The remarkable sta ported by the Japanese made by the Buddhist dig China from Japan, cast a strange re= flection upon the popular view of the relations between the two countries.
He complains that Chinese Buddhists have not prayed at the tombs of Japanese who were killed in the Russo-Japanese war and the recent Aghting around Shanghai. From this he apparently "deduces that the Chinese are not suflcientty grateful Japan for savin China from Rus The a The Chinese no more w for yet domination and accept without demur the alter tive, Japanese domination, remains a _mystery. except to those who are endowed with minds the equivalent of Mr. Takanabe's, if he has been reported correctly. To say that China invaded Japan six hundred years ayo, and to put that forward as a reason why Japan should intervene in China's domestic affairs to-day, shows extraordinary lack of historical logic. England may have invaded France six hundred years ago, but that ie no valid reason why France should attempt to interfere with the ternal affairs of Great Britain today. Mr, Takanabe is in favour of "strong measures" by Japan in the present Sino-Japanese crisis. He would do well to revise his views if expects his mission on behalf of the Buddhist faith 10 do any' good in China, especially since his own die ves have had ace his countrymen that a change in views about this com try is now overdue.
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