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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 2, 1940 ́

MIRROR OF WORLD

OPINION

GUAM AGAIN

The fortification of Guam is report-

NEW ORDER?

Do they realize the true import and

ed as likely to be revived at the third

Con- significance of the projected construc- session of the 70th American gress. The question at present stage, tion of a new order in East Asia? They does not. merit our serious considera-

tion; besides, the matter is solely loudly call for construction of a new America's business, not ours.

order, but they seemingly little realize much However, we shall be very interested in observing how this tiny that Japan's way of existence in the sandpile will assume importance.

As

America's

the future is to be found only in this con- defence outpost in Western Pacific, once the question is struction of a new order.

taken up by those who favour mount-

And for

ing it with guns trained toward Ja- this construction of a new order it is pan.

We are coming to understand why of course necessary that there should the European and American Powers be established a new central regime make so much fuss over the so-called · Open Door nonsense in China. this wide world, it is the only place where the door is left open. Some day China may have for herself the more necessary and important is it for fun of slamming her door to the face of these Powers. Maybe she is learn ing how, now."Japan Times.”

In in China to help accelerating the ma- far of this aim. But

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JAPAN'S ECONOMY

terialization

that purpose to re-establish securely Japan's own national structure or pre- paredness to carry out this gigantic task.

But thus far Japan in the last three

which

We cannot think in any way that years or so since the out-break of the the living of the Japanese nation, as Marco Polo Bridge Incident, compared with that of the German has developed into the present large- and, British nations, is more uncom-

fortable and miserable. Though they scale hostilities, has failed miserably talk of shortage of materials and to establish a thoroughly efficient dom- goods, we find an amazingly luxurious estic preparedness, at least political- life is being lived in many quarters. ly. True, the National General Mo-

Toward the Government we have

hitherto continued to show our great- bilization Law has been promulgated est possible goodwill. But the politi- and put into force already to cope with cal situation developing as at present the requirements occasioned by is regrettably seen to be much in dis-

the

ef-

favour of the Government. If a poli- present China hostilities, but no tical change is therefore quite un- ficient utilization of the law has been avoidable, we hope the succeeding Ad- made.—“Kokumin Shimbun." ministration which will come in office

will exercise due care on these points which we have already stressed.

The only remaining question there- fore is who will be the Goering of Ja- pan to guarantee the living security of the Japanese nation. This Goer- ing of Japan will be rightly the next Premier to head a new government.- "Asahi Shimbun."

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NAVAL RATIO!

U.S. POLICIES

Efforts are being apparently made by the United States to build an air base in the Aleutian Islands and to convert Hawall into the Gibraltar of the Pacific. Public opinion in the United States is found to be highly According to this statement of the responsive to the strategic plans form- American Chief of Naval Operations, ulated by American official quarters,

that we find

the United States navy

as ever

is

U.S. PROBLEM

still sticking fast to the 5-3 ratio with Would anything which would Japan. It is already stop the war and open the way a long time since for easing economic pressures be desirable? Would negotiation of the Washington na-

this sort be the lógical triumph of val pact was de-

President Roosevelt's career if clared

abrogated, he, unlike Wilson, should com- and yet the United | bine, with his idealiam a grasp States navy is still of balance of power diplomacy trying to make this and of American interests and public opinion? Or, on the other unreasonable ratio

a permanent basis hand; would such negotiations to govern the rela-be a betrayal of the idealistic "better peace this time" which tive naval strength

the peoples are being led to ex- between that coun-

pect? Would such a settlement try and Japan. By last?

to

ex-

Almost simul- taneously with the disclosure of all such attempts on

of the part

the United States, the British Ambassador to China, Sir Archi- bald Clark Kerr, is reported to have paid a hurried visit Chungking in an attempt to ert pressure on the Chiang Kai- shek regime and hence ultimately on Japan, manipulat- ing in 8 tricky manner that pro- cherishing such de- These are not questions for the United the future but for to-day, as the

blem of the pros- signs

establish- States navy is evi-United

pective States tries to decide

ment shortly of dently attempting what role it will play In the ra-

Ching- the Wang to carry out its pldly changing drama of eastern transocean

Europe and the Far East-8a- wel regime. Every ville R. Davis.

sensible observer will easily 602 through all such moves staged jointly America's espoused policy of peace is by Britain and the United States. We would however ask them whether not to be doubted in the least.

such sinister moves on their ~ part Japan's naval policy, as has been might mean their answer to Japan's more than sufficiently clarified, has clarification of her attitude to re-open been consistently one of non-menace the Yangtze to international shipping. At least so far as the United States and non-aggression, Against such an attitude indicated by Japan, will the la concerned, we fear that nation will United States navy try cow to push turn it's cold shoulder- such a highly ofensive and challang ing plan? It the United States w

opera- tions against Japan.

That the carrying

out of such

scheme is quite incompatible with sinister

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