To the Editor of the "Nommi-Cumxa Dany News"
Sm—May 1 submit a few pointers: where the blame Iles?
1. In his maiden speech in the Dict} Foreign Minister Sato said that whether or not there Is a crisis depends on Japan herself. and hat she could war if she wanted to. "China demands to be treated the said. and past differences forgotten."
distinctly remember. reading Somewhere a Japanese Army statement that they'd give "four months' time" to see whether such "wish-washy" policy upon the part of liberal, civilised Japan would produce' the fruits the Army wanted in North China Lo, 'China's economic subordination '(not ce-operation!). Sato made his speech in April. Japan struck in' the North in July.
Japan's business men and diplomats had, just before the Army Struck, been extremely vocal in admitting that China was. sub-' stantially a "nation." Japan's! ambassadors to China had pub-Ilely. declared that a "new toncept" of China was essential to the resolving of the differences. They had failed in their task vecause the Army required the impossible of them.
Mr. Ariyoshl, just before his death, urged fair-play upon Japan fand the abandonment of the con-Aieting dual policy. of Japanese Army and Foreign Office in China, I could multiply ed nauseam the proofs that military Japan is fund-mentally responsible. Civilian Japan has now no option but to follow much disastrous leadership.
Facts, Shanghai, Sept. 29.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.