To, the Editor of the "NontH-CxiNA Daty News."
'Sm,—Fierce peoples are not to be guided by all the eloquence and all' the wisdom of the wise. We are fealled upon, as it were by a superior} warning voice, again to attend to the disastrous situation in the Far East and to review the subject with fan unusual degree of care and calm-ess. Surely it is an awful subject; or there is none so on this side of the "grave.
was only a few days ago that the Japanese destroyer flotilla ar rived here from Sasebo and two. more cruisers loaded with marines and ammunitions are expected here tomorrow morning from the same naval base. The extra session of the Privy Council was libeld in Tokyo in the Imperial pre~ sence of the Emperor himself and they. discussed most solemnly the saddest state of things Japan has lever encountered. Baron Shideh: the foreign minister, who has been target for indignation on account of his 6ocalled "soft" policy is said iii a Moh Sara Tent coe japanese boycott movement sia Ae ce a killing and heart-rending agony ing @utrageous acts on the part 0. ioo rane ate opposite oh Hongkong in whose death list (six fold woman of 70 were included; they ure at a double polic ell og to. Atmerien on the one hand BGs ce a Sines y cee aaa jeott adopted by China is indeed as Zoe aria a a man inch by inch, while the latter does at once.
'The Japanese must acknowledge, however, that they are not without faults: en their own' part. The rusts somewhat rash act Tejeently done at Mukden in spite of Foreign Minister Baron Shidehara's more moderate diplomatic policy is not free from criticism. But. we must remember that the great' war' of Europe was not caused simply by @ mere assassination of a prince of royal blood at Salaebo (2): there was a much deeper cause indeed. It has become evident, however, that the Japanese troops in Manchuria are trying to withdraw within their own proper places of garrison soon as the state of things there resumes its normal conditions. To our great regret to-day's paper reports us that the Japanese aeroplanes dropped, bombs on Chinchow. lon the 8 inst, where Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang is said to have been intending to build up a new seat for his temporary government. In spite of her strict neutrality Japan is apt to be regarded as giving a secret assistance to the independence move-/ment in Manchuria, thus making the Manchurian affairs more complicate jed than ever. In other words most! jealamitous events are taking place: one after another up there in which Jone misunderstanding follows on the heels of another, ever aggravating. the delicate international relations between the two countries, from the worse to the worst. And the blame is to be laid on both sides.
Now let us look the question in ithe face boldly but calmly. To me it seems there are only three ways jof solving it, namely, (1) to put! Manchuria and Mongolia under the sovereign power of Japan, (2) to place them under the absolute control of China, (3) to govern them Jointly og itis to-day. Evidently (A) and (2) are not to be adopted to the satisfaction of both country at present. Therefore only! Jone way of solution is left for us to choose. Here the noble spirit of conciliation becomes most important.
understanding, mutual helpfulness, sincere friendship. fairmmd. eelness, international integrity, and Jconciliatory sentiment are of para mount importance at present. Let leach of us both Chinese and Japan: jose forget or try to forget, like a true man, our personal as well as our international grievances and, complaints and let us cease from the effeminate practice of laying] one's fault at another's door. Let us meditate calmly upon the awful question that is Inid before us for immediate solution, before planging ourselves into any rash act. We both nations venerate those Chinese Sages {they were their own ancestor the only peoples derstand the real' meaning Chinese character taught by, Confucius 2,500 years ago, Let us try to practise it in our daily life, and love each other as good neigh ours. Let us refrain from and live in. peace and_in mut prosperity for ever. This is the only way to ward off the impending danger of war and to find our satis-ory settlement.
K. Marsuoa,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.