It is to be hoped that in due course and inthe right atmosphere Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe will be able to re-ume his conversations with General Chang Chun with the Imporlant pur-ose of cementing Sino-Japanese cooperation. Ju the meantime it may be appropriate to express sympathy with the newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to China. Messages from Japan and elsewhere continue to convey all kinds of comment from Japanese editors and correspondents to whom no rumour Is apparently too fantastic and no prescription too indelicate to present for the attention of Mr. Kawagoe and, even, the Chi-Rose Government. It would not be rash to assert that were any non-Japanese source to display a tithe of Buch Imeginativeness there would be Tumble of pained indignation in Tokyo or other places where milltant arbiters of China's destiny foregather from time to time, Mr. Ka-wage is certainly pursuing his avoca-Hons here in circumstances of considerable difficulty If he feels it incumbent on him to pay heed to the! gratuitous advice thus watted across the sea in minatory guise. Fortunately for Japan and for him, he is probably able to rely on the essen-Hat sanity of the able statesman who presides over the Tokyo Foreign Office. He may also count on the] sincere goodwill of many Chinese and foreigners who have here been impressed by his courtesy and balanced judgment. He does not give way to exuberant sentiment, but ho equally is not disposed to forget that} sincerity has reciprocal qualities and cannot be cultivated by unilateral admonition.
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