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MIRROR OF OPINION

And if the Japanese ask us to assist in founding their "new order" in East Asia, the answer must be that neutrality works. both ways and that we assuredly shall not betray either China or our partners in the Nine Power Treaty."Great Britain and the: Far East."

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Feeling the strain. Why does the new and inspired monthly "Berlin, Rome, Tokyo," deserting the Axis autarky that is implicit in its very name, complain` queru- lously that British policy is des- troying "all possibilities for genuine League of Nations?”

It almost looks as though the game were up--not for Germany, since the true Germany can still be the good neighbour and there- by save Europe and herself from Japan has lost almost all her disaster, but for the Nazi Ger- gold reserve; for foreign ex-many that overwhelmed 'Czecho- change to finance imports of raw Slovakia and Austria and has materials and oil essential for broken its pledged word time and her Chinese war she is dependent, time again, that has sent its own well-night exclusively, on the pastors and people into exile or markets of the British Common-the concentration camp, and has wealth and the United States, invented the cruel myth whose Congress is about to de-"Ayran" supremacy. bate a Bill to place an embargo ter Guardiáñ.” on exports to any country violat-

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ing the Nine-Power "Open Door The essential objective is Treaty in China.

enable the country to produce its Ebullitions of propaganda-in-guns with a minimum loss of but- duced mass-hostility in Tokyo ter. It is an aim which cannot. need not be taken too seriously. be attained within the frame- It is a long way from Berlin or work of laisser faire capitalism. Rome to Tokyo; and the Japanese If a rise in interest rates (add- have never been wanting in the ing seriously to the eventual cost modest arithmetical ability suffi- of rearmament) is to be avoided, cient to discern that one does not national savings must

be com-- equal two-especially when two pulsorily canalised by a National are operating at long range and Investment Board into Defence have command of the sinews of loans, and competitive private war on both sides.

borrowings and share issues sey- The Far Eastern imbroglio erely restricted. If the problem- might become a tragedy; but at of import surpluses is not to grow. the moment it is still a diplomatic unmanageable, a National Import. comedy. -"Truth."

Board must regulate purchases calling for payment in foreign currency. "The Economist."

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The formula agreed on between Japan and Britain consists two paragraphs. In the first we It is absolutely necessary that simply recognise that whether the whole question of A.R.P.. war has been formally declared should be considered as a single or not (wars are not declared technical problem in general and nowadays) war is in fact in pro- in detail by such a body as the gress in China and, that being Civil Defence Research Council. so, the Japanese forces there A thorough programme of re- have to take certain measures for search into the destructive effects their own protection. -

of various bombs should be up-

That does not appear to mean dertaken in order that the dan enough to make it worth contest-ger areas of different kinds of ing. But its vagueness has a shelter may be accurately cal- répercussion on the second para-culated. Only in this way can graph, according to which "His the claims which have been put Majesty's Government have no forward for various schemes be intention of countenancing any properly evaluated and compared. act or measures prejudicial to And only in this way can the con- the attainment of the above-men-centration on secondary dangers tioned objects Бу

Japanese to the exclusion of more serious- forces." That again, may mean perils which has so frequently anything or nothing. If it means marred A.R.P. measures in the that Britain intends to observe a past be prevented in the future. formal neutrality, well and good. odern Quarterly!! But if it means the slightest hardening of British policy to The bulk of the Jews through- wards China, then the agreement out the world declare with pas is so bad that an open breach sionate vehemence that they will might be better. "Spectator." never accept the Palestine plan and are organising themselves to

اهریا

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can Great Britain go oppose it. Most of the Arabs to save the Tokyo Conference are inclined to adopt it, and this from failure? She can guarantee is true of the “National Defence the neutrality of Tientsin, she Party" but not of the party of might even consent to the setting the Mufti and of the terrorist up of certain machinery of which groups who are at their ✅mallgo the Japanese from time to time activities again. could assure themselves of this With Mr. MacDonald partici- neutrality, as also for the aur-pating and subject to a good deal render of suspects' without viola of critichind the plan Was LUI tion of justice.

considered by the longue's ME But she certainly cannot dates Cominission at Geljeva. agree to allow the books of Government stuck to Chinese business firms to be in- and the matter will come up structed by Japanese, or to give next September.” Istocké EU up the 50.000.000 silver dollars the five years period of the. Which are not hers; or to recog|will stand, but who will say fice the currency with which the these days of rapid change, what

Japanese are trying to destroy five years will bring forth. the Chinese currency,

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