SCENES OF CARNAGE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 15 November 1937, Page 9

SCENES OF CARNAGE

IN STREETS OF SHANGHAI -WAR SHOULD END IN TWO MONTHS” (I *TeluKrapli-HreeH Association! DUNEDIN, 13th November. Some description of the scenes of carnage in the International Settlement of Shanghai on 14th and 23td August was given this morning by Mr C. F. Taylor, engineer of the Shanghai Electric Construction Company, who has arrived here on furlough. He staled that one bomb dropped on the Nanking road on the latter occasion killed 173 and injured 549 irnocent victims. The streets, he said, were literally packed with mutilated bodies. The general opinion among Settlement residents was that the bomb was dropped by a Chinese plane, being a case of bad misdirection of a missile from too great a height to ensure accurate aim. In extenuation Mr Taylor said that the Chinese bombers had no experience of this dreadful form of warfare. On the other hand the Japanese bombing of civilians was deliberate. Mr Taylcr believes that the war will end within two months. The Chinese had put up a wonderful show, and the Japanese, not expecting such resistance, should be willing to come to terms. The losses on both sides were enormous and if the campaign were pursued in the winter would be incalculable.