The Archive · 1937

AMERICA'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHINA

Shenghai, Sept. 3.

'At yesterday's "meeting "of the! Rotary" Club, held at the. Metropole Hotel, the speaker of the day' Me. 1M. Alkow of San Bernardino, California, ave, an interesting talk on} in the course of is spece Aikow drew attention to Ame altitude in the present crisis and "By focussing our minds on the allevietion of the mass suffering In. the present tragedy, we do not do that With "the intent of distracting any] attention from the possible greater al= Teviation of ational suffering, that can come from the actions of other nations. There are times however When sndivtduats can act more readily than' their' respective" governments, and. such a time unfortunately seems {o, be. the present "It America for example does not {intervene in the. crisis, it does not] ao to say that America as 2 nation detached; and is unconcerned by' the untold suffering that has come tind Nas yet {0 ensue. America a2 one has, said, has 'No Foreign and 'No Polley in the Far} But America his never' been, lacking and Is not lacking now in emotional response for this large Peaceful and industrious" Chinese bation. America that was ever mind: {ul of the woes of innocent people, has heard the ery. that has gone up) from these shores."

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