『「南京事件」―日本人４８人の証言』（小学館文庫）
阿羅健一著
その６―第二章 軍人の見た南京 １、陸軍（２）
松井軍司令官付・岡田尚
第十軍参謀・谷田勇大佐
第十軍参謀・金子倫介大尉
今回は第２章「軍人の見た南京」のうちの
１、陸軍（２） 上記３名の証言です。
岡田尚氏の父・有民氏は明治から昭和にかけて中国革命を援助した志士の一人で、福建人民政府が樹立されたときに、当時の台湾軍司令官の松井大将とともにこの対策にかかわったこともあり非常に親しい関係にありました。松井大将は上海派遣軍司令官に親補されると、尚氏に嘱託として補佐してくれるよう求めました。尚氏は上海語ができ、多くの中国要人と知り合いだからです。
尚氏は、南京占領時に戦争につきものの混乱はあったにしろ、虐殺などはなかった、それより、松井大将がせっかく降伏勧告状を出したのに、どうして司令官の唐生智がそれを受け入れなかったのか、それが不思議であり、残念であったことを強調しています。
谷田大佐はいわゆる皇道派に属していました。同じ皇道派の柳川平助第十軍司令官が杭州湾に上陸すると、「山川草木すべて敵」と虐殺をほのめかすことをいったという批判に対して強く反論しています。皇道派はむしろ対中融和の考えを持っていた。それは皇道派の荒木陸軍大臣のときに、第一次上海事件で上海付近の中国軍を撃破するやただちに一兵も残さずに内地に引き上げていること、関内作戦のときに北京を指呼の間に望む地点まで進出したが、塘沽停戦協定によって関内に引き上げていることでも分かるはずだ、と説明しています。
金子大尉は補給、警備などの後方担当でした。１３日か１４日に南京に入ったが、一人の死体も見ていないし、一発の銃声も聞かなかったそうです。転進業務があったので、一晩か二晩か泊まっただけのせいか南京の印象が薄い、ということは特別なにもなかったからだと思います、と言っています。戦後東京裁判で南京事件のことを聞いてびっくりしたということです。
日本語原文：http://hassin.org/01/wp-content/uploads/48-6.pdf
英訳文：http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Ara-Nanjing-6.pdf
海外には、下記の通り英文で発信しました。
平成３０年１月１７日「史実を世界に発信する会」会長代行 茂木弘道拝
http://hassin.org
The Nanjing Incident: Japanese Eyewitness Accounts
-Testimony from 48 Japanese Who Were There-
By Ara Ken’ichi
No. 6: Chapter 2 Nanjing, as Observed by Japanese Soldiers
1. The Army, 22)～24)
We present No. 6 in this series, which contains Chapter 2: Nanjing, as Observed by Japanese Soldiers, 1. The Army, 22) – 24).
Mr. Okada Takashi’s (岡田尚) father, Aritami (有民), was one of the volunteers who assisted Chinese revolution from Meiji period to early Showa period. When Lieutenant General Matsui Iwane was a commander of the Taiwan Army of Japan, Mr. Okada Aritami was involved with the Fujian Provincial People’s Government together with Matsui. So, General Matsui and Aritami had a very close relationship. Once General Matsui was assigned Commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army, he asked Mr. Okada to become a special assistant to help him. Mr. Okada was fluent in the Shanghai dialect and knew many key persons in China.
Mr. Okada said there might have been disorder in Nanjing, as an inevitable part of war, but there were no incidents that could be called a “massacre”. He regrets and still cannot understand why Tang Shegzhi, commander in chief of the Nanjing Garrison, did not accept General Matsui’s call for surrender.
Colonel Tanida Isamu (谷田勇) belonged to the Imperial Way Faction. There was a rumor that when the 10th Army landed at Hangzhou Bay, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke told soldiers that even the mountains, rivers, plants, and trees, all were enemies…. Army Commander Yanagawa also belonged to the Imperial Way Faction. Colonel Tanida completely refuted this rumor. He said the Imperial Way Faction had a more friendly attitude to China than that of the rival Control Faction. During the First Shanghai-Incident, the Japanese Army destroyed the Chinese Army around Shanghai and returned to Japan, without leaving any soldiers there. During the “Within the Great Wall” Operation, the Japanese Army advanced to a location within hailing distance of Beijing, but concluded a cease-fire in Tanggu and withdrew to the Great Wall. These two operations were during the term of Army Minister Araki Sadao of the Imperial Way Faction. “So, it’s unimaginable that Lieutenant General Yanagawa, a member of the Imperial Way Faction, could have said such words,” Mr. Tanida said.
Captain Kaneko was in charge of supply and guarding rear areas. He said that he entered Nanjing on either the 13th or 14th, but saw neither saw no corpse nor heard any shooting. Since he was to go on to Hangzhou, he stayed in Nanjing for only one or two nights. So, he had no clear memory about what occurred inside Nanjing. No memory, meaning nothing extraordinary happened. He never heard of a “Nanjing Incident” until the Tokyo Trial (IMTEFE) and was totally surprised when he did.
URL: http://www.sdh-fact.com/book-article/1110/
PDF: http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Ara-Nanjing-6.pdf
Questions are welcome.
MOTEKI Hiromichi, Acting Chairman
for KASE Hideaki, Chairman
Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact