In chorus with the films, the Taiwan Nichinichi Shinpo carried many reports, which without exception emphasized that Japan had "no choice" but to mobilize its forces because of the "provocations and interference" of the Chinese armed forces and the "insults to Japan and resistance to Japan" of the Chinese people.
與影片的觀點相仿，當時的「台灣日日新報」大量新聞重點無非說明：在中國軍的挑釁、阻撓，及中國人民「侮日、抗日」的行為下，日本人不得不出兵。