planned and carried out. On the face of the reports it seems that this is 2 matter in which the League of Nations could successfully: intervene for the purpose of moking warfare less dreadful, but if that cannot be done, then it Is obviously the duly of the Chinese govern meat, in the interests of the whole country to
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