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...over there to Tokio and flatten them all out just like that", said Wing Kee, expert Cantabridgian laundryman in an interview yesterday, punctuating his remarks by tearing buttons off a shirt he was operating upon; one button for a comma, two for a period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chinese Man In The Street Gives Version of Simo--Japanese Conflict--Wing Kee, Laundry Expert Visions Bombing Raid | 3/2/1932 | See Source »

...reported in the Harvard CRIMSON as well as in other papers of Boston, Thursday, November 26, that the Chinese students at Harvard were planning to send an armada of 2000 airplanes to blow Tokio off the map, and that I, the undersigned, was the first student to volunteer as pilot of one of the fleet of planes. This report has pushed many questionnaires...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/28/1931 | See Source »

...neither mean nor believe that by bombing raids on Tokio or other Japanese cities we can have the above objects realized and secure peace; they will only make innocent civilians suffer. That is what the Japanese army has done and is going to do in Manchuria, and that will never, as far as the world sees, justify its ends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/28/1931 | See Source »

...raising money for 2000 airplanes some of which will be shipped to China immediately, and others used for training purposes by the Chinese National Defense League, it was learned recently from C. C. Liang 3G, secretary of the Chinese Students club here. "If we can drop a bomb on Tokio, our aim will be accomplished, for the houses in Japan are made of wood and would easily catch fire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHINESE STUDENTS START CAMPAIGN TO BOMB TOKIO | 11/25/1931 | See Source »

...trying to do the opposite. Using the time worn militaristic slogan of "Preserve Peace by preparing for war", they are raising money to buy two thousand aeroplanes, a majority of which are to be sent immediately to Manchuria. Their ultimate aim is to drop the one fatal bomb on Tokio, thus gaining pieces rather than peace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHINESE-AMERICAN VIEW | 11/25/1931 | See Source »

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