"ho Japanese Government, in plaining its polley concerning the management of special companies such as the Central China Develop~ ment Company, declared that it would not refuse to allow foreigners and Chinese to participate in the mana-cement of the company."
Mr. Yoshida said he wanted to explain Japan's relations with foreign countries in China from the view= point of Japanese industrialists and Dusiness men in China, "It is to be regretted," he stated, "that there are many foreigners who ascribe the damages suffered foreigners in Shanghai, and the privat lon to which the Chinese people have been reduced, to the actions of the Japanese, In doing so they fall to take into consideration the causes Jeading up to the Sino-Japanese clash. and the measures which were taken to prevent the incident, "Deliberate Scheme "Ht was due to a deliberate scheme on the part of China that the hostilities "extended to Shanghat August last year, "Peace and order in Shanghai would have been maintained if measures similar {0 those taken by Britons in the past wars in China had been carried out to prevent the advance fof Chinese troops to Shanghai.
"It was due to the actions of the Japanese troops that the damage done the Settlement was very small compared to that indicted upon places near the Settlement. It was also due to the bravery of Japanese troops that the Settlement was protected from Chinese troops which, attempted to capture it "We heartily hope that Japanese traders and industrialists will cooperate with foreigners or Chinese in the management of enterprises in Chins.
This has been made clear by the Hatements issued "by the Japanese "AL any' rate, the fundamental factor is to give every man un equal opportunity. It. is not unreasonable for some Industrialists and traders 0 have otter business as compared with others in proportion to their efforts and the scale of their enter-rises, even if equal opportunity given' everyone,
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