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China and Japan:
PEACE NEAR?
The periodic Sino- By Alec Greaves
the Chinese Government?
peace.
occupied and her leaders forced feat?
spheres of Influence, special trading rights and economic concessions, are such that they will lend themselves to compromise, but the three main
China
Japanese peace kite is again being flown. Fre- or are thinking to put forward? from the Japanese point of view, in terms are hard to resolva of
that withdrawal of troops must neces-anchuria is stul a part
on the Chinose map. Chungking has quent reference to the How would they be received by the Chinose Government's stipulation
surily precede any discussion, s but to recently appointed native subject in the past few These are questions which not to be supposed that the Japanese
north-eastern an extent as to conform more or less opposition to the puppet be willing regions, and there is tremendous months has stimulated everyone is asking. It would will find it easy to withdraw to such governors for these
monarchy not be idle, therefore, to cast a to the situation existing before July iden. The Japanese might a very considerable in- glance at the altuation and 7, 1937, and yet that is evidently the to Pu Yi from › his rickety
swcop terest, and the recent contemplate whether there is most liberal concession China might throne, but are the Chinese or the carly persuade herself to make in the native Manchurians for that matter- naive. "last chance" any likelihood of an
genuine interest of peace.
any less hostile towards a puppet "It is now reported" that Japan is autonomy? offer reported to have The Japanese have tried three rently to nccede to this condition. The necessity for maintaining ter- been made. by the ways of bringing about a ter Her sincerity remains to be proved. ritorial Integrity places every obstacle Char- On Le face of it, the report is ton before the Manchurian question as Japanese Government, mination of hostilities.
at first acteristically
they good to be true. How will Japan well as the issue of Hainan Island..
The demand for North China auto- accompanied by the in- dictated a victor's terms. China, reconelle such a step with the golden
promises made to her people?. How nomy ser conflicts with the the administrative triguing suggestion that thought Japan, must capitulate p
Futterances of the the Mikado's Ministers when all her chief cities were as anything but an admission of de- integrity of the country. The recent Generalissima Such complete withdrawal is clear- obviously warn against the assump- were willing to deal into the wilds." She paid no ly possible, while Japan still has tion that China would tolerate any "autonomous regions" or direct with Chungking, heed to the changed mentality an ounce of energy left, except with more
of the Chinese people, the new adequnto compensatory justification. "special areas.". has produced a spate of national consciousness which And she doubtless looks for the com- rumour and conjecture. she herself considerably helped terms are rumoured to be on her list. It is suggested in some quartors
to foster by her ruthlessness.
iSho is said to be determined that the that these questions might be laid Such is the spirit of the "Depose Chiang Kai-shek, sign over status aun should be preserved in before an arbitration conference coin-
Manchuria. Secondly, whe
desires posed of those Powers having any average Chinese to-day that to me the ter political and economie the cession of Hainan Island. Third- Interests in this part of the world.
give me special he does not readily rush into concessions; pay me a large indem- ly, she wants autonomy for the five From a study of the general situa
Wang tion. It appears that in any nity," said Japan. · discussion of the question of ****No!""
some such course would ultimately China replied deflantly. Ching-wel⋅ heading the administrave to be adopted. But it is one These are sold to be, the chint thing to summon a conference and Hongkong Telegraph. peace. Jealous of the new "You'll get it only over my dead fion.
Japanese demands. Are they accep- another to produce a fruitful result [national unity, he fears any
table to the Chinesa?. On the basis Two distinct, opposing views are not expression of opinion lest
Resorting then to diplomatic sub- of policy as defined by Chlang Kai- easily welded into harmonious accord, what he says may be mis- terfuge, Japan tured the weak-willed shek and other leaders, they are total and it is hard to apply the principle ly untenable. Other reported condi- of give and take when it is all take construed and his patriotism malcontent, Wang Cing-web into tions, such as recognition of special on one side and all give on the other.
her camp. Through Wang, veteran and one of the Kuomintang triumvirate, she sought Government was dismembered and
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THE prenx "Special to the Telegraph" Undicate news which is strictly copyright laid open to question. The revolutionary
to nied by the "iltongkong Telegraphi to
under the provisions of the Telecommuni→ cations Urdinaner, 1930, such nOWE RS
Hongkong on the date of publication by
servo all rights and forbis republications,
bears the indication Up" is received in very mention of the word to prove that the legal Chincac the United Press Associations who peace, when the nation is impotent, and China's "dead body"
NAZIS IN CHINA
Travellers from the interior of
was demanded,
Making the mistake of trying to purchase a victory. Japan dealt with dishonest broker and finds herself nearer her goal than she was three years ago.
There is, however, a great no difference between a Wang Ching-wei
the
of her adversary,
pensatory factors in China. Various
northern provinces.
with
avent
"TELEGRAPH” SATURDAY FEATURE
erbert iggs pepys
into is
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China have encountered in every being innately peace-loving, has also been unnalling Japan Uttel bits ov oririto and we did do wot wos orlso broke and we did
ROOS
stars wholly or in part without previous still fighting a bitter war lay at her feet.
Again, she failed. Wang succeeded and the aggressor has, not in enticing only the riff-raff of petty been completely brought to officials and mercenary job-seckers to
his side. The people, na denounced him. heel, recalls the ignominious conceded all that And though Wang ONE of the most important submission of Wang Ching- dipan actually sccured nothing. weapons of war to which Great wei. Britain is not giving the atten- tion she might is the use of pro-
Militarlly, she has even slid back. NOV. 18 pay day corlovaduck wot i drinks oririte but wen i sees a job paganda in China; or at least
"peace," which Her only successes in the past year, a nile wen i did git me darn littel of work I cums over orlov a of counter-propaganda. It has
occupation of Nanning, inole wanchat and did scuttel meny trembel so I goes ome erly abart art been well-established by the in- renders China shackled in Kwangsi, and Ichang, in west Hupeh, bottels and did sink a blinkin grate pust sevin or 1830 plp. cuma ects aidious Nazis that if you say a slavery to Japan, and the have been cancelled by recent with-stake spent urf mi pay and give the sum sossidge and mash and so ter drawals from these two places. On uvver five bucks to the essenshul bed and dreems abart, ridin up the thing often enough to the right kind of just and honourable top of that, she has suffered serious servisis and I dont een wat yu peck on a bike wiv vick labberums NOV. 19 up erly in time fer a Kwangtung and other provinces, parst five or 0530 sek emma
NOV. 16 gol up befor I went one from ome, where I did see sum went luvly nunchen ov spare ribs darn the people, those people will almost peace which gives China delats in Hupeh, Hunan, Fukien, meen got ome verry erly abart art eyebrows for a mustarah.
freedom to live and work, With an estimated 83 per cent. of subconsciously come to reason
her able-bodied man-power already enywhere and did git nie to mi orfs american demracks biltakreegin stun without interference.
O cunscripted and put in the field, she wiv mi at full or cad and mi boots teebones and wen i did arsk red along the lines desired. This, is
obstruction, and attain her ands herself advancing no further. full ov. feet horrered nex weeks pay
e sed they Do they. Wos e somming Begged in the Chinese morass, she is from the arfs boy takes a taxy tor was chaste bunkers and i i did say yore even more true when no con-
full national development. beginning to feel the increasing appy valley backs Ja orse at five
A tellin me and then i did git me to tradiction is forthcoming.
ter free the orse comes ome at 25 mi orfis but the orfis boy ad gorn ter It would be, futile to discuss pressure through third Powers, anter four and ot 20 ter 5 1 wos stony crore is ole age penshun, so the former.. But every Chinese, other of t
of the methods
she
has pursued, in the evnin 1 goes ter the gloster me ter the grips wiv a cupple of wiv burnicet hill, the salier and two noospaper blokes and annuvver bloke There is
is no doubt that a wants peace, she should come ment that is consistent the open and deal direct with the more scutiin ome verry erly agine corblime wot blackart mans who have nothing else to with national honour and the legal Chi
Chinese Government. Indica- abart free Arty or 0330 ack emma NOV. 20 feels like A blinkin
reached
ΝΟΥ. do than to spread the gospel of success of his country's gallant tions are that she has at 15 Konoyo corlumme ml mout (elt ke fer job. but i gits. ter ml orfls in sundy undertaker is follerin mo abart lookin good job its realisation. wing, though chinees family ad walked in wivout n jigsaw but Ands it Cabinet has been
closed ter clumsily, for a a way to dispense with boots on so I do keep a orisontel altercations so i goce ter the club the principle of
of no relations with s
for a snifter and people are agents of business A significant fact, readily Chiang Kai-shek, as proclaimed by posishun ork day until ole alf turns
corled John drinkwater wiv sum luvly pies nuckels and by a bioko gits reedin' a. book In January, 1938.
nurishment wich we which gives me a sum boitels ov
brite
ideer and I framed, will sum firms: Otto Wolff have many patent to anyone who has follow-
Kocs scutiels and then
eos desides ter find a virgin fland on ut how agents in the interior, and while ed developments in the past
three years, is that Japan love useless. Japan cannot expect |nockin at the door at the kee cor wich the and.ov man aint.nover set
that Chungling will entertain any stor
stone me aideways yu orter seca foot and evackyunte ad dinner wiv they are waiting to deliver
a priity nirse a reel-wun not a much more anxious for peace approach that places the Chinese ink labberums collyftower eer ksillery and i
the category of 1. defeated people. the way day the imports that never come, than China. This speaks volumes The Chinese as a nation feel, and not cheek fair, tiskeld me
ind i fink lle go sick me it wos a
NOV. 21 I shall ave, bin on the and the Benz spares that are for the manner in which the without some justification, that they blinkin nockurt, and wen l'erd they waggin two days arter tomorrer cox the are not the losers In the present give 10 hundred bucks fer the littel sufferin mackrel wet a life still 1 never there, these men apply Chinese have combatted
Japanese onslaught, and reflects struggle, and the desire at the nation ole bomber find i felt like takin ei spose is better than avin delishus themselves diligently to
orl darn the pallis otel ter celibate trimmins wolever they mite be and Moreover, Japan will necessarily. NOV. 18 corlumme wot a day I from now on im gonner be a verry selytising. The result is that on which side truly lie greater is resistance to the end. strain and difficulty.
clear if the frame of mind of the feels oririte and i ects oririto and pure eurpeen decent and go ter bed most Chinese hear of the Euro-
The Japanese, of course, are Chinese people at the present time pean war as an attempt by Ger-
masters at inventing face-saving is properly understood. No Chinese FUNNY SIDE UP diplomatic catch-phrases: They oficial, regardless of the power he may wield, would dare risk the will not state, frankly and people's wrath by advocating negoti briefly, that they want peace, atlon. It is up to Japan to and the but will cloths their sense of right approach. If that difficulty is frustration, their weariness of surmounted, what would the Chi iese war and their desire for its termination in high-sounding• Camp slogans that cut less sharply into their national pridę.
Nazlism and anti-Britainism to the Chinese. Most of
these
pro-
many to get a fair share of foreign markets in which they are being frustrated by the tricky cunning of British diplo- matists who are only concerned with pitting one nation against another to achieve their ends.
The recent voluntary evacuation of many Britons from China leaves the Beld even more open to such
resistance.
such IT
the
some
The
ave to take the Inffiative. That is
reaction be?"
In his most recent declaration of polley, as contained in his Manifesto to the nation on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Lukouchiso Thus they seek an early incident, Chilong Kai-shek sald: "Chr travesties of the truth. We should "disposal of the China Affair.. one objective is to secure national not wait for China to declare war That has been the admitted ním liberty. All nations that do not on Germany; the Chinese have been of every Japanese cabinet since encroach upon our integrity are cur friends. This is the basic policy fighting a physical battle in the Far Konoye had to eat his own which will undergo no change, how- Enst long enough, without us expect words, that "Japan will beat ever the Internal altuation may ing them to look after our prope China, to her knees." It is the change. ganda. China is our de facto ally
That tabroad.
principle. guiding keystone of Japan's policy on July 18, 1937, in a statement after but we are running a grave risk of not carrying the people of China Wealth, material resources, man- the Kuling conference, the General- with their Government when we power have suffered serious issimo defined the minimum condi neglect to tell them the truth about drain in the campaign without tions acceptable to the Chinese Gov- tangible benost. Territorial ernment for the settlement of the dis the struggle in Europe
pute between the two countries, The German attitude to the Sino- gains have not produced any which was then confined, at least in Japanese war la vary artful. They political or economic advantages a military sense, to North China.
The first of those four points, on which the
three referring to say to the Chinese: You are right to on which Japan can rely. And
ather
sintes: drive out the Japanese for they are her statesmen realise that the strictly local affair hinge,
not not your real enemies. Why don't longer the country is engaged "Any kind of settlement must you get together and kick out the in the hopeless tug of war the intringe upori the territorial Integrity real foe, the British. The British more will she be weakened and and sovereign rights of our nation. attaches in China know what is go Ing on but they have their own job the harder it will be to ro "administrative and cannot be expected to undertake establish her position. an explanation of the British por
on a large and thorough scale. That is a job which the British Authorities should delegate to people who have knowledge of the Chinese and the interior.
Chlong recently declared that
O respected, Merely "mus)..
These points:
points suceinetly depict the What, then, is the substance general lines along which any pon- of the reports that are going bio negotiations must proceed If
they are to be successful., round? What proposals are theThe condition, that presents the Japanese alleged to have made, greatest dimculty from the start.
ter sce
sage put er tung in
By Abner Dean
MASTER