The Archive · 1935

Fatal Kuomintang Foreign Policy

Recognized by Nanking, Says Major-Gen. Doihara Dairen, Mar. 22.

Chinese sentiment towards Japan has improved generally, Major-General Kenji Doihara, Director of the Special Service Division of the Kwantung Army in Mukden, said today, when recounting his observa-Hons during a trip that took him from Peiping to Kwangsi.

"AMI leading Chinese officials with whom Thad frank exchange views appeared to understand. the spirit that lay behind the founding of of Manchuria seemed to me people who, after having had one of their hands amputated, so as to prevent the spread of blood poisoning that would have been fatal to their lives, still regretted the loss of that very' hand, "The leaders of the Nanking Government, and enlightened people Mme, Chiat general,' understand thatthe materialistic foreign policy adopted by the Kuomintang ultimately will lead to the ruin of the Republic and will not help China, They also have realized that the East should be governed by Eastern principles and to befriend Jepan. Chinese people below the middle class, however, have not yet reached such 'a stage.

"Japanese and Manchurians should be prudent towards the pro-Japanese moves of the Chinese and, at the same time, give a good example by devoting themselves towards the im-

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