Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-02-18
Missionaries Tell of the Atrocities
Perpetrated in Chientao Dis
trict OF China.
MANY VILLAGES DESTROYED
Charge Deliberate Intention Of Wiping
Out All Young christlans--Not
Punished for Religion, Say
Japs, but for 6anditry and
Rebellion.

Tokyo.-Details of alleged massa-
ores of Koreans by Japanese troops,
the burning of Korean villages and the
destruction of native crops are given
in statements received from Canadian
missionaries in the Chlentao district
of China, supplementing previous re-
ports on this subject heretofore re-
ceived.
One OF the missionaries, DR.. s. I'll.
Martin of Newfoundland physician, at
tached 10 the Canadian Presbyterian
mission at Yongjung, who visited the
village of Norabawie on October 81,
two days after the Japanese went
through that district, states:
1.-THE facts recorded below apply to
the whole district of Kando or Chen
tao, in the southern part of the prov
inces of Kirin, China. Japan, under the
strongest protest from China. has sent
over $4,000 men into this part of China
with the seeming intention Of wiping
out of existence. If possible, the whole
Christian community, especially all
young mon.
Charges Wholesale Murder.
Village after village is daily being
methodlcally burned ard the young
men shot, so that at present we have
"a ring of villages surrounding this city
that have suffered from fire or whole
sale murder or both. 1Ae facts below
are absolutely accurate;
nh IaNa Of
japanese infantry surrounded the main
Christian village of Norabawie and,
starting from the top of the valley, set
fire to the immense stacks of TN
threshed millet, barley and straw and
then ordered the occupants of the
houses outside. In each case as the
father or son stepped forth he was
shot on sight. and us he fell on his
face, perhaps only half dead, great
piles of burning straw were thrown on
top of him.
II was shown the blood marks on
the ground caused by the bayonet
thrusts inflicted on the men as they
strove to rise from the flames, in spite
of the fact that they had been shot
three times at close range. The bod
les were soon charred beyond recOg-
milton. The mothers, wives and even
the children were forced spectators
of this treatment OF all the grown
males of the village. Houses were
fired and soon the whole country was
full of smoke. which was plainly visi.
BILE from this town. The Japanese
soldiers then spread out and burned
the houses of Christian believers In
other villages all the way down the
valley to the main road. Then they
returned home TO celebrate the en-
peror's birthday.
Photographs of Murders.
AS we approached the nearby viii
lagos we found only women and chill
dren and some white-haired men. The
women with young babies on their
backs were walking up and down
wailing. ! photographed ruins of 10
buildings, among which were old men
tearing their hair and crying. while
mothers and daughters were recover.
ing bodies or unburne3 treasures from
the burning ruins. So many women
were crying and l was so angry al
what / had seen that l could not hold
my camera steady enough TO take Q
time exposure.
I'VE have names and accurate re
ports of 81 villages where murder anC
fire have been used. One village has
had as many as las Inhabitants killed
Houses have been burned with won.
en- and children in them. At Sonun.
tung IA were stood up In front of a
large grave, then shot and their bod.