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« We are sorry to trouble you again but the sufferings and needs of the 200 000 civilians for whom we are trying to care make it urgent that we try to secure action from your military authorities to stop the present disorder among Japanese soldiers wandering through the Safety Zone ....

The second man in our Housing Commission had to see two women in his family at 23 Hankow Road raped last night at supper time by Japanese soldiers.

Our associate food commissioner, Mr. Sone, has to convey trucks with rice and leave 2, 500 people in families at his Nanking Theological Seminary to look after themselves.

Yesterday, in broad daylight, several women at the Seminary were raped right in the middle of a large room filled with men, women, and children!

We 22 Occidentals cannot feed 200, 000 Chinese civilians and protect them night and day.

That is the duty of the Japanese authorities ...