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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 15, 1930
MIRROR OF WORLD
OPINION
BLOCKADE TACTICS
We learn that serious discussion is going on in official circles of an idea first expressed, we believe, in this That idea is a possible newspaper. long-distance naval blockade of Japan, as a means of filing down the Japan- ese military caste to its proper propor- tlons.
The United States may feel forced into such action pretty soon, if the Ja- panese keep up their quarantining of foreign concessions in Asia, their abuse of individual white men who at least had nothing to do with staking out those concessions, and so on..
Or the two biggest naval powers of the world may be forced into a naval blockade of Japan in self-defence some day, if Japan wins its China war, or- ganises China into a Japanese arsenal, and starts looking for more worlds to conquer."Washington Times".
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BRASS TACKS
Some people, like Herr Hitler, sim- ply refuse to believe that Britain has gra become strong,
that the people of Outer Mongolia would welcome incorporation into the Soviet Union especially on account of the increasing danger of a Japanese in- vasion.-"Suomi," Helsinki.
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NEAR AGREEMENT
The decision of the Mexican Govern- ment to agree to a mixed managing committee for the administration of the oil fields on behalf of the Mexican state as well as the companies, mearts that a definite agreement has been virtually reached.
The new formula allows Mexico to "save her face" by formally maintain- ing the expropriation decision of the Supreme Court while safegarding the interests of the foreign oil companies by furnishing their representatives with voting and vetoing power.-"Neue Zurcher Zeltung."
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THREE-DAY
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DELAY
A three-day delay on the part of Britain and France piled up indisput able and unanswerable proof convict- ing Germany as the aggressor. It gave-
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that she will fight to retain her leadership of
WHAT WAR COSTS the Peace Front. or that the mea- Nobody ever really pays for a
of
war in money that will buy as sure
aggres- sive force has
much as money would buy before been taken. But
the war began, which would be the only complate sort of pay- men who know the
ment. The British price Index In- true state of afdicates that in order to buy what fairs, such as Gen- eral. Sir Walter Kirke and Lord Nuffield, have said that we are ready to fight pledge
our
£100 would buy in 1913, a man must spend £160. Three-eighths of everything he paya goes to pay for the war of 1914-18. There is no escaping this payment, it is what is called Inflation, and every If his in- war means Inflation. come has risen in the same pro- portlon he gets an equal quantity of goods, if not, he gets leas. And as Germany has no reserves at all the truth will be obvious at once. -Major A. N. Macfadyen in the "Far Eastern Economic Journal."
for and ideals.
Neither Lord Nuffield nor Sir Walter are accus- tomed to idle boasting. They are men who believé in getting down to brass tacks, and, having done so, they can view the international situation with confidence. "New Statesman and Nation."
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IF UNDERTAKEN The Aleutians and Hawaii will be the logical axes for this blockade, if it is ever undertaken; just as Singapore will be the logical base for the British navy's part of the blockade line. The Philippines are our weak salient now; they would be Suicide Base for our navy in event of a Japanese blockade.
the aggressor op- portunity to com- mit glaring acts of aggression, so glar- ing and so aggres- sive that world sentiment is cry- stallised in support. of the defence- fight. However, this opportunity
op-
for
for giving the de- monstration of ag- gression, this pre- sentation of proof of war guilt, also has afforded portunity getting in large- scale death-deal-- ing blows, includ-- ing air raiding. of non-military areas and the killing of non combatants, among them women and children.
These last three days of technical,.. peace (for Britain and France), actu-. ally the first three days of war, have. been devoted to the most desperate ef- fort at the preservation, or rescue, of peace ever made. Those engaged in this effort have leaned far backward in standing straight.-"Manilla Bul-. letin."
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GERMANY AND S.W. AFRICA
Dr. Malan, the Nationalist leader;. We take note of the comments of a few of our friends, who charge that in professes to believe that a victorious mentioning the possibility of an Amer- Germany can be induced to allow the ican-British joint naval blockade of Union to retain South-West Africa, He· Japan some day we are proposing that is addressing a series of meetings in this country do some work for Britain the Transvaal and at Brakpan he was that Britain can't do alone.
asked, if Germany, won a war would
The fact is that we are thinking first and last of the United States' in- it be necessary for the Union to retain terests. As regards Japan, those in- South-West Africa to the Reich? terests consist mainly in an unhorsing of the Japanese military caste whose ambition is Japanese control of all the world.
I assume, he declared, that there will be negotiations or perhaps a confer-
ence of Powers. In such a case the Na- Our policy should be that of enlight- tionalists will press for the incorpora- ened self-interest, just as England's tion of South-West Africa in the Union and every other nation's policy should
be and is. In this instance, the inter- because geographically and economi- ests of America and England, possess- cally the Mandated Territory forms ing the world's two largest navles, part of the Union and most of its in- happen to run pretty much together.
Anyway-Two Ships for One. "N. Y. Daily News Herald."
habitants are Union citizens. We have good reason to believe that if we re- mained neutral South-West Africa would be given to us. in a peaceful com manner. On the other hand, if South Piter Africa took part in war there was no hope that Germany, "if victorious,
PART OF SOVIET RUSSIA?
According to reports the Far East, the Govern Mongolia has applied to the for the of the
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on. The Nationalist demand was that Parliament should be dissolved to en- While it is doubted that the move able the people to decided in a Gen-- Is of u spontaneous character, the gen-eral Election for or against neutrality, . eral opinion prevailing in the Far East
"The Times."
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