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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 14, 1937,
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unreserved support of the United States. Britain's preoccupa- tions in Europe to-day are 80 serious and vital that it seems in- conceivable that Japan has not taken them into consideration. For that, and for the additional reason that Mr. Cordell Hull ap- pears to have been astoundingly and unusually lukewarm in what representations he saw fit to make to the Japanese Ambassa-
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the storm. as a guarantee of good faith.
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Sir Stephen Tallents has done the world a noble service. He has definitely added to the uni- verse's store of good will, on an inter-kingdom, if not an interna- tional, scale. He has made men
Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 14, 1937. feel more kindly about weeds.
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tan even more astounding way,
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This was the more necessary because weeds, on the whole, do not go about the business of mak- all ing themselves popular at tactfully. In Great Britain, for Developments in North China example, they annually cost the clarify the situation and point nation sixteen times as much the entire income of ominously towards the inevitas ability of a major Sino-Japanese such wealthy institutions as the conflict. Whether Japan creat-colleges of Oxford University. In ed an incident or merely seized the United States they endeavour popularity and affection the opportunity created by an incident, is of little real signi ficance, for there seems all too by costing America millions of good reason for China's fears dollars each year. Definitely, that Japan is only awaiting the weeds need a good publicity re- concentration of her troops for presentative if they are to es- a large-scale offensive in pur-cape general dislike. suance of her Continental policy. Hence, it is opportune that Sir A fair estimate of the crisis may Stephen has reminded the world well be that the stage has been that some very admirable people reached in Sino-Japanese affairs thought exceedingly highly of when a showdown can no longer certain weeds. Poets, for exam- be avoided. China has been ple. A. E. Housman honoured and Frances preparing for it since 1932. The traveller's joy; present time may not be that of Cornford sang in praise of the her own choosing, but her di- ragwort. A weed, in fact, is mere- plomacy has long been stiffen-ly a plant that happens to have ing in readiness and even did her got into the wrong place. Weeds, leaders prefer to wait a little of course, have got to go; but the longer, events have carried the world should think of them as country far beyond the point kindly as possible. where she could safely shirk
the issue. It seems, indeed, the
old story over again, of the irre-
sistible force finding itself in col-Walking on Rainbows lision with the immovable ⠀ ob-
ject. Neither China nor Japan, Coloured pavements, it is-an-
of
in the existing atmosphere
nounced, will add glamour national politics, dare venture (where was that noun when Mr. anything suggestive of retreat Wilfred J. Funk made up his re- from the position it has adopted cent list of ten most overworked The prestige of Imperial Japan
and of National China is staked words?) to the San Francisco Japan having made demands 1939 Golden Gate Exposition. must insist upon compliance. It Reflected light from the mag- is easy to believe that China is entatinted asphalt, according to a still ready for an amicable settle-colour expert, will “raise the ment to which no conditions are emotional level of visitors, keep attached, but the moment con- them gay, vivacious.” Next to see- cession of any kind is required, ing the world through rose-col- rejection must be complete and oured glasses, evidently the most etherealising experience is to see unhesitating.
over rose-coloured pavements. China sees one faint prospect of a loophole. She believes that This, says Mr. Stanton, will it is still possible for the Powers make the women appear more to intervene to stay Japan's beautiful and the men more rom- hand. She thinks chiefly of antic, and -uh-Dh, er—yes
will “induce them to spend Great Britain, recently engaged
in negotiations for a better un more freely”; there was bound derstanding with Japan, while to be some motive in this roman- realising, we hope, that the Brite ticism.
ish Government, while using what But what if the magenta pave- influence it reasonably can ment gives the exposition spen- avert the catastrophe that threader the impression he is already tens, cannot commit herself : "in the red"
any decisive course of action. It's all very complicated. We're without the whole-hearted and glad we're not a colour expert.
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