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(2) Anglophobia.
67. The local press is uniformly unsympathetic and un-
friendly to Great Britain. Her diplomats are past masters in
Machiavelian tactics and the British Ambassador in china is the
arch-schemer. Too cunning to burn her own fingers, Great
Britain uses Chiang Kai-shek as her catspaw and leaves no stone
unturned to foil Japan's efforts to stabilise the Par Bast.
There are occasional outbursts against the United states and
France but, whenever the press can fină time from its attacks
on the U.S.S.R., Great Britain is the main target.
68. One would think that no intelligent reader could swal-
low this stuff but there are indications that a good deal of it
is assimilated. I have good reason to believe that what are
known as the young Japanese, say up to the age of 40, both
official and private, in Manchuria nurse deep resentment
against Great Britain. The less rabid regard her as having
taken the wrong turning in 1923 and hope against hope that she
will see the error of her ways but almost all consider her as
a potential enemy. One cannot help suspecting that this feel-
ing is deliberately fostered by the military.
have a saner outlook but have not the power and the courage
to swim against the current.
illiterate.
(3) Schools.
Older Japanese
of the
69. side by side with propaganda, the schooling
young has been taken in hand. The vast bulk of the people are
The south lanchuria Railway and foreign missions
have done excellent work but they could only scratch the sur-
face and such native schools as existed at the time of the new
régime were swept away. since 1932 steady progress has been
made in the provision of primary education. There are no
recent statistics but in 1934 10 of the children of school
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