"China is a fretful child," he said, "and there is no use trying to argue with her on the basis of the fund-mental principles of international law or of treaty stipulations, No results will be obtained by merely] arguing. Tt might have been better if our Foreign Office had a bigger and better heart and told Nankin Well, Tet us forget all about the various interpretations to this or that for the -present and let us ahead and conclude another treaty."
Referring to the subject of "dangerous thoughts" in Japan, Mr. Honda said that Japan's problems in this respect must be studied in the light of the programme of the Third Internationale. The plan of the Government to set police officers. to supervise the thoughts of the nation treated by him with ridicule, Our police officers can't tell a Jew from a Russian, and what then can be expected of them?"
He thought that the authorities, here, in order to tackle the "thought problem," should take a page out of Great Britain's book and he suggested the: employing of expert British detectives for work of this kind. have noticed," be said, "that the English are the best equipped and trained for work along these lines."
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