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Japan's Astounding Cynicism In Justification For
THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 1 1937
OATHAM
WAR ON CHINA
Japan really justified in
1 advance in China tendency of the people in the south
the
manner she has been doing?”
"What is the grievance Japan hoids against China, assuming that Japan's actions have ample justifica- tion?"
"Since the relations in the
would have been able to devise to push their way up north. Fourth, East have been governed by a for- remedy whereby they could have the tendency of races residing in all mula such as that mentioned above, turned this menace into a bless- those regions to press forward.
triangular strife involving Japan, ing The Chinese statesmen and the USSR., and China is destined leaders should reflect on this point. to make its presence felt at one
TRIANGULAR STRIFE
time or another. Japan has made It naturally follows that if As the cumulative effects of her her advance in Chosen and in Man- China really intends to derive the These were the questions asked me age-old efforts, Japan to-day holds a churia by dint of historical factors full benefit from modern civilisation by Sir Evelyn Wrench, veteran Bri-dominant position in Manghockuo and, having once established ner and to realise the true reconstruc tish author and journalist, and edi- -tor of Over Seas, a London monthly,
who called at my office recently.
In replying to his first question, I laid before him historical data on the strife and clashes of various ra- ces in their efforts to win supremacy in the Far East, feeling sure that without them no correct understand-
An Article By
TATSUO KAWAI,
Chief of the Information Bureau, Foreign Office in the "Osaka
"
Mamichi
ing of the existing situation can be and the neighbouring regions. Those foothold in Manchuria possible. I said:
"The present Manchoukuo, and the portions of Siberia, Mongolia, and North China adjacent to Man- choukuo have been the centres of operations by various races from time immemorial These regions have seen the rise and fall of mum- erous races and peoples.
she has
tion of the country, the most logical step is to look to Japan, her imme- diate neighbour and now her cultural senior in the Far East, for material and spiritual guidance.
**To resist what history shows to be inevitable means suicide and can lead China nowhere but to collapse. We are more than ever-convinced that the only salvation for the peo
able as the destiny ordained by Pro- vidence.
who won supremacy in those re shown growing indications of adle of China is to accept the inevit
gions in the past always sought an vancing further into North China outlet for surpins energy in other regions. The southward march has been the logical course for those winning supremacy in the north.
"This situation is undoubtedly a "The Japanese nation and its in- menace to Chma and for the states- herent culture is based on neither men of the countries that insist on conquest by aggression nor on nar- the maintenance of the status quo, row-minded exclusionisma. The "The USSR at present repre- it is perhaps a serious problem it Yamato race, forming the backbone sents the foremost force seeking an is small wonder that the powers of of the Japanese nation, even in the outlet in the east, whereas Japan the world have manifested keen con- primitive stage of cultural attain
manifested a well-defined The
strife and clashes of the represents the force marching from cern over the situation since the ment,
OF races in these regions may be classi- east to west. The force that seeks present emergency broke out, with philosophy, namely, musubi
"cohesion. By cohesion the Yama- fied according to directions. First, to move north from the south is re pro and can being argued. ---
to race has always meant the crea- the force advancing from the east presented by the Chinese of the Han
tion of something new from the old, and seeking an outlet in the west. stock The stock that originally
considering this to be its precious- Second, the eastward exodus of peo- lived in the northern part of the
task and mission. ples living in the west. Third, the Far East has long been extinct.
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TASK FOR JOINT STUDY
There he discovered that when
you "From China's standpoint, Ja- hundred thousand pounds made from had gut below the rocks there. was pan's southward march must con- gravel pits
gravel. It was as if he had discover-ceivably be a grave national crisis. ed great nuggets of gold.
Now gravely es interest me.
My mind always goes back to the time when my father discovered
a
gravel pit — but I'll tell you about that
in a moment.
and
garden. The paths *were choked with weeds. What finer idea
"Japan's advance in continental Asia is a matter of deep concern to the world powers as well as a thing "This conviction, in fact, is what vitally bearing on the peace of the made it possible for our forefathers world. How intelligently to dispose to found the Empire of Japan. This of Japan's development and what at time-honoured creed of discarding the titude to assume in connection with old and creating something original it is a problem confronting the has also found expression in the statesmen of the world, as well as amalgamating of small things into a task for joint study and solution something big and worthwhile. If by the leaders of Japan and China. these racial characteristics of ours are recognised, it will be rather easy for outsiders to understand what Japan intends to do in the Far East
As a means of exemplifying our He sprang to action, and soon a huge Japan's advance is, however, really yellow dripping heap of gritty slush not to be compared to the south ideals, the Japanese nation has from was piled up where the parsnips used ward penetration by the southward olden times adopted two methods, to be.
based on traditional beliefs and the Last week I was having lunch with
He was delighted
penetration by the northern races or an American friend of mine who is at
Half a mile away was our house posed in the past 30 centuries. Briefly, they are
tribes to which China has been ex mental capabilities of human beings. very live wire indeed. He works I-
and cessantly and never seems to rest.
These two words nigimitama. barbaric gh having plenty of said to him:Does it ever occur to then, than to relay the paths with the sale the northern races in the past you that just doing nothing for new-found gravel?
signify the exemplification of Father was is a very fine occupation?"
d absolutely no culture strength, but the underlying spirit nothing if not thorough. He deter To my surprise he replied
mined to transport this precious cargo
Japan is endowed with not is harmony Without harmony have never confided to you my
there can be no cohesion nor can ides of Heaven. I am a little hesitant imself. A vast two-wheeled barrow
eat military strength but also about doing so. I am not really a was hired from the the green-grocer, with cultural attainments of the first there be a new creation. This has human dynamo. That is not my true loaded with a mighty burden of gravel magnitude.
and soon this crazy chariot was being
been our creed, the conviction lying self at all I dream of owning a gravel
I helped
deep down in our hearts. That is pit in Virginia. I would lie on my
the spirit that guides our policy in back in the sunshine on a little hillock! We heaped it good and high. Hun- You may be interested to learn overlooking the pit. Now and again dredweights of it. And then set out how China n one of my lorries would rumble up, with the ponderous, dripping mound,
the advance of the the Far East, take away a load, and I would sink We neared home...
northern races in past Know back to sleep comforted by the thought Suddenly the cago began to shift. Iting that brute for constituted the of the dollars quietly rolling in. But moved towards the far end of the bar sole strength of the northern races terflies would flatter in the the soft tow, which, seesaw like (for the two and that brute force without a cul- south wind. I would lie deep in the wheels were in the middle), began to long green grass."
go down,
tural touch could eventually be tam- It all seemed a little romantic and| As it did, father was majestically ed, the Chinese invariably elected impractical to me, so I told him about hoisted into the air. He dare not let to assimilate the invaders from the my father.
go, for the load would have instantly north with the luster of their in- It was during the war that father upped out. discovered the gravel pit. Like every Lale with rage, he hissed at me toherent culture. This always proved one else, we had an alkiment. But try to shift some of the gravel back a success. our allotment wasn't t like other My small hands clawed faciously.
suppose there was some soil on it, but it was largely one great vol canic rock broken into next half pound chimics
Rather, perched high above watched with impotent wrath.
It was useless. Wet gravel weighs plenty, and with a cry of rage, father
M. VAN ZEELAND'S WORLD ECONOMIC MISSION
ndon To-day.
The Prime Minister, who was ask MODERN CHINA'S WEAKNESS
ed in the M. Van "It is a different story to-day said he
about
Father dug this wilderness.
let go the handles and returned, drop-Modern China does not possess was preparing He dag deep and desperate
ping like a stone to earth. An val enough culture to assimilate any out was looking for Things did grow on
principally, anche of gravel swept into the road.” horse-radish, which so tough it. The weeds on the path grew siders, including the Japanese. This thinks it's being cissy when grow unchecked,
fact unquestionably makes the ing in solid concrete,
And father gave up the gravel. squeeze nourish-dustry and returned to the melancholy ese feel the Japanese tle Siberia, but task of growing curly kale
managed to hard barit
ly. Had the Chinese
wise, and
been Belgian
they
which
receiving, how far
been
egignat
Wire-