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[ Danger of Another War WarExpected WarExpected L Expected pected to Change ChangeTokyo's ChangeTokyo's ChangeTokyos Tokyo's Tokyos ' Program . 1 By HAROLD IIAROLD KINGSLEYR KINGSLEYReleased KINGSLEY KINGSLEYReleased ( R Released I a.ed aed . by Western Weslern Newspap Newspaper r Union ) Once upon a time there was wasa wasa wasa a stubborn little Japanese boy boywho boywho boywho who wanted to make an 1m lm 1mnresslOn lmpresslon impression nresslOn presslon on a little httle Chmese Chinese Chmeseglrl Chinesegirl Chinesegirl glrl girl He offered her presents presentsbut presentsbut presentsbut but they were refused He Heeven Heeven Heeven even whipped whlpped her , which whlch wasungentlemanly wasungentlemanly was ungentlemanly , but her SpIrIt SpIrItremamed spiritremained spiritremained remamed remained unbroken Fmally Finally Fmallythe Finallythe Finallythe the little httle Jap boy dIscovered dIscoveredthe discoveredthe discoveredthe the little httle Chinese Chmese girl had hadstronger hadstronger hadstronger stronger love for a little httle whIte whIteboy whiteboy whiteboy boy whose father might have havebeen havebeen havebeen been French or British and andwhose andwhose andwhose whose father was AmerIcan AmericanSo So the Jap boy decided the only onlyway onlyway onlyway way to wm WID win his maiden s heart was wasto wasto wasto to get rid of o1 competitIon-chase competitIon chase competitIonchasethe competition - chasethe the white boy back to his own blockSuch blockSuch block blockSuch Such in m storybook language is the theI thesituation thesituation thesituation I situation in China Chma today It popped poppedinto poppedInto . into headlines a few weeks ago when . Japan threw a barricade barncade around the theBritish theBritish theBritish British concession at Tientsin TlentslD but butthe butthe butthe the very nature of ot that move re revealed revealed revealed vealed that Tokyo was merely look lookmg lookmg looking mg for an excuseIlake excuseMake excuse excuseMake \ Make I\lake I lake \ Mountain I\lountain I lountain of lIolehUlJapan MolehillJapan \ Molehill l\IolehUl l IolehUl MolehillJapan Japan demanded surrender of four fourChmese fourChinese tourChinese Chmese Chinese charged with murdering murdermg a anatIve anative anative natIve official sympathetic to the theJap theJap theJap Jap cause The British refused refusedclalmmg refusedclaiming refusedclaiming clalmmg claiming insufficient evidence eVldcnce When WhenJap WhenJap WhenJap Jap protests were met with offers offersof offersof offersof of arbitral arbltrat arbitrat on or mediation TOkyo TOkyoreplied Tokyoreplied Tokyoreplied replied with demands which made madea a mountain mountam of a molehill and en enlarged enlarged enlarged larged the Tientsin incident mCldent mto into an anargument anargument anargument argument involving mvolvmg Britain Bntam s entire entireFar entireFar entireFar Far Eastern pohcy pollcy policy The Japs de demanded demanded demanded manded that London give no aid to toGen toGen toGen Gen Chiang Kai Kal shek give up up50 50 000 000 Ch nese nose dollars held by a abank abank abank bank m in the British concession and andco andco andcooperate co operate loyally toally 10) 10 ) ally with North NorthChma NorthChina NorthChina Chma China s new Japanese governmentTIentsIn governmentTientsin government governmentTientsin Tientsin therefore v . was as merely merelypart merelypart merelypart part of a deliberate campaign to toembarrass toembarrass toembarrass embarrass Britain Bntam .md md dnd and . force her hermto herinto herinto mto into concessions at a timevhen time \ when \vhen vhen she shewas shewas shewas was busy shooing shoomg off oft Hitler and andMussolim andMussolini andMussolini Mussolim Mussolini on the European frontWhy frontWhy front frontWhy7 Why Why7 ? 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Chmese Chinese government Shadedar Shaded ar artrolled ar'trolled artrolled ' . trolled by Japan and andwhere where su suJapan suJapan suJapan Japan s ' new order ' programtime program programtime time bme China opened Shanghai Can Canton Canton Canton ton Amoy Foochow and Ningpo Nmgpo as astreaty astreaty astreaty treaty ports tor for world tradersTrend traders tradersTrend Trend Changed in 1926Thus 1926Thus 1926 1926Thus Thus began the new era in Chma China ChmaThrough ChinaThrough ChinaThrough Through subsequent years the white whiteman whiteman whiteman man s expio explo tation tatlon grew until unt1.l unt1l . 1926 1926when 1926when 1926when when Chiang Kai KSI shek came to pow power power power er and began demanding demandmg that OCCI OCCIdentals Occidentals Occidentals dentals be denied the unusual prlV priv prlVlIeges privileges pnvlieges lIeges ileges which had made them prac prat practlcally prattically practically tlcally tically overlords of China But Chi Chiang Chiang Chiang ang changed his tune m in 1934 when whenJapan whenJapan whenJapan Japan s new imperialism forced forcedhim forcedhim forcedhim him to begin begm seeking seekmg help of Amer Americans Americans Americans icans and EuropeansThat EuropeansThat Europeans EuropeansThat That search has continued contmued in the thetwo thetwo thetwo two years since Japan Invaded InvadedPel invadedPeiping invadedPeipmg Pel Peiping pIng flattened Shanghai and andcrushed andcrushed andcrushed crushed Hankow Driven ever e ev er west westward westward westward ward by the mighty Tokyo war ma maclune machine machine clune chine the Chinese Chmese government has hasnot hasnot hasnot not collapsed as the victor planned plannedbut plannedbut plannedbut but has gamed gained new strength from fromthe fromthe fromthe the support of western democracies democraciesToday democraciesToday democraciesToday Today though thousands of square T LEAVE-roretgn LEAVE roretgn LEAVE-Foreign Foreign LEAVE - - Foreign penetrationmap penetration penetratwn ' . map which wInch designates areas and and9y y spec specialrights special al alnghts rights nghts by grant of theso the a , shows territory terr tory nominally nommally con con- co conch - ch concessions are handicapping handcapplng handicappingmiles hand capplng miles rest under Jap dommatlOn domination dommatlOnChina dominationChina dominationChina China is paradoxically more Wilted united Wiltedthan unitedthan unitedthan than when the war started startedt startedtNo ' No nation is blameless in Chma China ChmaAll ChinaAll ChinaAll All have exploited this ancient land landto landto landto to its utmo&t utmot utmost utmo & t so Japan need have havefewer havefewer havefewer fewer compunctions about the Job lob Jobshe lobshe ] obshe she must do This is no hcense llcense license to towage towage towage wage war and bomb innocents but butWith butwith butwith With her maddening maddemng self righteous righteousness righteousness righteousness ness she feels obliged to wipe out outthe outthe outthe the white man in China The rea reason reason reason son is clear So long as he remams remains remamsJust remainsjust remainsjust Just that long will the Chinese Chmese have havefaith havefaith havefaith faith in m Japan s inability mabllIty to cap capture captore capture ture tore their nation nabon nabonCOnfliCt nationConflict nationConflict Conflict With New Order " ' Banks m In British Brlbsh concessions shel shelter shelter shelter ter Chinese Chmese silver . which v.hlch vhlch belonged to togovernments togovernments togovernments governments supplanted by the Jap Japanese Japanese Japanese anese and wlllch which wiich ) Tokyo needs to toestablIsh toestablish toestablish establIsh yen currency m China ChinaMoreover ChinaMoreover ChinaMoreover Moreover Japanese soldiers must mustmove mustmove mustmove move cautiously around foreign con concessions concessions concessions cessions lest international Internabonal Ulcldents incidents Ulcldentsresult incidentsresult incidentsresult result In short Japan plans anew anow a anew new now order m in which China Chma will be beswallowed beswallowed beswallowed swallowed politically and economic economically economically economically ally So long as Occidentals get the thecream thecream thecream cream of Chinese Chmese trade this tills new neworder neworder neworder order cannot be he realIzedBut realizedBut realized realizedBut But the Land of the Rising RISUlg Sun Sunhas Sunhas Sunhas has a foolishly stubborn philosophy philosophya a patriotism that often borders on onInsamty oninsanity oninsanity Insamty insanity and a disregard for tradl tradi tradlbon tradition tradition bon tion that may some day lead to a asmack asmack asmack smack on the ch n Already starv starvmg starving starvmg mg ing from her two year war in m Chma China ChmaJapan ChinaJapan ChinaJapan Japan now risks nsks involvement mvolvement With Withthe withthe withthe the western democracies and Russia Russiaat Russiaat Russiaat at a t me when a new war would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be national sUIcideShe suicideShe suicide suicideShe She wants no alliance with Italy Italyand Italyand Italyand and Germany yet the stubborn re reslstance resistance resistance slstance sistance of ot Britain Brltam and the U S Sover Sover Sover over the Tientsin Tlentsm incident is good goodeVidence goodevidence goodevidence eVidence that only a European war warcan warcan warcan can force London to capitulate apltulate to toher toher toher her demands Such a development developmentwould developmentwould developmentwould would hasten the inevitable mevltable pact be between between between tween Russia and Britain Brltam thus thusbrmgmg thusbringing thusbringing brmgmg bringing the Soviet into mto full play on onJapan onJapan onJapan Japan s \ Manchukuoan l\Ianchukuoan l Ianchukuoan border Sur Surrounded Surrounded Surrounded rounded by enemies and Inevitably Inevitablymeetmg inevitablymeeting inevitablymeeting meetmg meeting revitalized revltalzed ! resistance m in mChma inChina inChina Chma China Japan would be in m poor poorshape poorshape poorshape poorshapeBut shape shapeBut But what of the inevitable7 mevltable inevitable ? Can Canwhite Canwhite Canwhite white men continue contmue to keep face faceIn facein facein In a modern industrialized mdustrlalized Onent Orient Orient7Immediate ? ' notwithstandingboth Immed13te Immediate issues notwithstanding both Chinese and Japanese are dls dis dlsgusted disgusted disgusted gusted with a n medieval system ot of otforeIgn offoreign offoreign foreIgn Eventuallythey concessions Eventually Eventuallythey Eventuallythey they will feel their strength and andarls andaris andaris arls aris " ' On that day the white man manmust manmust manmust must go back home and the Orient Orientwill Orientwill Orientwill will return to its honorable fathers |