The Japanese particularly call tention to the dangers of Soviet imperialism, when one notes that Soviet Russia has occupied and is holding Mongolia and is colonizing the frontiers of Siberia in the direction of Mongolia and Turkestan and that Nationalist China ax well as the old China of Peking hag been altogether silent on the subject. What is the price of Ruesia's freedom in' Mongolia and how will that affect Japan's position in the future? No matter what the treaty relations-between Russia tions towards the attainment of 'Tariff Autonomy by gradual stages which' will restore China's financial credit without-endangering the: volume of trade."
Mr. Edwardes expects to remain in Nanking for-txo.or three days and will return to Shanghai next week before leaving' for Peking. and Japan may be, it becomes perfectly obvious to any student of the political situation in Japan, that the hypothetical enemy is always Russia and that Japan's Policy in China is always centred about.a Russian axis. In & word, as long as there is any danger from Russian imperialism in East Asia and as long og China is unable er unwilling to stop Rassian aggrandisement, both' territorial and. political in Mongolia and Northwestern Manchuria, Japan must, in self-defence regard Ma: churia entirely from a strategic standpoint, Summarily, then, i may be stated, that whereas with regard to China proper, it in safe to say that Japan will, in due course, adopt 2 liberal policy, perhaps even more liberal than other. Powers, the situation will be different with regard to Manchuria. For the re tention of her treaty rights Manchuria, Japan will fight.
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