"This was one of the most terrible statements ever made by an Ambas seder in a civilized country," declared Mr. Victor Gollancz, of the well-known British publishing house, referring yesterday to the statement made on the previous day by Mr, Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese Ambas-seder in London, that the "Canton bombings were undertaken to demoralize the Chinese people."
The Japanese Ambassador made the statement to a deputation of the China Campaign Committee who visited him on Tuesday. Mr. Goi-lance was speaking before a meeting of the China Campaign Committee Queen's Hall.
The Bishop of Chelmsford, the Rt. Rev. Henry Albert Wilson, was subjected to prolonged jeering and becklingduring the meeting when he urged that "force should not be used to induce Japan to abandon the Canton bombings."
The Bishop suggested that an "Attempt should be made to convince he Japanese that they are losing Face" throughout the world,"
After the meeting, numbers of people marched to the Japanese Em-bessy carrying placards bearing the inscription "Stop the Bombing, Boycott Japanese goods."—Reuter.
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