| Show j i GHINA AND JAPAN ii ti HAVE ii It I l il iii 4 Recent Events Revive Story offit of fit Secret ff i Understanding I Between Them t t i EMBASSY MAKES EXCUSES rH H r it c Mikado's Diplomat 1 Explain Anti Anti- tt Foretell n g and e Cont Con- Con t j. j CS C'S lJ by Anit America ica fo i II 1 t i f t E London March 1 10 Zhe Tho The he recent rei ret rei re- re t statement about the tho situa- situa t d 11 U tion In C China hina b by Viscount HayashI the then ther e r l Ii n Japanese ambassador or to Great Britain tj U has been followed 11 by an unsigned f statement I issued suell b by the Japan Japanese je emt om- om t here hero While It is remarked that t I I ro ri second voice olce has been heard from rom Chinese diplomats in London it is f Jre presumed umed that the Japanese have been 11 i t authorized to act as spokesmen t In this connection it Is recalled that i I some sonic weeks ago the report was wa clr- clr H i that the relations between China Chi Chi- 4 j na and amI Japan had hall been cemented ed by bya byn a n a secret understanding and the supposition supposition sup up- position is now no revived re in view of the themore themore more recent developments It is apparent apparent ap ap- parent to all since the war that Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- an anese e statesmen have ceased to speak in deprecating terms of or their Chinese colleagues while prior to tu the Man Man- Manchurian struggle the mikado's diplomats diplo- diplo mats mals were ever rend ready to Imply their admission lon of or the thc existence of various yellow ello perils so 50 far as ns China was con con- r I I lt Trepan Japan Sees New Light I The Thc statement referred to denies that England Japan and America were verc considering the question of or taking joint action to secure the lives and property of or foreigners In m China It Is maintained main maln- tamed very strongly ly that the for anti cl eigners ners spirit In China has always h been en greatly exa exaggerated g In the West est Risings to lo expel the foreigner have havo Invariably Invariably In- In variably been heen brought about by specific specific acts of oC aggression agg on the part of the Western stern powers But nut the nature of the Chinese is prone to commercial intercourse with the outside world and the Chinese Chines as a a. race have n never ncr cr poso possessed pos pos- o the e exclusive Ideas that were r In Japan fifty years a ago o. o A As there has been no foreign aggression aggression ag as' ag- ag In the last year oal or two to arouse a a. fe feeling of antagonism in Chia China Chi Chi- na a there Is no reason cason to attach Importance Im Im- to sporadic le outbreaks Moreover More More- over o the I outbreaks already reported iM In the press preps were directed against missions missions mis mis- In widely separated districts Such outbreaks are surely no indication indica indica- tion of any dynastic anti or even uran of ur ifan an anti antl foreign movement mo Missionaries are ale almost certain from rom time limp to time lime to lo como come In ln conflict with ti national prejudices or national beliefs Want ant of or experience sometimes leads lends them to attack the universal habit or of ancestor worship which is 18 a misleading mislead mislead- fn ing term for the practice of or ones one's anc ancestor When hen mistakes mistake t t i f that sort are made breaches of ot the 1 peace ell ari sure ure to oct occur urr but the they arc are arcI seldom of a a. aery v very vry ry serious character I Concession jon Needed Quickly I After all alJ the me medical ical and educational educational work done by the missionaries in I China win them thorn great respect But nut ItI ItIs it itIs I Is impossible in the opinion of or this authority to overlook o the real strength lh of the anti American feeling that is I growing growing- up owing to the Chinese anti legislation in America The grow growing Ing- Ing irritation would be largely largel allayed by bythe bythe bythe the smallest conces concession on on the part of or orthe the American government The great thing Is to act quickly and to give ghe the Impre Impression lot that the authorities at Washington really dc desire lre to show a conciliatory conciliator spirit No time should b blost be lost for tor a concession that would work wonders toda today might have no effect eHeN at all a year yem or two hence News received here from Berlin nerlin Is highly interesting in this connection if Ir somewhat contradictory A leadIng leading lead lead- Ing Ing- member of or the Japanese emba embassy sy there has given In the press a statement statement statement state state- ment of Japanese opinion on the outbreak out out- break b ren of or foreign anti feeling In southern south south- southern ern China Disturbances that are re regarded regarded re- re as having ha for the present at least only a local significance are he stated state the result of the action taken by hy the United States Slates Chinese tion lion law Nowhere in the world ate are merchants' merchants guilds an and associations so sowell sowell o owell well organized org and influential as In C China lna ina and had hall they leaders capable o of or making some sacrifice in a patriotic cause they would certainly a l serious danger to European ambition Frustrate le Army J Reorganization lie He believes that the f anti anti reign movement in the Yang Yang-tso pro provinces provinces provinces pro pro- vinces and In the south g generally might also be ascribed partly to efforts ef efforts ef- ef forts of or the Chinese government go in ht frustrating any reform or reorganization tion lion of ot the Chinese e ari arm either by br Japanese or by I Europeans European The rhe stern discipline to which the Japanese owed their successes in the field neld was not at attractive attractive at- at to the mandarins nn and moreover moreover more more- over In other than military respects Japanese e influence encountered more obstacles In China than dl did that of ot Europeans Not only was there no operation co n between China and Jap Japan n but antagonism between the views s of or the two peoples was waR very cry frequently manifested manifest manifest- ed cd Chinese and To differed from each cach other moreover m reO el as much a as an any two Europ European an nations They ha had their racial prejudices ant historical his his- controversies contro The Thc yellow ellow allow dan danger el In th the sense of or combination of the yellow ello against the white races was wa little more than a a. 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