Alms for Oblivion Quotes

“pointed to the sentry, who unaccountably had not moved from his slovenly attitude; he was disarmed on the spot and marched away. Colonel Okuyama had him confined in a bamboo cage so constructed that he could neither stand upright in it nor he down; he was fed like an animal through the bars. When I asked the colonel how long this punishment was to last, Miura translated his reply. ‘We have sentenced him to a fortnight in the cage. But if you wish that we should execute the fellow, that can be done afterwards.’ ‘No,’ I answered, suppressing a shudder. ‘That will not be necessary.’ But I had no authority to alter the sentence, and the poor man was still in his cage when I left for Surabaja.”
― Peter Kemp, Alms for Oblivion: Sunset on the Pacific War