Sheridan long ago emphasized the danger of the unanimity which is t emphatic—'where they do agree on the stage their unanimity is wonderful". That thought occurs to the mind as the resolution.of the Japanese House of presentatives is studied in relation to the act facts of the situation in China, Much "ae sibility rests on those who have used their control of the Japanese press to create among their countrymen the belief that Japanese relations with China have been in a desperate plight for sqme months. Since the beginning of the year tgreign residents in Japan have been much ick by the persistence with which capital has en made in Japanese newspapers out of every incident involving Sino-Japanese friction. It is obvious that the "war fever" prevalent in Tokyo could not have been generated without artificial assistance of that kind. The representatives who made themselves responsible for the sweeping resolution passed on Aug. 6 are to be pitied. They are the victims of as gratuitous a piece of organized distortion of facts as could well be conceived for the delusion of a-nation. They have been made to declare that Japan hes maintained "a fair and cautious attitude" since the clash at Marco Polo Bridge, in blisstut ignorance, apparently, of the drastic measures taken by the Japanese military on the spot td strengthen their forces, extend their operations and, to use General Kiyoshi Katsuki's vivid 2 ly, "provocative words, to "chastise the: outrageous Chinese". They have accused China of a: lack of "conciliatory spirit" when it has been obvious to any detached observer that the Government at Nanking is at its wits'. end to discover what Japanese requirements are and how they, may be met without plunging into war, The ponderous assertion that China has 2 wily ly violated agreements and pledges" iso inaccurate that it deserves ranking beside discovery that "China has feverishly pushed on war preparations against Japan"—a feverishness which is so little discernible that the steady reinforcement of Japanese troops completely: overshadows it. Japan wants, so the resolution avers, "ce-operation" and not "territory", "last ing peace in East Asia" and the rejection of "China's anti japanese policy which defies international faith." The' only obstacle that can be noticed at the moment as blocking the way to peace in Asia or international faith is Japanese militarism which is not only assailing the integrity of China but threatens ultimately to involve the Japanese nation in economic, and-political catastrophe.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.