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ManchukuoAs As with such E'uropean European Eruropean ' European peoples as asthe asthe asthe the Ukrainians Ukramlans the desire for na natIonal natoonal national tIonal toonal unification has clung With WithMongolians withMongolians withMongolians Mongolians throughout the ages agesWhether agesWhether agesWhether Whether this desire still persists in 111 ' < c " ' , W " .Y Y . .Ya .YR .YMW a R W MW MWV V + ) ; i1 ' . , IS RUSSIA READ READI READThu READIThis } 9 ? 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- - railroad rallroad rallroadJapan railroadJapan railroadJapan Japan Looks Westward WestwardForeign WestwardForeign WestwardForeign Foreign military experts think thmk Japan Ja Japan pan s expansion program is 1s fool foolhardy foolhardy foolhardy hardy until the Chinese Chmese war is fin finIshed finfished finished Ished fished because the nation is already alreadyexhausted alreadyexhausted alreadyexhausted exhausted financially and weary offightmg offighting ot of fighting fightmg But this does not concern concernthe concernthe concernthe the Japs who boldly outline outlme their theirdream theirdream theirdream dream of expanding expandmg westward from fromInner fromInner fromInner Inner Mongolia into mto the deep Interl mteri Interlor mterior mtenor or of Asia This would end with con conquest conquest conquest quest of China Chma s newest provmceSlnklang provinceSinkiang provmce province provinceSinkiang Slnklang Sinkiang Here they would run rum runagamst rumagainst runagainst agamst against Tartars Turks Mongols and andMohammedans andMohammedans andMohammedans Mohammedans all strongly mflu influ mfluenced influenced enced by the Soviet But it would wouldmean wouldmean wouldmean mean throwing tllrowmg up a barrier barner between betweenRussia betweenRussia betweenRussia Russia and the Chinese Chmese cutting cuttmg off offaid offaid offaid aid from SiberiaToday SiberiaToday Siberia SiberiaToday Today the sharp tongued Japs are arerasp arerasp arerasp rasp ng along a vast frontier at the theRussian theRussian theRussian Russian bear which hes lies silent and andwaiting andwaiting andwaiting waiting occasionally lifting lIftmg its paw pawm pawin pawin m in a tentative tentabve slap at the Impolite Impolitemvader impoliteinvader impoliteinvader mvader invader This strange attitude both bothers bothera bothers ers era the Japs who met with fierce fierceoppositIOn fierceopposition fierceopposition oppositIOn on Changkuteng Changkufeng hill last lastsummer lastsummer lastsummer summer but have heard little more mores s nee nce ice The probability is that Rus Russla Russia Russia sla sia is content to wait walt watt until Japan Japanstlc Japansticks Japansticks stlc sticks her imperialistic impenallstlc neck out a ab ab ab b t too far Then the ax may fallhIt fallhit fall fallhit hit or miss @ Western Newspaper Union |