Show 5 China Chinn ChinnI I 5 1 ji And Russia Judging from all indications the rapprochement between China and andS and'S S 'S s soviet Russia appears to be progressing progressing progress progress ing more steadily than may be be imagIned imagined imag imag- ined med by some and It would not be quite right to regard the advances of the soviet government as merely ac actuated actuated actuated ac- ac by tho the desires of or Bolshevist propaganda It will stUl be fresh in the memory of ot many that two years ago Russia made an offer of a similar nature to China with the apparent object of ot placing China beyond the ken of or the allies alUe but Russia signally failed in her hei attempt at that time Times have changed sin since e then The allies atties are ate re reShaping reshaping reshaping re- re shaping their policy toward Russia by withdrawing their troops from Russia and are ab ut to open negotiations for forthe forthe forthe the resumption of trade It i is quite conceivable that Russia's offer must h have ve come as as' as asa a godsend to China who In her eagerness for t the e re recovery overy ov- ov ery of her rights and interests and anc the soviet government in Its ardent desire for the propagation of i its principles prin principles both might come to any sort of at understanding Japan will wUl be directly affected by any arrangement which may come between Russia and China The prevailing conditions both in China and Russia are such that developments developments devel devel- in these countries an can hardly I be e gauged by ordinary standards One aims at applying a new Ideal free from from i th the trammels of the old school ideas of state to the administration n of t all countries while the other however Its people may have superior points points' individually In- In Is split up by internal l strife strite and weak and shaky as a state Herein lies a possibility that China and Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia will be be capable of t anything and that Japan will suffer sutter from th the conse conse- Japans Japan's policy toward Russia and China on the other hand has been marked by Indefiniteness and vacillation vacillation vacillation tion and Japan Is suspected by these countries as a vulture ready to to pounce upon them at the first favorable e op- op op opportunity In short Japan Is doing the hardest kind of ot International work and andIn In hi return she Is reaping the abuse and hatred of f. f all countries It is so Jn fn China ad Siberia There Is no need for tor torI Japan to to regard the rapprochement ht be between b between be- be I tween China and Russia with any jealousy jeal jeal- but it Is advisable that Japan should conduct her foreign policy with witha a little m more re Independence without re relying relying relying re- re lying so much on the dictates of ot the powers powers Asahi Asahl Tokio |