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Show IT. S. Can Paralyze Japan Rear A.dmiral Harry E. Yarn-en, Yarn-en, Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Asiatic Fleet until his recent re-cent retirement, asks the support of the American people in an effort to stop the supply of materials mat-erials for war from this country lo Japan. Admiral Yarnell who witnessed witness-ed the war in the Far East at mst hand for two years, speaks out against the "inhumane and barbarous conduct against prisoners pris-oners and noncombatants" by the Japanese Army of invasion in China. He estimates that 40,000,-uOJ 40,000,-uOJ Chinese have been driven from their homes to distant areas and that between five and ten million have died of disease and privation. The United States, according to Frank W. Hedges, newspaper correspondent cor-respondent in Tokyo, is "in the position where its influence in the Far East, if rightly and wisely wise-ly used, is greater today than at any time in the past. Japan," he continues, "does need American i .friendship, trade and financial backing, and, as each day passes, she needs them more desperately. While the American people for many years have had great sympathy sym-pathy for the Japanese people, the ruthless invasion of China precipiated an abrupt change in popular sentiment here. We do not know what the Japanese have gained in China, but it is quite evident that they have lost the friendship of our people. Whether this can be regained depends de-pends upon the steps that are taken by the Japanese themselves ;o restore control of their government govern-ment to the people and to abandon aband-on tl5e idea of dominating the Far East by force of arms. Recent political developments in Japan indicate that termination termina-tion of the 1911 Treaty of Commerce Com-merce and Navigation, together with Ambassador Joesph Grew's strong speech outlining American sentiment against agression, have electrified the Japanese people who had been told we did not "understand" the Far Eastern situation of what was going on in China. Mr. Hedges says that the Japan- ese now realize that Japan "Will rise or fall in proportion to her friendship and cooperation with the two great Anglo-Saxon democracies, de-mocracies, but more particularly with the United States." He admits ad-mits that it is too much to say that this country can offer her services as mediator between Japan and China with any expectation ex-pectation that they will be accepted ac-cepted now, but he expresses the opinion that "during the next few months, the United States may in truth find itself in such a position." While we think it is very important im-portant for the United States to encourage Chinese resistance to Japanese aggression and to do almost al-most anything that is necessary to supply necessary to supply necessary munitions to Generalissimo General-issimo Chiang Kaishek, we also believe that it is the part of wisdom wis-dom for this nation to encourage .he Liberal element in Japan. This thought, we believe, may be in the minds of responsible officials offi-cials of this Government who deprecate de-precate efforts being made in Congress to place an embargo against Japan by statute, aibit yGir ah -eetaoi etaoi etaoi |