Mr, Matsuoka then asks his! countrymen point-blank whether, such being the state of affairs, the Japanese, who consider themselves to be the guardians of peace in the Far East, could look on unmoved, merely gazing at the serious deve: lopments occurring at their doorstep, as though they were locking' at a cinema film. "How can wel reconcile our duty to peace and.
Fnox Our Sooctow Connesronnexr Shanghai, May 23.
From the number of Soochow business. men with whom I have talked in the last iwo weeks, would seem that the smaller lin of business are carrying on almost normally. However, bankers and men of larger business see little or no. hope in the present political chaos. One might soy that, the larger the business, the greater the pessimism, Perhaps, even a greater number of the wealthy people have lett Soochow, for safe places, than during any of the previous wars, There are from 1,200 to 1,400 troops in Soochow, among them being the old Fifth Regiment, This body of troops might be called Soo chow's heirloom, having been hand. ed down since ly change their uniforms with the coming of each new command. Troops may com troops may go, but Soocho Fifth" stays in for ever!
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