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THE CHINA MAIL, SEFTEMBER 28, 1939.:

WORLD

MIRROR OF

OPINION

CHINA AND PEACE

trial troubles among other Interested States, he is fairly sure of the victim's. Sino-Japanese peace, we still be isolation, agitation stirred from Berlin lieve, is a thing which is to be fer- among some section of the doomed vently desired. But with peace, China nation is brought to a head, German must also have a permanent and équit- papers are filled with talk of atrocities able settlement of her problems with committed against Hitler's supporters Japan. Evidently such a

settlement there. He makes his demands, and cannot be obtained by any make-shift the leader of the small State is even- arrangement wherein the sole em- tually invited to discuss them with phasis is placed on peace-peace

at him..

any price.

The discussion becomes a "third de-

Furthermore, there is no valid rea- gree" test-the guest has placed before son why China, having already fought him the alternative to which the peo- for more than two years, should hasti- ple of his country will be subjected ly rush into peace at this time when within a few hours if Hitler's demands The sky will be there is still no clear-cut indication of are not agreed to. how the general world situation may black with unimpeded German bomb- develop.

ers, the capital and industrial centres will be smoking ruins. To avoid ex- fate the

It is generally conceded that as a result of the drastic changes in the in- posing his country to this

wretched man submits, orders, his ternational line-up, the general diplo- matic situation is probably least fa- small army not to oppose the invader, vourable as far as China is concerned and his police and people to avoid at the moment. If China should offer hostile demonstrations. Another In- peace at this moment, therefore, the dependent State is swallowed by the best she can do is to offer it at a cut- bully, another free people suppressed, another "glory" decorates the Fascist rate price. Common sense evidently banner.

would counsel China to hold on and

The peaceful Powers condoned, and not to sell either herself. or peace

some even welcomed, Hitler's reasser- short.

tion of the German people's claims Peace, as Father Divine believes, is until, by the flagrant breach

of his indeed wonderful, but when it comes word, given in the hour of most 80- It must be worth the heavy price lemn agreement, he made it clear that which China has gallantly paid. this method of resort to force was to "China Press.'

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AMERICAN SENTIMENT

be repeated. It was th, and not till then, that the peaceab. nations de- termined that to allow free nations to be extinguished one by one until your own turn came was simple folly. The obvious and only protection was to American sentiment is far stronger, unite with such other nations as cher- in support of the democracies than the ished their independence and could be dictatorships, but there has not yet induced to act together in saying that, been the development of a moving whatever may be the Fascist claims sentiment in favour of anything ex- on other nations, they shall be settled cept proceeding on the theory that by methods of law and reason, and America's place as to Europe's war- not by force.

Asia's war too for that matter-is as far from it as possible. “Sentiment can be changed and in fact will be changed if developments are such as to demand it. Reaction to the Roo-

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SHATTERING

sevelt proposals, on neutrality will be Twice only in my life can I remem- determined largely by the convictions, ber newspaper surprises, so shattering present and future, as to whether the as the announcement of the Hitler- President is trying to manoeuvre senti- Soviet Pact.

ment to the position of supporting One was the news that Japan and U.S. entry into the war.

Britain had become allies. That oc-

If the public will stop being blinded curred in 1902. The other you can by prejudices and guided by imprac- guess per ps-the story of Edward tical dreaming, the people-regardless VIII. and Mrs. Simpson, less than of party affiliations and personal feel- three years back. ing-will see that

the Roosevelt pro- posals will render the American posi- tion more practical as to neutrality and thereby tend to prevent the crea- tion of a state of affairs dragging the United States into the war. The theory

TO RISE AGAIN

Poland may go down and carry much of Eastern Europe with her. In the final run of affairs, how- ever, the vast resources of the Democratio. States, their, welded

from unity and support

the U.6.A., will determine the result The prostration of Eastern Europa, in that case, will only be behind the Roose-a tamporary setback. When the-

is

velt proposals that if the United States faces, facts, and 'meets realities the necessity of en- tering war may be. avolded, but that frantic running away: may. very

:

Both of these set surprises everyone talking and wondering. Neither caused the same gloomy be- wilderment as that of last Tuesday.

it

Hardly anyone seemed to realise that the Soviet Government, Uke every other, puts own interests first. Having fall- ed to induce Chamberlain to form a Peace Front, and having in decided that any case... he was not to be trusted, back on an alterna-

dust of war has settled, and the cleaners get to work, the subju- gated States will rise again to take-their-part in the formation of a new Europe, resting, on un- shakablo foundations of Justice and world..order-Air Commo- dore, E. O. Charlton.

likely result in blundering into that they fell from which we are trying to flee. tive arrangement what is called in

That is a practical theory based on business reinsurance," " cold fact--"Manila Bulletin."

HITLER TECHNIQUE

My chint feeling when I read that Russian and German rulers, · after · abusing one another so fiercely, had -agreed not to come to blows, was one of amusement. When I told this to n friend, who had asked me what I thought, about it, he reproached me for frivolity,

We are now familiar with Hitler's techniques The smaller European, na- tions whose territory must, in his view, be acquired if the German people. Is "Well," I replied, "this isn't likely to play the role which his mystle ima- to make, business worse, and may gination envisages for it, are threaten- make it a lot better. Aszfar me, KT ed one by one. At some moment didn't frønt lifm as a jolth, I shouldigo

tuimilión Eyfe in "Reynolds.” when, by reason of polifical or indus- hats.".