Descntuinc the taking of Soochow said to have een rendered possible by the alleged sleeping of Chinese sentries at their posts, Domei goes on to say that once the Japanese party had got past the Chinese soldiers, "the small unit trudged stealthily over the cobbled streets." ete. Trudging stealthily is so diMeult a feat that with all due deference In Parenthesis suggests it can't be done, Complete Agreement Wntres a local contemporary:— the stablishment of the Imporiat, Head quarters isnot directed against! China, then must be directed against someone else. Tt Togical to assume that someone else than the US.S.R. Tt may be also signifeant that, though the Imperial Headquarters. had been under contemplation for-a considerable time, It was not Suthorlzed until Japan had signed the Tripartite AntisComintern Pact. These two events may oF may not have been coincidences, but It 1s none the esq certain that they are inter-relates And whet Is more, as Rennie Martin remarks in "Someone at the Door," "Two events may be coincidence, three is a habit."
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