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61.

VIII.

EDUCATION;

(1) Ideology.

By the term education is to be understood, not the

narrow interpretation of the schooling of the young, but the

training of the 30 odd millions that comprise the population

of anchoukuo. One is justified in speaking of education be-

cause the government is now straining every nerve to arouse a

national consciousness among the people.

62.

The tenets of the new state might be summarised some-

what on the following lines :-

one great principle that Japan and Manchoukuo are so united

in heart and mind as to be one and indivisible;

one great duty of the citizen

all else;

and one deadly sin communion.

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service to the state above

63. One might almost add one temptation to be avoided at

all costa trafficking with the ideas of western democratic

states. The oriental theory of government abhors any system

based on the rights of the individual and stresses instead his

duties. The state is not the aggregate of the individuals con-

posing it: the person is merely a cog in the wheel, a rivet in

the machine, an essential part demanding constant care and

attention because if it drops out, the machine comes to a stand-

still, but enjoying no separate existence. The ideahas always

been implicit in oriental governments but war conditions have

emphasized it. The citizen is now told that his duty to the

state is a privilege, for in his humble capacity he shares in

the glorious mission of his country.

There

64. The press is a loyal servant of the government.

is an English edition published in Dairen for foreign consumpt-

ion and in Manchoukuo itself there are newspapers published in

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