Attempt to Disrupt Nanking Government Fails Nanking, Sept. 24, Instead of coercing them to submission, the indiscriminate bombing and killing of Chinese civilians, by the Japanese air force will only further fortify the Chinese in their determination to resist Japanese to the last, declared the oficial "Central Daily News" in an editorial to-day.
Appreciation was expressed by the journal for the strong diplomatic protests which have been lodged in Tokyo by various Powers over the slaughter of Chinese non-combatants, but it hoped that more positive measures would be adopted to check Japan's atrocities, Such measures, the daily concluded, are necessary for the safeguarding of peace and civilization of the world—Central News.
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