It is inevitable when Mr. Vespa' story of his treatment at the hands of the Japanese is read that the conclusion must be formed that much of what he has written is to some extent biased by the misfortunes inflicted upon him. His reproduction verbatim of lengthy conversations between himself and his Japanese masters—oviously were written from memory, for he would not have been permitted to take a shorthand note during their progress—must be regarded as influenced by his own sufferings and those which might at any time, according to his statement, thave been Inficted upon his family. But even making considerable al-Jowance for the very natural bias inevitable in. the circumstances, Mr Vespa tells an amazing tale. It is claimed by Mr. Edgar Snow that this work should create an international sensation, and even with the discount which it is suggested must be applied to Mr. Vespa's story, that claim seems in a fair way towards justifeation. It is a story of the lieged Japanese dealings in white very, narcotics, and activities more to be associated with the underworld tog oat Rae ioo are ott sea de, ore, sere ace ces water by all plants assures us of ace se, a a gen a ets i te cee es est senior wae a than, as he claims, with affeers of the Japanese gendarmerie and army in Manchoukuo.
The Kaspe Case Probably one of the best examples: of what ig meant may be referred to twill. ber \eeomplished son of Mr. Joseph Kaspe, a profit Harbin resident, was in 1933 tured, it is alleged, by a bunch of Russian kidnappers and held to} ransom for as much as $200,000, The young man's father refused to pay ithe ransom demanded, but insisted that he would pay $35,000, and that only when his son was safely back home. It eventually transpired that the young man, whose ears had been cut off and sent to his father, had been murdered. Mr. Vespa makes the definite statement that young Simeon Kaspe was kidnapped at the instigation of the Japanese gendarmerie, He quotes his own chief as saying ale ite ese "Edirne tale Soto Sea mee Anyhow, the French flag ts not Bleote.s. that's "why "tae "already going to stop is from. doing: what we fas fiven dtders. tothe Gendarmerie. to
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A Surprise Mr. Vespa. surrounds his story! with 'a considerable amount of clrcumstantial detail and concludes by pointing out that of the six men who were eventually accused, four were found guilty and condemned to die, and two to life imprisonment. Twa days later, Mr. Vespa declared, his
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