Micgivings Regarding the Positive China Policy: Investments in Serious Predicament: Expected Special Privileges Fuow Ove Own Tokyo, Sept. 20.
Jupan to-day is at the cross-roads with regard to her relations with China, declares Dr, Washio, a wel known Japanese liberal writer, who inthe course of a sygeial article contributed to the "JMban Advertiser," an American daily, insists that the utatanding difference between Japen's. polley towards China and that of the United States is that the latter earnestly desires a sucecs:- fal termination to the Nationalist revolution, while the former is not Inclined to welcome such a prospect, Dr, 'Washio, however,, points out that all Japan is not of this bent ud, for Baron Shidehara, when Foreign' Minister, was prepared time to throw in his sympathies the Nationalists, while the press, even to-day, does not wax very enthusiastic' over the Policies of the present Government. The strong policy ented by the Premier, Baron Tanaka, he says, is upheld by the Privy Council and by the majority of capitalist interests in this country, especially by Osaka capitalists, who have much closer and far more Important relations with China thin have those of Tokyo.
The press has been for seme time ahinost hostile to the policy ofthe Seiyukai Government towards China, disdain. fully referring to it as the policy a *renetionary group", but the press has nat come out {any definite direction as regards China, None the less, Mr. Washio ts of the opinion that the very fact that the press docs not support the present policy' of the Government is; {in indication that, within the ruling Castes themselves, there isan der-current. of" misgiving con ning the "positive" policy of Pfemier, and that this recounts the rather lenient manner in which Japan has beet dear Chinn recently. Dr. V thinks that, in. the fa Britain and the United States secking t come to "mea vivendi with Nationalist: China, the strong polley of tha Premier may be Gropped altogether, expecially 8 Bayou Tanaka has never fully ex-played what his strong policy" wad to be, despite the demands of the press to know how strong this, projected Matrong policy" was to be, aang how the Premier proposed to
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