"Unfortunately the policy of the Japanese militarists and their Government towards China has been the reverse of that pursued by the Western Powers... While on the one hand it. aims at dismembering and subjugating China, it also strives on the other hand to prevent economic and financial ce-operation' between China and the rest of the world. What else but that can be the significance of the "Hands off China" declaration made by a spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office on April 19th, 1934, to all Powers having interests in China?
"Moreover, Japanese militarists and their Government have also made many attempts to coerce China to take up an aggressive and hostile attitude towards a friendly neighbouring state—the O. S. 5. B. The conclusion of the Sino-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression is China's final answer to that coercion. The Pact means exactly what it says—no more and no less.
"Japanese militarism, which has been the heart and soul of the Japanese Government since 1931. lives on lawlessness and aggression. It understands no language but force.—The. environment it thrives on is hatred and discord. But it cannot survive a defeat.
Chiga, strong in the conviction that Justice and Right are on her side in the present SirioWapanese War, is prepared to administer Japanese militarism that needed blow. It is our only chance for national survival and affords the best guarantee for lasting peace in the Far East."
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