From: "micky wong" <micky.wong@canrem.com>
Subject: comfort girls?
Reply-To: "micky wong" <micky.wong@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: soc
Date: 30 Dec 92 09:14:12 EST


In Article: <1992Dec28.143403.8912@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
   Subject: Comfort girls?
      From: bgt@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (barbara.tongue) writes:


>folks,

>just recently i read about the rape of nangking and the japanese use
>of "comfort girls" (women forced into prostitution for the soldiers).
>amazingly (maybe not), my high school education never revealed this
>period of history, nor did i take any eastern history courses in
>college.

>given what's happening with the women of bostnia and croatia, such
>atrocities are commonplace in war.  however, the news has recently
>carried articles about the japanese admittance to "comfort girls"
>(which had been denied for sometime).

Japanese government had finally but reluctantly admitted the existance
and the crimes committed by the then Japanese Imperial Army towards those
Korea "comfort women", this is after repeated and persistent pressure
from the victims and the South Korea Government.

There were recent revelations of "comfort women" from China,
Philippines, and Netherlands.

The Chinese Government had showed little interest to seek justice for
the Chinese victims, and the CCP regime had used every available
means, to muffle the angry indignation of majority of the Chinese
people, in their efforts of seeking compensation from the war crimes
of the Japanese Army during the WWII.

The recent incident, a group of Chinese Americans on their way to attend
the Memorial Service for the 55th anniversary of Nanking Massacre on
December 12th, was refused entry upon arrival, is strong indication
that the CCP regime is siding with the Japanese militarists!

>i'm interested in knowing all sides of the issues.  any information
>is greatly appreciated.  does japan teach its students about this
>period of time?  does china?  what is the "official" story from both
>sides?

In recent years, the Japanese Government had in numerous occasions,
altered the contents of Japan's history text book.

Quotes from Louis Leclerc's "Does America Say Yes to Japan?"
  ".... after one looks at Japanese elementary student's textbooks, In
  the texts, the sections about World War II are extremely distorted. In
  these books, Japan is played out as the victim to world aggression and
  the atrocities of the Japanese Imperial Army are not mentioned
  anywhere............."

What Louis Leclerc did not mention is, the "Rap of Nanking" was changed
to "Nanking Incident" in many Japanese history text books.

For the younger generation of Japanese who are reading this news group,
to compensate what their government and Japanese Ministry of Education
did not prepare them for, the truth of war atrocities committed by
Japanese Imperial Armies during Japan's invasion to China from
1931-1945, The following is the excerpts from Ming Pao monthly, October
1992, with special reports on "The Menacing Japan"

Translated from Ming Pao Monthly October 1992 without permission.

The Japanese Militarism had doctored the 9.18 incident in 1931,
occupied the three provinces of NorthEast of China, maddeningly
expanded it's war of aggression, until it had occupied half of China's
territory, it caused Chinese people in the occupied zone, lived in
extreme pain.

Inside the occupied zone, the Japanese army of aggression, in order to
suppress the fight of Chinese people, used, bombing to kill, shoot to
kill, burn to kill, smoke and suffocate to death, starve to death,
poison to death, knife to hack, knife to stab, club to death, nail to
death, torture to death, drown to death, buried alive etc.
........

Tens of thousands of innocent Chinese people, foreign residents in China,
and Allied friends, became the victimized ghosts by the atrocities
of the Japanese fascists.
Among those, there were countless Chinese females, including old women
over 80's and very young girls of 12 , who had suffered most cruel
violations by rape or gang rape, the agony and anguish, were not
something can be described by pen and ink.

A more terrifying incident, the Japanese army of aggression used sugar,
and pickle sauce, pickled the flesh of Chinese civilians who were
butchered by them, as food for consumption.

According to the accusation of an old Australia soldier, who was captured
by Japanese army inside China, in february 1943, he had transported 300
cases of  (pickled) human flesh to the prison camp which jailed Allied
POW's.  Some Japanese soldiers and more than 1000 Allied POW's ate those
flesh of their own kind.
...........

It was discovered, in the basement of today's Cultural Palace in the city
of Qingtao,  Chinese babies were killed with their eyes gouged, bellies
slit by the Japanese army, it was reported, that the Japanese army ate
the livers of these babies.

,,,,,,  End of quote from Ming Pao Monthly.


I found a book from the local library named "Nanking Massacre", the
author "Guo1 Qi2"
( Guo1 - outer city, with mouth,son,ear.  Qi2 - mountain and branch )
was a retired army General from KMT's army, who had led a battalion in
Nanking's defending force, had survived and witnessed the whole rape of
Nanking. He was later a major witness at the military court which prosecuted
Japanese war criminals in Nanking..

In this book, it recorded numerous atrocities committed by the Japanese
army, I can only select few to post here, to remind the netters, the
hideous specter of the Japanese militarism may come back to haunt us again
if we loosen our vigil..

There was Japanese soldier attempted to force a Chinese monk to have sex
with a Chinese teenage girl, when the monk refused, the Japanese soldier
killed him by castration.

There was Japanese soldier forced a Chinese youth to have sex with his own
mother, in front of the Japanese soldiers.

There was Japanese soldier raped an old Chinese women, who was over 80
years old, on the street!

According to International Committee which was formed by foreign residents
(Mostly Americans and europeans), whose main purpose was to protect and
save Chinese lives during the rape of Nanking, in December 16th and 17th
1937, there were over thousand women were rapped by the Japanese soldiers.

In December 13th, a chinese civilian woman was gang rapped, then her belly
slit and body burnt.
A women who was nine months pregnant, a 16 year old teenager girl, a
63 year old peasant woman and another young woman were rapped at the
"China Gate" area.
A little peasant girl, who was gang rapped by 13 Japanese soldier, who was
crying for help, been stabbed in belly to die.
..........

Most Chinese women went to hide in the safety zone which was designated by
the International Committee, but Japanese soldiers will sneak into the
designated safety zone after dark, to rap and kidnap Chinese woman,
regardless how old or how young were the women.

Need to mention is there were 7 foreigners of different nationality and
backgrounds, took the initiative to formed a International committee, risked
their own lives, took the responsibility in diplomacy, organization,
sanitation, and first-aid, to shield and rescuer Chinese refugees.

One of the most famous among the Seven Guardian Angels was an American female
professor, this remarkable American woman, used the dormitory of
"Jin1 Ling2"  (The ancient name of Nanking) University for girls, as a
boarding house for few thousand Chinese women.
This extraordinary American, who had guarded this place single handily,
with one small pistol and immense courage, without her fearless fights
with those Japanese soldiers, a lot more Chinese women would have fallen
victim of those Japanese Beasts.

Unfortunately, the author of the book even does not know her full name, we
only know that she was addressed as Miss Huang by most Chinese under her
protection.

For those who wish to learn something from the past, who has the courage
to face the truth, there will be a book published in mainland soon, that
is if the CCP will allow the publication of that book, this book is ten
years of hard labour of a remarkable couple, The Husband,"Yang2 Ke4 Lin2"
who is a young photographer and editor, his wife, "Cao2 Hong2", who is a
librarian and teacher, they spent the past 10 years, visited U.S. and
Japan to collect materials, completed this book which contains more
3000 pictures and half million words.
"The Pictorial history of Chinese anti-Japanese War".

Yang said:  We should not forgot history.
            We have no reason to forget history.

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