The Archive · 1937

Japan's Ambitions

In her attempts to conquer China, who has achieved unity and who has embarked on the road of peaceful reconstruction in recent years in one stroke, the Generalissimo said, Japan wants to monopolize the China market and proclaim herself ab-sólutely ruler in the Pacific area.

If China herself cannot check Japan and if other nations who have Vital interests in the Far East fail likewise, the realizations of Japan's fantastic dream will mean the closing of the huge China market to the world and there will be no peace in the Pacific.

A ray of hope, however, has dawned following receipt of news that the League of Nations Assembly and the Department of State are taking steps to censure the aggressive nation—one thing which has deeply moved the Chinese people, the Generalissimo said, He told his interviewer that the Chinese people who are now embroiled in a bitter struggle for their existence will continue to struggle until all Japanese troops are expelled from Chinese territory so that they may continue their peaceful reconstruction projects,

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