To the Editor of the "Mobru-CurxA any News"
Sim.—As one watches the present Sino-Japanese undeclared war, one is more and more convinced of the futility of brutal force and the inevitable ultimate triumph of the cause of the right, if a great nation will stand resolutely by that right. Reckless terrorism and indiscriminate bombing, instead of frightening men into submission, will merely strengthen, as nothing else can, the human spirit of resistance. Chaotic and disunited but yesterday, the Chinese nation, in sad and solemn determination, are now ready to sacrifice their all to fight the alien aggression.
For a time, our friendly nations, self-centred and afraid of being involved in the terrible conflict, will remain indifferent and hesitate to lake any action. But the persistent inhuman terrorism on the part of our enemy and our own firm resolution must make them, as they have human heart in them, sooner or later change their neutral "stand and declare their sympathy for our cause, The time wil come for the nations of the world to realize that the most important thing for all of them is not their own short-sighted individual interest; but the undeniable moral obligation of every human being to uphold human right and to combat brutal terrorism.
We feel sure even our enemy himself—I refer to the mass of the Japanese people—will stand aghast at his own reckless folly in staining himself with the blood of countless defenceless civilians, Japan may reduce all the cities in China to ashes; but she will see the remnant Chinese people, more determined and irreconcilable than ever. Japan's terrorism can never bend China to her knees; but will merely make her more and more bloodthirsty and inhuman until she falls to such a wretched state that she deserves pity from all of us, It is yet time for the Japanese militarists to hold their bloody hand.
Military expediency does not justify everything. The resorting to reckless terrorism is an affront to humanity and is not only impotent, but suicidal, Let the Japanese militarists think thrice before carrying their threat to further action
F. D. Z.
Shanghai, Sept. 23,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.