On the subject of Japan's invasion of China he submits that there are two. sides to this question, and while he condemns the Japanese he does not absolve the Chinese of blame. But he does blame the foreign Powers for the situation which led up to the conflict with Japan, though when he speaks of China's "subjugation" by the foreign Powers he Seems to use stronger language than is justified. Foreigners, generally, have aimed at legitimate commercial exploitation, and: if in the past they have dealt roughly, or even unfairly, with the Chinese, it is the case that since the revolution, which gav evidence of the: new-born desire to regenerate. and reconstruct, the foreign attitude has changed materially, as proved by the conclusion of the Nine Power Treaty in 1922. The conditions of that instrument provided that China should be given every possible opportunity of putting her house in order; and if she had made rescuable progress in that direction it can be argued that there never would have been any excuse for the Japanese to use force. It was, of course, entirely contrary to their treaty obligations that the Japanese attacked Manchuria, but it is true that the Chinese had. failed to fulfil certain of their obligations to Japan, and that the Three Ea ern Provinces had been dreadfully misruled, especially in the matter of the feng piao currency, the se of which scandalously robbed the native inhabitants as well as all foreigners with business interests.
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