oz , ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁interview ▁the ▁person ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁incident , ▁General ▁Y ag ü e . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁interview ed ▁Moh amed ▁M izz ian , ▁a ▁Mo or ish ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁National ists , ▁and ▁reported ▁on ▁M izz ian ▁giving ▁two ▁captured ▁te en age ▁girls , ▁one ▁found ▁with ▁a ▁trade - union ▁card , ▁to ▁some ▁forty ▁of ▁his ▁troops ▁for ▁mass ▁ra pe . ▁Whit aker ▁described ▁how ▁M izz ian ▁' sm irk ed ▁when ▁I ▁rem on str ated ▁with ▁him . ▁' Oh , ▁they ' ll ▁not ▁live ▁more ▁than ▁four ▁hours ,' ▁he ▁said '. ▁ ▁He ▁moved ▁back ▁to ▁Europe ▁in ▁mid - 1 9 3 9 , ▁in ▁connection ▁with ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁working ▁for ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Daily ▁News ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Post . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁Rome , ▁from ▁where ▁he ▁reported ▁the ▁war ▁and ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁F asc ist ▁Party . ▁As ▁a ▁convinced ▁dem ocrat , ▁his ▁articles ▁critic ized ▁the ▁at roc ities ▁of ▁the ▁reg imes ▁of ▁M uss ol ini ▁and ▁Hitler . ▁This ▁made ▁the ▁fasc ist ▁regime ▁un com fort able , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁he ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁leave ▁Italy . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁exp ulsion ▁from ▁M uss ol ini ' s ▁Italy , ▁Time ▁reported ▁that ▁Whit aker ' s ▁dispatch es ▁were ▁" dis ple asing " ▁to ▁the ▁government . ▁