THE HONGKONG ATROCITIES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 60, 12 March 1942, Page 4

THE HONGKONG ATROCITIES

d^l. I H< l l Gll it has been known for some time that the .1 a panes-, conduct toward prisoners of war, tin- "ouiid-d .-imi t Im civilian lopiilafion who fell info their liamls in llongkimg, was mif in eeorda-iiee with international rules, the British Goii-rnim-iil deayed making an authoritative statement on the- .subject in the ope that it would include some miligatiug details which would Ib-viale th.- grief ami sorrow of tin- relatives of the \iclims. Now that Im- British Government has made its slatement if r-eomes el, at that the Japanese army is. waging a war witlioiit lly regard whalsoe\er mi- the ideas of civilised peoples, and ill iol.-ifion of every principle of international law. Tim niisi-on-lm-1 which has disgraced the Japanese army in its operations in Ilina, and to which tin- world has turned a hliml eve. Ims been xereised ill all its >a\'agery against the Europeans who tell into heir hands in Hongkong. Il is not enough to be indignant at hese ba r. .a rii les; il is essential that the i-imraeti-r oi the i . 1: 11 -ri ,\ e>\ Xe.'d.-111< lis ellga ge<l slle -1 lie r- -■ <eg n ise -1 -- r what is. l-.verv man with a conseii in-e will strive to encompass the ileal nt these inhiiiii,--;i ami s.-iv.-me people. lu-.i.soiiing ami xamplc do not affect them: llw.v only organise to eliminate their letims. In Giis i-onllii-f the al'iernativi-s are plain: thev are