The "Asiatic Review", continuing its policy of giving greater attention to the Far East, in addition to its usual excellent articles on India, [publishes for October a symposium fo which Mr. William. Nunn, MP. Mr. O. M. Green, and Mr. 'Wilfrid Hindle' contribute. Mr. Green éls~
Jcusses the prospects of improved. conditions in China; Mr. Hindle deals Jwith the Manchurian situation; and Jconcludes thus It ts inevitable in geography and ethnography that Manchuria should one day' be reunited with China, an has "everything to. lose. by hindering that Teunion and everything to gain by assising it.
She can assist i, too, without toss of "face" Manchoukuo tin form. fan independent eallty. It would not be dificult to proceed from. that formal independence to areal defence in which legitimate Japenese Interests could be safeguarded; and. thence to the creation of s new Sure fof China and "Manchuria in which Sapanese Industrial, commercial, and administrative ski could fil ce-operate.
'There are signs, indeed, in the con stitution "and. character of 'Manchou fono that such a consummation Was Feckoned "impossible. "Perhaps. Alter all, some Japanese have supreme political' wisdom.
Mr. Nunn, whose interest in Far [Eastern affairs has been shown by his speeches in the House of Commons and is supported by previous residence in Siam, outlines the arguments for amore positive British policy in China. Mr. Nunn considers [that Great Britain might well form the connecting Link in helping Chine Jose and Japanese views on the Jauestion of Manchoukuo to be
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