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MIRROR OF WORLD OPINION

APPREHENSIVE?

America at present indeed is very

YANGTSE DECISION

The effect of the reopening, when it seriously apprehensive of a Japan- comes about, should be profound, so Soviet approach. She is in fact found far as Shanghai is concerned, for it to be unduly scared by the phantoms should immediately benefit trade, ex- of her own creation, the seeds for change, shipping, and, what is to-day which she herself has sown in regard of paramount importance, the rice to the present Japanese-American supply. During the last two-and-a- situation. But what Japan desires as half years Shanghai has managed to to the adjustment of Japanese-Soviet carry on a minimum of trade which relations is simply to settle the im- has done much to keep the city alive, portant pending problems between and relatively prosperous in view of these two nations such as border de- all the circumstances, and it is a very limitation, conclusion of a new fishery natural hope that the Japanese au- pact, the North Karafuto oil and coal thorities will not long delay putting mining issue, etc. What Japan desires their decision into operation. With the area which would to do thus in this direction is nothing very substantial

a considerable more than the fulfilment of her pro- thus be opened up,

amount of additional trade should be per duty.

What Japan is solicitous of doing in possible for this port, and as it lives the upon such trade her effort to adjust her international very largely relations is simply to enforce her general effect upon the fortunes of and its large population moral diplomacy, which has been her Shanghal

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to resume its cause cessation of amicable Japanese- former trade to the fullest extent, the American relations by making opera- fact that it will, it is hoped shortly, be tive the annulment of the existing able again to take up the function,— commercial treaty between the two and that by no means an unimportant nations, that would be quite a differ- one,-of serving the hinterland, should ent question. But if America, by re- mark the commencement of that pro-

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towards increased prosperity membering the tradition of her

of hostilities in years' most friendly relationship with which the outbreak this nation, tries to establish new re- 1837 brought so tragically to a tem- lations on this footing, she should give porary conclusion. The announcement up all her needless suspicion and re made in Tokyo is of particular import- frain from indulging in any such pub- ance from a point of view which may lic utterances as will needlessly stimu- not generally be recognised. It marks Late Japanese public opinion. It is the admission of the well known fact hoped that the United States will most that foreign communities in China are amicably and seriously consider Ja- here for the purposes of trade, play- pan's stand from a constructive angle ing no political role and neutral in the for the sake of promoting the happy Sino-Japanese struggle. That is a point | traditional friendship between the two which has been insisted upon times out of number, and the fullest recognition nations.--"Yomiuri Shimbun."

of that fact by Japan cannot but be the best possible augury for increas- ing betterment of relations which have undoubtedly been somewhat strained during the last two years. For during There is absolutely no question that that period the enormous investments Japan desires the maintenance of of foreign neutrals in China have been friendly relations with America. No- left body contests this. Materially speak- not

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"TRUE INTENTIONS”

ing, the United States is Japan's best terial damage, customer, and this runs vice versa so every right to expect that their post- far as American trade in the Far East tion shall, and their rights, and in-

terests recognised.—“N. C. D. News.” is concerned, and for that matter in a large area of the rest of the world. So it is that some of the conjectures by the vernacular press of the content of the second conversations between Nomura and Am- Foreign Minister

America is seriously apprehensive bassador Grew are to be regretted, for

Japan-Soviet approach in the these, cabled to America, serve only to of a stimulate the existent anti-Japan feel- event of America causing too much ing there on the China Affair. It was indignation on the part of the Japan- conjectured for instance, in the ab- ese in regard to the American-Japan- sence of any official report, that the ese issues. But no motive is to be

had warned Foreign Minister American Ambas- sador that Japan "cannot proceed with adjustment of relations under such threats of pressure as strengthening of the United States naval forces in the Pacific and talk about an embargo on exports to Ja- pan."

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CHINA MORASS

It is certain that Japan is anxi- ous, for one reason or another, to get her hands and feet out of the China morass and apply them to enterprisas of a more profitable sort while at the same time ex- ploiting China for an economia gain which has thus far vanish- ed ahand like a desert mirage. -Randall Gould.

If reprehensible. America will try, if to a certain ex- tent, to appreciate the true Inten- tions of Japan with respect to the China campaign, we can understand America's sincerity. But if it is sim- ply her designs to try to seek adjust- ment of American-

Such surmise in print would seem Japanese relations merely on account to support the views of some of the so- of the feared possibility that the ag- called American political commenta- gravation of the diplomatic situation tors' that Washington's notification of

we

the Commerce and Navigation Treaty between the two-nations may drive with Japan was a retallatory measure Japan on the side of the Soviet Union, against some of the Japanese Army's

shall find no right genuineness actions in China. "Granting that the utterances of such a responsible official of motive in this American attempt to as Senator Key B. Pittman, chairman gain the relations adjustment. · Such of the Senate foreign relations com- an "inward" design on the part of mittee, have given weight to declara-"

tions of those agencies in America who America will in the end prove, ex- are advocating! strong American tremely dangerous to Japan, even if policy town Japan, stil any report the present, Tokyo conversations be-

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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 4, 1940.