London, June 15
Europe's right to play "the heavy tether" in China was questioned today, the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr. Henry Wilson, in his speech before the China Campaign Committe2 meeting held in Queen's Hall to protest against Japanese aerial bomberdments of Canton's civilian population.
The Western to World's right criticize Japan was dealt rather detail by the Bishop, who asked, "Were not bombs dropped on London in 1917 by the Germans and were not some children in an East Oni school killed? Did not the Italians drop bombs on the Abyssinians and spray villages with poison gas? Are not the German and Italian Armies bombing unprotected towns and killing women and children in Spain been killed and wounded between May 28 and June 6, Mr. Butler revealed at question time.
In response to British protests tu he Japanese Gover. with re-gerd to the raids, "preliminary observations" had been made to Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokyo, by Gen. Kazushige Ugaki, Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. son stressed his paint. he brutality of the Japan-we must ask, is ave distorted their was a tragedy for the the interna] combustion engine was invented. I say that our assumption of spiritual and moral supremacy over Japan is not justified" the Bishop concluded,—Havas,
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