Nation Urged to Reflect: War of No Benefit Tokyo, Dee. 25.
"The nation must reflect and re, [train from empty blustering: Victory or. no victory, war is great, lege and lends "mankind 0 ruin" befits of victory fre liable to be monopolised by the puling classes." "History tells us that armaments alone do not, suf. fice "to. safeguard a nation." "Siqitary deopotiom ruins a coun "Phese are not cctracts from the speech of & professional pacht at neva. but -are quotations from the lastest "best seller" in Japan, a book just written by LieutCom. Tata Ishimara, a retired Japanese naval officer.
Tnterest is added to this book in that th duced another the sensational title, fable War Between' Britain and Sapan," a tile which was Inter to, "Will Japan And Jed "1936, this being the year in] which Commander Ishimaru, in com mon with so many of his country: men, considers that Japan will face the greatest crisis in her history. Her final withdrawal from the Langue of Nations is due in. 1935, the London Naval Treaty will ex: pire in 1936, and Soviet Russia will be just about, complete the second. Five-Year Plan.
Each one fof these events if bound to have fan immense influence on Japan, Need for Caution Such is the theory upon which Commander Ishimaru builds up his} arguments regarding the need of fecution, lest idle boasting and selffeonceit on the part of his countrymen should plunge them into war from which, even if they emer victorious, they would "inevit suffer untold "economic, social, political, moral, and " eagenic harms.
With Japan's formal withdrawal' from the League in 1935, he foreces. the possibility of serious velopments if any attempt is to force Japan to restore her mandate over the former German is-Tonds in the Pacific. He urges his {fellow-countrymen to view the Lea-que with leas prejudiced feelings than at present. The prejudice the nation at large against the League must be removed," he de-
Hig main fear, however, is that] ied the Naval Conference due in 1936 will end in rupture and that, un less "Japan observes the utmost} thence and forbearance, this may jead toa ruinous armament race and growing irritation, resulting' in war. For this reason, he warns] his countrymen: "The self-conceit-fed boast, that Japan will not shrink even from fighting the whole world, is most dangerous," Later fon, he cautions then that "provoctactions end mpecches, especial ly against either Britain or Soviet are. most unprofitable and
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