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The Defense of Iwane Matsui

- Iwane Matsui was not the one responsible for the Nanking massacre. - Matsui felt ill during his leadership of his troops, and thus was not responsible. Instead his officer, Asaka was the one who planned the atrocities of Nanking [1]. - The commander of the Japanese troops in the Nanking operation was Iwane Matsui. According to his attendant Mr. Okada, during the battle, a baby's cry was heard from a site of fire. Commander Matsui ordered Okada to go find the baby. Matsui took the baby up in his arms, gave a bath and milk to nourish the baby [2]. - This shows that Matsui did not plan the Nanking massacre. - Author Iris Chang (who wrote //Rape of Nanking//) blamed Matsui for the Nanking massacre by stating that he was Asaka's commanding officer during the Rape. Chang however revised her position in subsequent editions and insisted on the fact that Matsui was sick during the massacre and that Asaka was therefore the officer in charge [3]. - [] - [1] [] [2] [|http://www.history.gr.jp/~nanking/chapter02_06.html] [3] [|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwane_Matsui__] [|==============================================================================================================] __Defender__: Hello everyone! Now that General Matsui has been prosecuted for his actions, it's time to defend his actions. __General Matsui__: Finally, there is someone out there to defend me. __Defender__: General Matsui, your prosecutor mentioned that you have marched to Nanking. Unfortunately for her, she failed to understand your intention in Nanking. In reality, you didn't plan these atrocities to the civilians, am I correct? __General Matsui__: Yes, it's obvious that I didn't want these atrocities to occur. But immediately after learning that my troops committed these atrocities, I strictly gave orders that any soldier committing unlawful atrocities will be severely punished [5]. __Defender__: Makes sense. I received some records from historians researching the Nanking story and found that the Japanese army later refrained from bombing the Safety Zone, where the Chinese refugees had gathered. So it's assuming that once you came to Nanking, you tried to stop your troops from causing so much brutality. __General Matsui__: Yes, but more importantly, I suffered from an illness. __Defender__: It was tuberculosis, wasn't it? __General Matsui__: Yes, the tuberculosis prevented me from taking command of my troops. Instead, I had an officer named Asaka to take my place. __Defender__: True, on page 174 of her book, Chang described you as "A sickly and frail man suffering from tuberculosis, Matsui E was not even in Nanking when the city fell" [6] I assume you might know author Iris Chang, who wrote the "Rape of Nanking". Her book was said to be flawed so many times due to false facts on what she research. General Matsui, all of the research she did on you was also proven to be false, but she later revised it [7]. Her revision on you stated that YOU were innocent of the acts and you further quoted: "I personally feel sorry for the tragedies to the people, I offer my sympathy, with deep emotion, to a million innocent people." "My men have done something very wrong and extremely regrettable." Now about officer Asaka, [8] __General Matsui__: Asaka was reportedly said to kill all Chinese captives. One Chinese witness reported hearing that but I cannot be sure if Asaka really said that [9]. __Defender__: None of us do as well, General Matsui E. We're still researching on whether Asaka is responsible for the Nanking massacre or not, but at least I have some evidence that you weren't as well. With some evidence I recorded, General Matsui E shouldn't have been responsible for the Nanking massacre. He didn't want to cause any atrocious acts to the Chinese civilians, and had to be temporarily inactive in his position due to an illness he had to deal with. It still remains a mystery to who was responsible for setting up the Nanking atrocities but Matsui E should not be held responsible, thank you!!! [5] [] [6] [] [7] [] [8] __ Chang, Iris. __  //__ The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust __//__. pp. 51-52 __ [9] []
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