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Shanghai, May 13. passed through that country a few weeks ago, was informed circles in Great Britain, historic friendship' with Nippon ninety-nine per cent. pro-China; while confident that the country's will stand the test, were equally critical towards many of the activities of the Japanese forces in China, Such unfortunate incide: nts as the sinking of the Panay and the ones at Nanking follow: ing the capture of that city, made a most painful impression on both those countries."
So declares Hessell Tiltman, British newspaper correspondent in the Orient and author of a number of Books on Far Enstern affairs, who returned to Shanghai this week from Journey to New York, Washington and London on which' he set out ofter six months spent covering the hostilities both on the Shanghat front and in the north, Interviewed by the "North-China Dully News" Hessel Tiltman said that offelal girdes both at Washington and London understood that such excesses as had occurred at Nanking and elsewhere (including the un" fortunate {ace-slapping proclivities of over-zealous Japanese officers) were just as distasteful to the Japanese government as to neutral observers.
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