If we follow the virtues of the United States, because of its closer and closer relationship with the Japanese, after the International Military Tribunal for the Far East has heard the first case, all the Class A war criminals who have been detained but have not yet been tried will be detained before the trial continues.
Released.
Even in the first case, due to the connivance and acquiescence of the United States, the Japanese adopted delaying tactics and sheltered a large number of war criminals.
Fortunately, most of the judges recommended by various countries had inseparable differences with the Japanese, which gave some balance to the Americans' indulgence.
Especially Filipino Judge Hananila.
Although the Philippines is the younger brother of the Americans, this Hananilla was captured by the Japanese army during World War II.
A narrow escape from the Bataan Death March.
The Bataan Death March took place in the spring of 1942.
After the Japanese occupied the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines, the Japanese forced all prisoners of war and civilians, regardless of whether they were injured, men, women, or children, to walk to San Fernando in high temperatures.
A march to the concentration camp.
Although the total distance of this march was only 120 kilometers, and it took nine days of walking, the average distance was only thirteen kilometers per day.
The speed is not much different from normal walking.
However, the Japanese deliberately did not provide water and food to these prisoners during the march.
Anyone who dares to secretly search for water on the march will be shot.
Beating, scolding and abuse are commonplace.
With no drinking water and food, unbearable high temperatures, severe physical exhaustion, and often being beaten, scolded, and abused, a large number of people could not support their bodies and died during the march.
Walking all the way, you die all the way.
More than 8,000 people died along the way.
It's really tragic.
Having experienced this personally, it is strange that Hananila does not hate the Japanese.
The judge appointed by China, Mei Ru'ao, has personally experienced the humiliation of the Chinese people's resistance to war since Japan occupied the three northeastern provinces.
I wish I could shoot all these Japanese war criminals. but.
Mei Ru'ao was determined to serve the country, but Chiang Kai-shek was very incompetent.
Lao Jiang knew very well that at the critical moment of his suppression of bandits.
It would be unwise to offend the Americans who could provide them with arms.
And its main focus was not on how to retaliate against the Japanese.
So, take it lightly.
Only Mei Ru'ao was chosen.
The funds and manpower allocated are insufficient.
Rich man Yu knew about this, so how could he stand by and watch.
Therefore, I told Qing Xiaoyi that as long as Mei Ru'ao comes to Japan, she must treat her with courtesy.
Be sure to make an appointment to meet him.
After Mei Ru'ao received Yu Sheng's invitation.
Also very interested in the rest of my life.
After all, Yu Sheng is now China's first entertainment tycoon with a well-known reputation internationally.
The Turner Valley iron ore in his hands also quickly made him one of the world's top rich people.
At least among the four families of Jiang, Song, Kong and Chen.
If you single out any one company, it won't have as much wealth as Yu Sheng.
Of course, joining forces is another story.
When both of them were interested, they quickly agreed on a time.
And the location.
Just where I live in Tokyo for the rest of my life.
Mei Ru'ao is this person.
His background was not too high, he was just an ordinary farmer who farmed and studied.
Because her father was extremely strict with her and Mei Ru'ao was eager to learn and make progress, she was always a top student in her childhood and adolescence.
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In 1916, Mei Ruao was admitted to Tsinghua University, and then.
In 1924, he passed the publicly funded study abroad program in the United States and entered Stanford University.
Completed the promotion path from academic master to academic god.
In 1926, Mei Ru'ao received a bachelor's degree in literature from Stanford University, and then entered the University of Chicago Law School to study until she obtained a doctorate in law in 1928.
In this era, a doctorate degree is very valuable.
It's not comparable to future generations at all.
There are only a handful of people in China who have obtained foreign doctorates.
Therefore, Mei Ruao is considered a rare talent in China.
After returning to China in 1929, he successively worked as a law professor at Wuhan University, Shanxi University, National Chung Cheng University, Nankai University, and Fudan University.
He also served as a member of the Legislative Yuan of the National Government for a long time.
He also served as President of the Executive Yuan Song Ziwen and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Shijie. assistant.
With Song Ziwen's relationship, Mei Ru'ao was regarded by Chiang Kai-shek as one of his own.
Therefore, after receiving the invitation from the United States to appoint a judge, Mei Ruao was chosen.
Although there is a lot of age difference between Mei Ru'ao and Yu Sheng, they are very close to each other because they are both from low backgrounds and have the same experience of struggle in the United States and the same ambition to serve the country.
From afternoon to dusk, it gets dark.
Yu Sheng asked Qing Xiaoyi to prepare dinner.
And he said to Mei Ru'ao: "Brother Mei, the Japanese began to invade China after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.
Although people from all walks of life in Europe and the United States believe that it was after the Huanggutun incident in 1928 that the Japanese began to invade China, but, you I am Chinese, so I am well aware of the Japanese ambitions.”
Mei Ru'ao nodded and said: "Because this trial is led by Americans, it will inevitably adopt the common law system.
The civil law system pursued by China may not be applicable.
Moreover, for Europeans and Americans, setting the time is In 1928, it was extremely beneficial."
"If we push the time further forward, then the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 was considered an invasion, and the Eight-Nation Allied Forces should also be considered an invasion.
In the subsequent World War I, these people ignored China as the victorious country and allocated the interests that originally belonged to the Germans in China to Japan.
It should be considered an invasion.
It is impossible for Europeans and Americans to slap themselves in the face.
It is impossible to push forward the time.
If we go forward, the Europeans and Americans will slap themselves in the face. " Yu Sheng waved his hands and said: "There is nothing we can do about time, but I only hope that this trial can bring justice to the people of the country.
The war criminals who deserve to be killed must die.
There must be no future troubles."
Mei Ru'ao said seriously: "This is natural, I should try my best."
Yu Sheng took out the check he had prepared and handed it to Mei Ru'ao.
Mei Ru'ao was shocked when he saw the number on it.
In other words, he had never seen such a large check in his life.
Asked Yu Sheng: "Brother Yu, what do you mean?"
Yu Sheng also said seriously: "I know that according to the Anglo-American legal system, as a judge, you will definitely swear not to disclose the opinions and votes of yourself and your colleagues.
I am not interested in this either.
Therefore, I will not let Brother Mei do something Difficult things.”
"It's just that I know that the funds and manpower allocated by Chiang Kai-shek to Brother Mei are too little.
If you want to win the lawsuit, that little money is definitely not enough.
So, these funds are handed over to Brother Mei.
With this money, no matter what Whether you need to hire people or collect information, it will be much easier."
Mei Ru'ao hesitated, knowing that what Yu Sheng said was the truth.
However, who has ever heard that such an international trial requires personal donations to pay for it?
If Chiang Kai-shek knew about this, not only would he not be happy, but he would also think that he was being slapped in the face for the rest of his life.
Mei Ru'ao will still be working under Chiang Kai-shek from now on.
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Yu Sheng continued: "I also know that this matter is not so according to the rules.
However, without the money, the trial will be much more difficult.
In the face of justice and humanity, some rigid rules are really out of date.
Brother Mei can think about the aftermath of the destruction of Nanjing , the 300,000 compatriots who were massacred by the Japanese can think of the tens of thousands of Chinese who were used as experimental subjects by the 731 Forces, and the soldiers who fell on the battlefield."
"At that time, what rules did the Japanese tell these innocent people?
If a mad dog bites a person, of course the person cannot bite him back.
But it is still necessary to beat him to death with a stick to prevent him from biting again."
Mei Ruao also experienced the Anti-Japanese War.
Know that what I said for the rest of my life is the truth.
Then he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will accept the money and use it to judge the Japanese."
Yu Sheng laughed and said, "That's right."
After three rounds of drinking.
The food tastes delicious.
When the two of them had had enough wine and food to say goodbye, Yu Sheng said to Mei Ru'ao: "Brother Mei, be careful, Europeans and Americans are not completely trustworthy.
Especially when arranging seats, there will be many traps."
Mei Ru'ao heard the song and understood its elegant meaning, and suddenly said: "I understand, I will be careful."
Mei Ruao works at the permanent address of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo.
The permanent address of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo is Ichigaya-ku, Tokyo.
The original Japanese Army Headquarters Building.
Here, before World War II.
It was once the most famous Japanese Army non-commissioned officer school in Japan.
Most of Japan's A, B and C war criminals at all levels were born in this school.
At the beginning of World War II, when the Japanese launched the July 7th Incident, formally invaded China, and planned Southeast Asia and the Pacific, this place became the Japanese Army Headquarters and Staff Headquarters.
The instructions issued by the Japanese during the war were spread from here to all over the world.
The Americans chose this place as the permanent address of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East as an irony and as a warning to the Japanese.
The trial hall of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East was the original auditorium of the Japanese Military Academy.
It is said that it can accommodate up to 2,000 people at its peak.
After MacArthur selected the International Military Tribunal for the Far East to be located here, the Allies began to renovate the auditorium in the style of the trial hall of the Nuremberg International Tribunal.
The renovation project alone took three months.
The renovated trial hall of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East is far superior to the original version in Nuremberg.
The direction and details of history are still so stubborn.
Not beyond the memory of the rest of my life.
Before the opening of the Far Eastern Nations Military Tribunal, a dispute broke out about the judges sitting in rows and eating fruit.
In international affairs, what is often dealt with and argued over are details that seem insignificant but actually have a great impact.
The arrangement of seats is one of them.
In any international occasion, there will be disputes and secret fights about the order of seating, because this matter is related to a country's status, honor, attitude, and various implications, and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East is no exception.
The president and chief judge of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East is Australia's Sir Webber.
He once served as the chairman of the "Commission to Investigate Japanese Atrocities" appointed by the Australian government.
Although he has no good impression of the Japanese and will not show favoritism.
However, because of his origin, he is very close to the British, the nominal boss of Australia, and the Americans, the actual boss.
Therefore, when the eleven officials met at the beginning and announced the seating order, it was natural that the seating order was the United States, the United Kingdom, China, the Soviet Union, Canada, France, Australia, the Netherlands, India, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Even if she didn't warn him in advance for the rest of her life, Mei Ru'ao would still argue, and she was even more prepared at this time.
After Australian judge Sir Webber read out the seating order, Mei Ruao immediately expressed her objection: "I don't agree."
Sir Wilbur asked: "Mr.
May, why?"
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Mei Ru'ao said: "I think the judges' seats should be arranged in the order in which Japan's surrender document was signed.
China came second at the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender document, so, that is to say, after the United States, it should be China. " Sir Wilbur said: "This is a court, not a reenactment of the surrender ceremony."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Mei Ru'ao also smiled and said: "Then, Sir Wilbur, why do you arrange the seats in this order?"
Sir Wilbur explained very naturally: "Mr.
May, this is the custom."
This is indeed the custom.
After the decline of the Empire on which the sun never sets and the end of World War I, the British will no longer be able to take the lead in international affairs.
Therefore, the original unquestionable number one seat became less natural.
In World War II, although the British withstood the German bombing, they still suffered heavy losses.
The national power is extremely weak.
On the contrary, the Americans' economy developed rapidly due to orders from the war.
It has become the undoubted number one in the world after the Soviet Union.
Seats were also raised.
However, the British's remaining power is still there and has not dropped too much, so they are ranked second.
Become a routine.
Mei Ru'ao pretended to be surprised and said: "Whose custom is this?
Isn't the order of signing the Japanese surrender document customary?"
By the way, the order of signing Japan’s surrender document was also arranged by the Americans.
Mei Ru'ao is using Zi's spear to attack Zi's shield.
Sir Wilbur couldn't answer, so he could only avoid talking to him and said: "Mr.
Mei, we are here to try war criminals, why do we hold on to such a small detail?"
Mei Ru'ao retorted: "This issue is not a small detail.
What's more, according to the Anglo-American legal system, truth can only be divided into deep and shallow, right and wrong, and there is no distinction between big and small."
Sir Wilbur said helplessly: "Then, Mr.
May, please propose a fair method."
Mei Ru'ao humorously countered: "If the president and everyone do not follow the order of surrender and signature in the Japanese surrender document, then I suggest a fair method.
We might as well find a weight scale to see how much everyone weighs.
Then arrange the seats according to it, with the heavier ones in the middle and the lighter ones next to them, so that we can have the most fair and objective standard.”
All the judges, except Sir Wilbur, burst into laughter.
Sir Wilbur was slightly embarrassed.
I can only smooth things over: "Mr.
May, the method you proposed is indeed fair, but this method only applies to boxing matches, and we are an international court, not a boxing ring." s: Thanks to book friend Xie Shao Zhetian for the reward: