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61.
VIII.
EDUCATION;
(1) Ideology.
By the term education is to be understood, not the
narrow interpretation of the schooling of the young, but the
training of the 30 odd millions that comprise the population
of anchoukuo. One is justified in speaking of education be-
cause the government is now straining every nerve to arouse a
national consciousness among the people.
62.
The tenets of the new state might be summarised some-
what on the following lines :-
one great principle that Japan and Manchoukuo are so united
in heart and mind as to be one and indivisible;
one great duty of the citizen
all else;
and one deadly sin communion.
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service to the state above
63. One might almost add one temptation to be avoided at
all costa trafficking with the ideas of western democratic
states. The oriental theory of government abhors any system
based on the rights of the individual and stresses instead his
duties. The state is not the aggregate of the individuals con-
posing it: the person is merely a cog in the wheel, a rivet in
the machine, an essential part demanding constant care and
attention because if it drops out, the machine comes to a stand-
still, but enjoying no separate existence. The ideahas always
been implicit in oriental governments but war conditions have
emphasized it. The citizen is now told that his duty to the
state is a privilege, for in his humble capacity he shares in
the glorious mission of his country.
There
64. The press is a loyal servant of the government.
is an English edition published in Dairen for foreign consumpt-
ion and in Manchoukuo itself there are newspapers published in
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