London, Sept. 23.
Under the heading of "China'at Bay," "The Times," in a leader today, says that Japan's reply on the wounding of the British Ambassador to China, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, is certainly far more satisfactory then her interim reply.
It is hard to see, however, how the extensive and ruthless bombing of Nanking can be reconciled with the statement by the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman that noncombatants will not be attacked and ing, the journal proceeds, has aroused indignation and disgust in many countries, and British opinion is equally outraged by these strange methods of compelling the Chinese to "display sincerity" in their relations -with Japan.
The plain man, who instinctively feels that such an operation would not have been attempted had the Chinese been in a position to undertake aerial reprisals against Japanese cities, is revolted by the overweeningness which inspires them.
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