In the course of his reply, Father Jacquinot appealed for the sympathy and understanding of the society in carrying out and furthering the work begun in the Nantao area which he emphasized, had never been neutral. When the Chinese were in control, the area had been Chinese, and when the Japanese conquered Nantao, the area, became Japanese. There "had, nevertheless, been begun an institu tion which had excited interest all over the world and which had been the subject of inquiries from the League of Nations.
He mentioned the fac world could now no Iénge. ie declared to be the ultimate arbiter. War, he said, had, been called a "divine institution," and therefore measures fad to be taken recording:
He cited the example of Lord Harte Grey at the beginning of the World War, as a man who had been forced fortunately a fact that statesmen day were in a similar position. "He, personally, did not believe that war fu Europe was inevitable. But. with the present trend of affairs, it was reasonable to look for means to mitlgate its worst effects.
'Shanghai had had an opportunity in 1092 of seeing what the miseries of war might accomplish in this area should not be forgotten that the war in China, then as now, was tween' Asiatics, whose ideals of humanity were not the same as those preached in the west, Here it was a merelles and wholesale immolation of men, women, and children, and ence it wassthe object of the band who hod tried to found the Nantao Safety Zone to prevent, as far as possible, these tragedies among those who took refuge in their area.
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