Education: Educational Vandalism

When Napoleon's troopers stabled their horses in Milan's monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie and scribbled on Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, they were behaving as soldiers have always behaved in Europe's wars. But Axis vandalism against other nations' cultures has been deliberate and systematic.

Last week Axis Oppression of Education, a pamphlet issued by the Inter-Allied Information Committee, described worldwide Axis vandalism against education. Of special interest was the description of the actions of the Japanese.

Says the pamphlet: "The Tsing Hua University in Peiping ... is used by the Japanese mainly...

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