Charter Day Luncheon; Threat to "Open Door"
TAPEN has failed to grasp the spirit of international ce-operation in the interests of peace and good will, but is trying to conquer China and to shut the "open door" against all other nations and thereby consolidate herself for expansion to other parts of the world, said General Wu Te-chen, Governor of Kwangtung province and former mayor of Greater Shanghai when addressing the Canton Rotary Club's charter day luncheon in that city on April 27.
"International differences are} settled, not by recourse to arms but General Wu "Charter Day of the Canton Rotary Club," he said, "provides me with 2 Particularly good opportunity well on a subject which has a close bearing on one of the principal objects of the Rotary movement, name-Jy, "the advancement of international Understanding, good will and peace."
"A. good citizen, ike a good Rotarian, is one who is lawpbiding, just, reasonable, unselfish," public-spirited and always ready to operate, Good citizens contribute to the building up of p peaceful and progressive nation. "What governs the friendly relations between individuals applies to the relations between nations, In a peaceful world, goodwill, understanding and fellowship among) nations prevail, The woes and troubles of one nation are shared by other nations, which is aptly summed up In the words of an ancient Chinese sage: "All within the four seas are brothers." Our neighbour's problem considered and treated as our own problem, according to the Western saying, "Love thy neighbour as, Uiyselé" "International differences are settled, not by recourse to arms but by peaceful means, unreasonable and Unjust "However, Japan fails to grasp this spirit of ce-operation. The world cannot but sympathize with China for having such an unreasonable and unjust neighbour.
"Instead of sympathizing with the troubles and problems of other cout tries, Japan is taking every possible advantage of the situation to launch programme of territorial conquest ud economic exploitation.
For years Japan has menaced the peace of the world—economically, by Sumping her goods all over "the world, and militarily, by forcing the srace in re-armament, "To protect her own industries, Japan has seen fit to impose a very high tariff on goods imported from abroad, On the other hand, order to carry out her policy of economic expansion, she flooded her goods on the markets of the world at prices cheaper than at home, which had the effect of destroying the economic life of the various countries. When the countries who were affected by Japanese dumping resorted to protective tariffs in an effort to check the economic invasion, Sopan raised a strong hue and cry. Assn matter of fact, the dumping policy aggravates the economic hard Ghips suffered by the consumers in Japan, who have to bear a part of the cost of the goods dumped abroad. Japanese dumping 1s a world menace eenuse it is in reality one of the causes of the world-wide unemployment situation, which has now.become a serious social problem. access to sources of supply or find outlets for their products. Labour and capital must look for better opportunities outside. of the national boundaries. The natural resources of China will furnish jan adequate supply of raw material for world production, her potential purchasing power will provide a suitable outlet for manufactured products and assist solving the unemployment problem, while her man-power will alford an excellent opening for the invest ment of capital.
"The deplorable state of unrest which prevails in the world today is direct result of intense economic nationalism and economic maldjustment. China has in the past contributed in no small degree culturally to the world's civilization, and now she feels it is her duty to' contribute, materially as well. China should be given a chance to live in peace. A Peaceful China means a strong and healthy China, and only a strong and healthy China will be able to discharge this duty to the world.
"The purpose of Japan's -present Invasion is not only to conquer China and shut the "open door" against all other nations, but also to consolidate herself for expansion to other parts of the world. China's present life and death struggle is, therefore, not mere attempt to preserve her' own Independence—but 10 China safe for the world.
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