Evening star., 1945-08-11
Jap Protest Charges
Atom Bomb Is Worse
Than Gas Warfare
Hy ths Associated Presa.


ing in a Tokyo broadcast last night
that japan had protested ofIicially
against use Of the atomic bomb,
said that greater part" OF Hiro-
shima was destroyed when Ameri-
can flyers first used the weapon
August 6.
| Declaring the new type bomb was
even worse than poison gas in
inhuman destructive power" the
japanese protest charged the
United States with violating inter-
national law"
The protest was filed through
the Swiss government, the an
nouncement said, and the Swiss
Minister in Japan was requested to
convey Its nature to the Interna-
tional Red Cross at Geneva.
Extensive damage" also was
caused at Nagasaki, second japanese
city to suffer the destructive power
Of the new weapon, the Tokyo
radio asserted, quoting a dispatch
to the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri
Hochi.
Nagasaki Raid Described.
A small number of Super Forts
attacked Nagasaki with parachute
attached. new-type bombs" Thurs
day morning, the broadcast said,
adding the missile was believed to
be the same as used on Hiroshima.
The newspapers dispatch, dated
from Fukuoka City. said the new
type bomb attack on Nagasaki
caused extensive damage, including
destruction of many houses as well
as a large number of casualties
among citizens" The broadcast.
however. also said the the Seibu
army district command at Fukuoka,
in a communique Thursday, said
details of the Nagasaki bombing
"as yet are unavailable pending in
vestigation. However, present indi-
cations are that the damage caused
was comparatively slight"
In reporting the protest over use
of the atomic bomb, the broadcast
said:
Dropping Of the new type bomb
on the city area of Hiroshima Au-
gust 6 by United States aircraft in
an instant caused large casualties
among the city's residents and de-
stroyed a greater part Of the city.
use of such bomb ignores
international law and the funda-
mental principle OF humanity.
Truman Quoted.
Tn his statement in connection
with the bombing of Hiroshima with
the new-type bomb. President Tru-
man has stated we must destroy
docks, factories and communications
systems. However. the new-type
bomb used on Hiroshima is dropped
by means of parachute and ex-
plodes In the air with destructive
power over an extremely wide area.
Accordingly, 1t is clear to confine
such attacking power to special OBJ
jectives is absolutely impossible
scientifically.
The United States, too, already
is aware Of the capacity OF such
bombing on Hiroshima. Investiga-
ton reveals the damage extended to
wide area and persons in this
area. without distinction of COM
batants and noncombatants as well
as young and aged of both sexes,
were indiscriminately killed and
wounded by the explosive air pres
sure and intense generated heat.
In short investigation of indi-
vidual casualties and general DAM
age done transmission garbled
here) hitherto unprecedented saw
age conduct in history.
That use of this atrocious weap-
on against humanity cannot be per-
mitted clearly is shown by inter-
national law on the conduct of war
fare.
Since the outbreak of the cur
rent World War the United States
Government has from time to time
denounced use Of poison gas and
other inhuman methods of warfare,
declaring it would resort to such
warfare only in retaliation to such
conduct by other powers. = -
In the name of entire humanity
and civilization, the japanese gov
eminent demand immediate dis
continuance of such missile with
unprecedented atrocity."