Amazing Article: Occidental Powers Unwanted in the Far East Fro Our OwN
Tokyo, May 20. the permanent Presence of Western That Japan is utterly opposed to
nations in the Far East and. the Gmposition of their will on China ig the significant contention made Str, Gyokujo, Hanzawa," editor the "Diplomatic Review" (°Gaiko iho}, a monthly which has a very ingo circulation and to which even Cabinet Ministers andthe like tien contribute, Mr. Hanzawa, in fu cdforial article in the current Fesue of this periodical, maintains that, if the will of anyone must be imposed on China, it must be that alone, and that" Japan the present opportunity to secure recognition of this on, the I is. quite Possible that Mr, Hanzawa's vgs five inspired, for he is known close touch with the highersups. Tt way Mr. Hanzawa_ who, months before' the Mancharian " Incident occurred, with a strange prophetic Mission, foresaw in sigmifieant. detail what was going to happen and the aftermath, "Ie is now' an open secret that he was in the confidence of what ig, hnawn, asthe "shadow feablnet" of the Army, a matter
a new signiieance, nvete the, ancrian tale Mr. Hanzawars article, which is called: " "The Significante of the Shanghai Affair" maintains. that the Shanghai affair ig not tension of the Manchurian Ineidfnty though ib was" ogeastoned -by Similar causes, He maintains: that the fundamental polley of the Nanking Government is to close the doors of all opportunities to. for-ign" nations fu China and on and repudiate treaties, round. that they are "un: equal," this policy being carried out Ghingve to acts of hostility against instigating "and "encouraging foreigners, "The forcible seizure of the' British concession at" Hankow, ays, was: one manifestation of this antioreign policy, and Japan, maintains, "has sifored " most Fecently as a result. of China's fanti-foreignism. "While "he atm that, fundamentally, the Shang! afaie lo of the. same. text the. Manchurian incident, he Ins that there in this great difference between the" tothe Manchurian Affair faust be" settled." between Japan and China, "all ata third party,'even In the. wi of mediation, being resolutely Jected; while a solution of the Shanghai affair must be sought in ce-operation with the Powers having interests in that regi The editor of the Review" that Japan's maintains sacritees in Shanghai have been "stupendous" and makes the sign fieane admission that not even Japanese themselves. know exactly the nature and extent of thes "Tht does not matter much," ho writes. "We "have. come. conclusion that nothing sort of severe military chastisement. will awaken China to the folly of her conduct, and we must see matters through with determination."
attributes China's "present chaotic condition to the removal of, foreign pressure on the freedom hor actions, following the rear war, that being, he says, the con oncement of China's resorting. to the old game of playing one nation against" another, and violating: treaties with impunity. The rest of the world, he says, in a moment of "spiritual uplift" after the Great War, paid" little or no heed to China's excesses and the result has een the existing. chaos in the domestic, og well as the foreign affairs of China, "The effects of disturbances in China are not limited to her," he. 08s on. They. will: "prove a potential threat to this country and conflict in the Far East may endanger the peace of the whole world. We cannot, therefore, stand idly by when China's. peace is disturbed' on the ground that such la an internal affair. We must wake a up and help her to. solve her various problems; at the same believes that the Powers, too, must Inow have realised the need for revising their China policies in the ight of actual facts, China is not the same China that the Powers thought her to be, he proceeds, and he advocates that the Powers jointly put restrictions on JChina and compel her to observe peace and order within her domains, }Por this purpose, he contends, the [Powers should abandon their present Polley of courting the good, will of China, which, ey says, is. "evanescent," and should' "revive the old policy of acting im concert "Japan is now taking the chestnuts out of the, fre in fois" he: continues, "but her sacri. ices will be amply' atoned for should the Powers" operate with one another in solving Chinese problems, The Shanghai affair has brought forth a splendid. opportunity for making a beginning this direction. "the Japanese Government, Jicnpite: which' party is in power, should not budge one jot or tittle from this policy, however great sacrifice necessary to carry it oUt Ins, Hanzawa sees the only way to Bring. about, a fundamental rehabilitation of China in the Powers ug that all important districts China im which the Powers. are
commencing speedily with iterated sould edema, Shanghai area which has been the bone of contention of Chinese mill thouse for whoever controls, region. "If this area is de-militarised, he holds, it will see a wonderful development "in the future and ingers, to foreign property and lives will be "for ever eliminated."
"The de-militarization," he pro-eds, "will further result eventually in the decline of the militarists in China, and in order to maintain the Jdemilitarisation of the the Powers will have to station some forces for the purpose of inspection, while the peace and order of the district should be maintained Chinese police. The de-militarisa of the Shanghai area would redound to the benefit of both the and Chins ult, to Powers willingly ce-ope Jone another." tion, Mr. Hanzawa says, should be applied to other parts of China, such Tientsin, Tsingtao, Hankow, Amoy and Canton, where the Powers wwe economic and trade interests.
these districts are de-militarishe contends, "the Faison d'étre fof'the Chinese military' cliques will disappear, and China wil result that local expanded and national progress effected."
Japan, however, he says, must not merely with the detion of these areas. It is the duty of Japan, he declares, to take an active role in leading China.
"If the pla for de-militarised zones means dividing up China into spheres of influence," he continues, ien we are strictly against it, In reality, however, the plan proposed has no' such motives behind it. We want China to realise the importance Jof her role in preserving the peace fof the Far East in ce-operation with Japan and not with others, We are, utterly opposed to the presence of Western nations in the Far East and to the imposition of their will Jon China. Japan must play the role lof private tutor, mentor and guide to China and if any outsider has to impose his will on China, it must be-only Japan. We have not attack-fed. El to repu avenge the numerous indus China has inflicted on Chinese now understand that, the League of Nations was primarily jereated to deal with European probles and not with Far Eastern affairs.. That is why China dare not declare war on us, in spite of the se utterances of some of her time, "Wwe must seek again to est-|F politicians. At first blush, Japan's military: action may,: appear une. abolish friendly "Sino. lations ju order to stabi ize the Far reasonable; our conscience, however, East. This is Japab's utddmertad policy. ' Te cannot perhaps be ef-BAND i the tte? Sts one feated through diplomatic negotia-tain a ideagure of trath, bus do not Hong: we should," therefore a suit the ofisting state of laifairs in Pothing Chat policy Torwans: cee oppose the enti in foe Pay Bastit that is: our national policy and on.
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