"To the rest of the world, China is just a great, seething, unorganized mass. To us, China is a most important problem, for upon China depends our economic life and cur own development. We want a peaceful and prosperous neighbour. If China is in disorder and chaos., we might suffer—we are suffering severely. "Japan's present policy toward China is really a reversion to our old policy of reverence and friend. ship, modified somewhat by our greater progress in modernization. But China must meet us half way, If China continues to utilize the weapons of boycott and brigandage as a means for solving international problems,'we shall have to protect ourselves. Japan and China can easily come to an understanding on all questions and can work together for the development of the Orient. But China must be as willing as we are. As to our sincerity of purpose, time will show."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.