"We think," the official continued, hat the setting up of en international committee or the convocation of a conference of Pacific Powers to deal with the Sino-Japanese dispute is not opportune, to say the least, at the present juncture.
"If the proposed committee or conference were to show as complete lack of appreciation of the realities Of the actual situation, as manifested in recent denunciations of the Japanese air force by the Advisory Committee, we must say that all efforts at conciliation are bound to be futile, "Such steps, taken on the basis of tendencious news, would but make more difficult a constructive and lasting settlement for which we all hope. Japan is not bent on destroying China but on doing away with the elements which are disrupting peace. They are to-day openly allied with the greatest element of world unrest,—Comimunism,
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