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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1937.
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ILITARY experts are full of prate for the foresight methodient thoroughness of the strategists who are fa charge of the Japanese campaign In China and of. the enormous power and eMclesey of the way machinery they control.
swollen
War Lords' Task
China Not Easily periodic long spells of furloughli, rand
Conquered
By "An Old Stagert
white man who, has once allowed himself to go 'yellow" is shunned by by them as one who has been atrick- en with an infectious disease.
Some people bellove the. Influersee to be latent in the soil, others in the climate, or, and more correctly, that 'il emanates from the, minds of the peopin But there is nothing that
I have little doubt, however, that had Japan's militarists possessed Acenter foresight and less heads they would have pondered Japan's forces, are able to break or evil in Chiliere mentality.
But when the day arrives and can be pointed to as essentially WTONE anch. longer before they planged through all united us of resis their country into a conflict the tance in Chim, that country will still tible, oven admirable. And that is ultimate result of which is still for be for from brought hier knee, just where the anger les, for it is' On the contrary it is most lice- To do that Jajian muxt prepare 1 not healthy for more virile, asser Presumably Japan belleved that the face the task of conquering the whole tive, and combative peoples when conflict would be short and decisions of litabitants.
country and, subduing its countles they learn to appreclufe, the plack and that China would speediis, yield such concessions as she desired in Imperialist: Ainia,
Indiffetenen 'andi casily affained con-'. tentment of Chinese philosophy." regard to Northern territory.
beyond the horizon
hörselt.
I believe the real explanation of In that at any rate her statesmen
Chinese inscrutability"—a word used Dr. Wellhat Roo, in recent to describe a recognized but indefin must have been temibly lacking in appeal to the League of Nation, mugs able attitude of mind-is. a racial foresight, for it is already obvious gested that such s, stupendous object, complex. that they must have most seriously tive may be in the minds of Japan's any other people on the globe, are The Chinese, more than underestimated both China's deter Imporiuflats. * mination to fight it out and tier orting-
possessed of an overwhelming superl- ing power of resistance to a foe for Re pictured Japas dominating
ority complex. better equipped and organised than the loss or of Cathey, to the country, who sees the squalor It is difficult for the foreign visitor and he made delegates' dush creep by and misery of her teeming millions Private reports received in Eg foretelling what would be the conse to realise that even 30
Band during the early summer both quences of such domination to West ricksha voolie who pulls him through the sweating from Japan and China showed that ern civilisation. "
the Japanese were prepared B Dr. Koa is an able diplomat and of vastly inferior clay to
the street is regarding him as being advance to strike their biow. Bat-one of the most engaging personality; Yet it is the case, and that firm con- himself. there-is no evidence to suggest that hold him in the highest respect, yet viction is shared by the whole of they anticipated the necessity of I am conviured that he organising the whole of their Empire tongue in his cheek when he w
and his China's population. upon a war footing, of conseripting uttering that warning to the states- most enervating possession. A man
But a superiority complex Is their nationals, or of calling up their men of Europe, reservists from all quarters of the No Chinese of his attainments and he only goes forward as long as some- may hold himselt in high esteem, but world.
erudition would hold any genuine be where in the inmost recesses of his And yet, the blow having- Once lict in the possibility of any outside mind he holds a iuspicion that he been struck, the Japanese are now antion ever gaining the control of might do better. finding themselves obliged to resort China's man-power, to these stern measures in order: 10 follow it up.
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The "yellow peril" is a thrent use. A Constant irritant fut at tlines for the purpose of frigh-**** tening Europe, but li is one which to Chinese who have made close study of the peculiar psychology of their made her extraordinary rise 10 world dr. ruce is known to be no more ing persuasion that she is better and power not because of any overween- than a most fantastic bogy.
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Nowadays she may try to hide it was overrun by her own military adventurous people they would have but that interiority complex is still aggressive, behind protestations of boastfulness, Bandits, what 1 marvel at is the way to become before their in which those rag-tag free-bosters manpower could be made into at this moment driving her forward unlimited there, an irritant and stimulus that is have knit themselves together before menace to the rest of the world." a common for.
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selves as far as possible against it by will spall her own doom.
Dabblers in Foreign Affairs
DUMOUR was fitting around that Parliment is to be called to- gether at an early cute In conse. quence of the disturbed conditions
Making Govern- Reople of this country have sent their
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Lloyd George, who has never suc- have had a disturbing effect an
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place in the House of for adjournament for more likely to precipitate just those cannot recall one which was not mur- mise whatever subject they destre. the Easter troubles which the whole nation is red by speeches which were bound to Speaking from his back-bench seat most desirous of avoiding.
arouse -feelings towards us in the below the gangway, Sir Austen, in minds of other nallons. And the the harsh tones and with that ex- futility of such debales is positively cathedra manner so, characteristic of painful. In support of this belief i contend No Foreign Secretary can be ex- the certain consequences of her dis- his oratory, admonished Germany of that, whilst world conditions have peeted just because a motion for the regard to treaty limitations upon her Kinning of August, the nations of the down by a querulous Opposition, to against placing further faith in Ger- certainly not improved since the be- reduction of his salary has been put armaments, and warned this country world are regarding these conditions rone down to the House and map out min protests of goodwill. with greater equanimity and with a before it just exactly what are to be it is not to the point whether or shade less of mutual distrust than a the lines along which he intends to not Sir Austen's few months earlier.
sentiments conduct delicate laternailonni nego- shared and approved by many of his And that, I am convinced, is largely lations. to pursue its rightful due to our Government being able No matter how roundly may be ought not to have been voiced across countrymen. The point is that they leadership
role in the condemned the old system of secret the floor of the House of Commonu of international affales diplomacy there can be no hard and by an elder. statesman and by one unembarrassed by the constant de- last rules upon which a Government, who was actually an ex-member of mands of Parliament to pince is of whatever complexion, can determ the Cabinet of the day. cards on the table, and unrefuted by ine its relations with foreign Powers. the loud-volted declarations of min- There is always the other fellow to paint of view. "good copy." I was The speech was, from a journalistic orlly spokesmen that it is not carry consider. Ing aut the will of the people. It is just like n game of chess, and cefyed great publicity. In States
Bashed around In these days, of absolute dictator-. a Foreign Secretary can no
the world, and re- ships it stands to reason that in such declare in advance to
more which have little sympathy and less countries as Germany and Italy far what his next move is going to be dom of our Parliamentary system it Parliament understanding for the immense free- more attention than is merited is at than a chess-player can announce was deemed incredible that Sir Aus tached to the often IB-considered what he intends to do until his adver- ten was merely volcing his own prl- pronouncements of Opposition spokes- sary has moved his plece across the vale convictions "of his own bat." men, who are far more anxious to board. score party points over their oppon
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people indictment which it did not feel bald must repose confidence in the Minis- enough to bring itself. From the point of view of the ters of its choice and be content with Totalitarian Slater, our democratie is power to throw them out should li sequent diplomatic interchanges have I am very doubtful whether sub- system of government is ono which In 'And that confidence has been mis- ever quite succeeded in erasing that Itself is enteuintod to shake their placed. confidence in our national word.
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Of the 815 members who constitute the House of Commons. I am prob- ably making a very wide catimate in make habitual efforts to "entch the saying that not more than 100 ever Speaker's eye."
In the handling of foreign astairs there can be no gainsaying the old adnge. "Lenst. said soonest, mended." A great many, after getting the cus- Though it is dimeult to suggest how tomary maiden specch any curb upon this harmful loquacity chests, confine themselves to the duty off their can be devised which would not im- of voting in accordance with their poso curtallment of ilberiles of which contelences or to the crack of the we are most justly proud, it is not party whip, which they would have. unreasonable to hope that in the new us believe is the same thing. sesalon of Parliament that will be So far as foreign affaire debates opened next month members of all are concerned, I have no hesitation in partier wil bene more closely in asserting that it is the 600 strong, mind how harmful to the whole silent men who are most deserving of course of a very touchy and entangled the £600 salaries paid them by the world illuntion may be the ductless nation.
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