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JAPAN'S APPROACH

TO TOTALITARIANISM

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Keeping Democracies Out of War

Not all the able official and journalistic apologetics can hide the truth that the British Gov- No special insight into the ernment's dominant motive (at the fear of war. political situation in the Far East Munich) was

that it is discreditable is necessary to interpret, with Not

be afraid of war. On assurance, Japan's enforcement to

is common- of all important provisions of the the contrary it National Mobilisation Act as a sense. Only, if we are thought confession that the strain and to be more afraid of war than the drain of the adventure in Germany is, future negotiations China is having disturbing effects will usually end more agreeably on Japan's internal economy. to Germany than to us. There Control of wages and hours, div- seems to stretch out before us an idends and of the uses to which unending vista of meals on hum- dictator factories and commodities are ble pie whenever any

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put, are taken by Government chooses to ask us to dinner... under the new decrees. It means, It is true that our meals, in short, that rigid control of though unappetizing, are cheap. every means of production is re- Last time it was Abyssinia who quired to enable Japan to carry bore the cost; now it is Czecho on. It means that Prince Konoye slovakia who will pay. All this But then has taken one more vital step to seems humiliating. the creation of a totalitarian re-comes the crushing question, gime, in the knowledge, which would you rather have war?

Is there not a third way by cannot wholly commend itself to him, that the reins are in the which we might escape from the hands of the Army.

unpleasant choice between sub- Herr Hitler's in- The new decrees, affecting as servience to they do principally, the smaller tolerable violence and arrogance businessman rather than the and, on the other hand, the cala- great financial trusts, which are mities of war?There is such a already within the ring, are the way; it is by establishing inter- more interesting for that. reason. national control over disputes Because observers who have re-leading to war. This could be cently travelled through Japan effectively done if we could have have all reached much the same the co-operation or, better the conclusion, that Japan's smaller leadership of the United States businessmen to-day constitute of America. It is not too much the closest thing to an articulate to say that if the first cause of of liberal element, at least cool to the present miserable state ward the war, of any class in the Europe is the aggressiveness of country. It is true that the army Germany, next to it comes the has been promising "pie in the isolationism of America. sky bye and bye" to the business America, like the Priest and people, and helping some few. Levite, passes by on the other most of less reputable sort to side, while the peace-loving part dig into the holds on Chinese of Europe has fallen among business while the Americans and thieves. If America would join Europeans are held off under plea with the British Empire, with smaller of military necessity. But busin-France and with the ess has a very clear idea of the nations, it would be possible so present-day trials it is undergoing to control commodities that in Japan, and those are numer- law-breaking nation could not make war but must submit to

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It is no joke for the trader and reason. industrialist to see.. a country I would have the Government move to a real wartime basis, look for safety not in Berlin but spelling doom to much of the in Washington. German good production of "consumer goods" faith and good will exist only for useful for domestic consumption German interests. But it is not so and export trade. And the with the people of the United Japanese Government is taking States. If they would shake off

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