对中国全面军事侵略及对平民的暴行——证据总结和论证要点

大卫·萨顿(David Nelson Sutton,1895-1974)出生于美国弗吉尼亚州国王皇后县,1915年毕业于美国里士满大学,获学士学位,曾参加第一次世界大战。1919年退伍后考入美国弗吉尼亚大学法学院,毕业后在弗吉尼亚州西点从事律师工作,是美国律师协会会员,并担任弗吉利亚州威廉王县检察官(1926-1946)、弗吉利亚州律师协会会长等职务。1946年1月,萨顿应邀参加东京审判,在国际检察局任副检查官(Associate Counsel)。同年3月,萨顿与国际检查局的莫罗(Morrow)&裘劭恒前往中国进行了为期五个星期的调查取证工作,并获得了31名证人的书面证词。5月31日,萨顿等人再次前往上海、南京会晤证人,并挑选了15名证人于6月12日返回东京。萨顿与莫罗作为检方律师,全程参与了远东国际军事法庭关于“中国阶段”的庭审工作——出示证据、提供证人。本文是萨顿对检方搜集的日本侵华证据的总结,在大量证据的基础上,勾勒出七七事变前后日本违反国际条约义务,对中国全面军事侵略的步骤与模式,即对平民的暴行发生在所有占领区,并着重论述了日军在南京暴行持续的时间、死难者和被强奸者人数,以及日本政府和相关被告应承担的责任。本文中的英文注释均为原文所加。其英文打印件藏于美国里士满大学Muse法学院“萨顿档案”之中。

Total Military Aggression in China Including Atrocities Against Civilians and Others:Summary of Evidence and Note of Argument

Born in King and Queen County,Virginia,U.S,David Nelson Sutton received his AB.from University of Richmond in 1915 and was admitted to the Law School of University of Virginia in 1919.He practiced law in West Point and attorney for the Commonwealth for King William County,Virginia(1926-1946)He held many posts like President of Virginia State Bar Association of and a member of the American Bar Association.In January 1946,Sutton was invited to participate in the Tokyo trial and served as Associate Counsel of IPS.In March of the same year,Sutton together with Morrow and Henry Qiu of IPS went to China for a five-week investigation and obtained the written testimonies from 31 witnesses.On May 31,Sutton went to Shanghai and Nanjing to meet with witnesses again,and selected 15 witnesses before returning to Tokyo on June 12.Sutton and Morrow as prosecutors'lawyers participated in the court hearings on the"China Phase".This article is a summary of evidence of Japanese aggression against China collected by the prosecutors.Based on a large amount of evidence,it outlined the steps of Japan's violation of its treaty obligations and military aggression against China before and after the July 7th Incident with the mode of committing atrocities against civilians in all the occupied areas,especial in Nanjing.The paper is collected in the"Sutton Collection"of the Muse Law School,University of Richmond,U.S.