"To attain that end, Japanese military leaders and their spokesmen have not hesitated to treat as scraps of paper the Covenant of the League 6f Nations, the Nine Power Treaty, and the Briand-Kellogg Pact We do not know how America, Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy regard their treaty obligations vis-a-vis a treaty-breaking nation like Japan, but on our part, our people and Government are determined to honour ours, and to see to it that lawlessness and the tearing up of treaties by any state, however powerful, does not pay. The Chinese people and Government firmly believe that the basis of all relations between civilized states is the observance of treaties solemnly entered into by them. A breach of this principle, if allowed 40 go unchallonged, would undermine the whole fabric of international relations. In fighting, therefore, to uphold this principle against Japanese lawlessness and aggression, China is doing something that deserves the full support of every nation which desires security' and order in this world. policy aiming at dismembering recent dissolution of the Chinese Communist Party, the last gap in our national front has been happily closed. All sections of Chinese opinion realize that in the National Kuomintang Government lies our salvation.
"Our solidarity has not been obtained by the abandonment of any 9f the principles for which our National ' Kuomintang Government stands. We are a San Min Chu I Republig and, our Government is dedicated to the task of completely realizing the Three People's Principles of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of ow" Republic.
"During the last decade, we. are glad to note that all the Powers, with the solitary exception of Japan, have gradually come to perceive the reasonableness of our national aspirations and have done much to help us realize them. The U. S. S. R. has consistently given us strong diplomatic support in our struggle for national freedom and independence. France, England and America have in many ways assisted us in our task of industrial, financial and educational reconstruction. Along technical lines, Italy and Germany have been most helpful.
"This ce-operation on a basis of equality and reciprocity. between China and the Western Powers has resulted in nothing but good for the real interests of all the parties concerned. It has, for one thing, created an atmosphere of mutual respect and goodwill, without which it were vain to expect peace and security not only in the Far East, but also elsewhere.
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