Show 11 CHINAS CHINA'S GREAT FRIEND To To ACCEPT the statement of Eji Eiji Ainau 1 Tokyo foreign office spokesman is to believe be- be lieve that what is going on between Chinn China and japan T apan is no nations nation's business except C Chinas China's S Sand and that Japans seeks only p the in e. e pen political integrity and of China We re oppose therefore any attempt m n the part of China to avail herself or of the in in- in of an any p other oilier country in or order er to resist Japan The foreign office professes amaze amaze- that this declaration of far cast policy should disturb the powers inasmuch as this has been the Japanese policy since 1931 Now No comes China Chinn to be heard vigorously protesting against Japans Japan's views and hurling defiance at her for int r cring in in her own national affairs London dispatches Wednesday told of statesmen in all world capitals turning l toward Washington to note our move in the delicate situation by br Tokyo Toko dip dip- SOur Our O own On n state department was reported report report- C ed silent but studying the detail The presumption p of onlookers was that it was bein being debated whether we should join Britain in asking skin that the Japanese J foreign office clarify p pits its statement In Tokyo it was bluntly said Our statement has been made Let others r read ad it a ai they will 5 Now ow however Cl our first step has nas been t taken ken Ambassador heW drew has profoundly impressed impressed im- im pressed Japanese statesmen b requesting an authoritative version of the statement of pol icy by Japan The outcome of this will ivill be awaited with high interest the world over For several years Japan has been edging toward oward a Chinese protectorate With this new declaration of policy perhaps only a new la ano a protectorate seems actually to have ha me i into to bei being g s- s far as Japan is In Iii explanation a foreign office spokesman asserts y shows that technical o financial aid fp China almost in in- becomes military or political in which event must object I Right flight now many Americans are arc iving or financial aid to China Our avia tors tors are there ther selling American planes to the Chinese and teaching them how to fl fly them and USe them in combat American merican companies are participating in establishing Chinese air routes Our government has loaned China the with which to buy but cotton and wheat AIL of of these things fall within the classification classification tion of aid which may become military p and political tending to strengthen and unify China TIle The far cast situation takes on an ominous aspect Withdrawal of our fleet from the Pa- Pa chic and other moves mo on the part of the United S ates hn e to be bc cause for Japanese statesmen and editors to profess a desire to get on better t terms with us The two do not mix wen well Japan asks a a great deal asks the world to regard her as Ch Chinas China's nas na's gre t friend It may be th that t the almost savage declaration declara tion to the Ilic world is all bluff a p pose sc for po effect in Japan to make easier ne new levies levies' for fot the use of the thc truculent politicos be h time keeping the abinet intact and young officers out ont of the aL picture The try of China itself situation only serves to further fur fur- ther hel complicate matters As' As Europe waited for tIle the to snake the first m nive ve attention was focused on the ho eague of nations us gravely concerned but timorous the impotency of its ts past efforts to quiet matters as Japan Tapan es S a li hed her hold hoid on the Asian m mainland inland by Retting Belting up the puppet dom of l t becomes increasingly clear too how much muche e we would be to involvement in world brawls w rc re we ill iii the league ue and how much more it it will be to out out- and enjoy a free hand in shaping our own foreign policies in our own interest and without with with- out compromise to meet the desires of other powers Our dur own tate state department wi will l be bew w lL dvis fl to move cautiously concerned with American interest and further r ring ing cYm every x possible effort eUort the aim to preC pro pre serve C vc calm on sides j or of the Pacific |