Prox Our Own Tokyo, Nov. 2.
Wilat is! regarded as the first hot fired by the Opposition in an anti-Government campaign to be! waged throughout the country after the Enthronement ceremonies are over and just before the Diet meets. was the speech delivered recently by Baron K. Shidehara, Foreign Minister in the previous Cabinet, with regard to Japan's China poli: oles. He expressed dissatisfaction with the present manner in which the Tanaka Government is shaping, the China policies of this country, particularly "its inborn itelination to regard ito own case as just," and ten censured the Ministry for giving out erroneous facts. about the former Cabinet in order to ex-plot diplomatic questions for the furtherance of party interests, without taking the trouble to make inquiries into the official records to wwhiich it has access." After strongly defending his own foreign policy, which the present Cabinet termed aapineloss, on the ground that the circumstances prevalent at the time held the portfolio of Foreign Affairs warranted steering a eautifous and careful course, Baron Shidehara categorically ' declared that the Tanaka Cabinet, after embracing a strong policy, has been compelled, by shoer force of circumstances, to make a practical volte face and virtually adopt the polity Inid down by him, Baron Shidehara' expressed himself a8 being in full sympathy with the aspirations of the Chinese.to elevate their country to the level of ottior great nations, but regretted that the methods followed "are not above reproach," and he instanced the wide difference between the course Japan pursued in similar afrcumatances and the one China io taking. He pointed out that span reproached herself before Powers, and, instead of making a loud outery against imperialism, quietly set about to improve all branches of administration, and th the Powers to conclude fos with her.
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