The China question continues to be the main topic on which all leaders are concentrating attention, It is admitted on all hands that the Chinese policy of the Japaneze Government to-day transcends all others. Nearly everyone who is anybody declares that the China policy of the previous government—the policy of "Uaiese:-faire noninterference"—was pushed to an undesirable extent and that Japan lost_a splendid opportunity of 80 acting that she might have secured predominant position in Far Eastern matters, with x corresponding increase to her national prestige. 'The object of the non-interference policy of Baron Shidehava, that has been condemned as supine' since the mortifications Japan had to undergo at Nanking, was based on the' theory that the acrimonious acexbity. of the Chinese was aimed at the European Powers and that, if Japan. only kept her head and refused to use force, the time would come when, after the present bitterness, had subsided and normality returned, Japan would be able to reap a good harvest in the way of increased business with China, Although as yet there is no actu demand that "Japan should act Arastically towards China, yet the feeling gradually is gaining ground that the time for procrastination is past, and that Japan cannot afford meekly to look on. The decline and impending fall of the Communist government at Wuhan, together with Mr. Basil Newton's dignified withdrawal from Hankow, has caused something in the nature of are sick and tired of the lack of a proper China policy by the Japanese Government have been strengthened, and it is an open secret that Baron Tanaka is contemplating a "positive" policy toward the Nationalists in contra-distinction to. the, vacillating, sit-on-the-fence attitude Baron Shidehara followed. Insteuetions already have been issued to garrison commanders in Korea and Manchuria to be ready to move Japanese forces into North China territory, a significant proof that Tapan isnot likely to tole and confusion in North CI will not pom anything motely resem rages to occur again with impunity.
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