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Oumeran Arrasa—19 Avenue Baward Vir, Shanghai, $1.00. traitors to the igh cause of the coloured Facer in the Eat, In "Oriental -Affairs" for Maren 'Mr. Woodhead deals with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank annual general meeting, Sino-Japanese reatlonships, the Lindbergh kidnapping ease, the Tungchow piracy, the economic' policy of the Chinese Government, the CER. and the Sulphurie Acid Monopoly. Special articles Include' one which gives a record of piracies on the high seas in China, and there is also a sympa. thetic appreciation of Japan's position as the result of her withdrawal from the League, The article con-
Even Manchoukuo, under Japanese protection, Is. unlikely ford an extensive eld for emigree Hon though it may" temporarily relieve the population pressure bY treating new resources for' Japanese Industries. It one could imagine the existence of a Supreme World Council with power to redistribute territories In accordance with the needs of the various peoples, this would probably be one of the first problems it would. seek to solve. Tt does not exist, and fas. decades pass by the problem becomes more and more urgent, and incidentally more menacing to world, peace. The fact that at the momen: T'appears insoluble should, however, evoke a certain amount of sympathy and patience with Japan. She suffers the Misfortune of "having become Great Power halt a century or more too late. "And she ts being ured on uncontrollable forces. to feck. rer medies which may" not meet with General concurrence, but differ inno Fespect from the methods employed bythe other Great Powers with mulch Justification in the eighteenth and nineteenth century The "Far Eastern Review" for February reprints for its chief article Mr. Herbert Corey's study of Amarinaval problems and it also gives prominence to Mr. Walter Lip-man's discussion of Americo-Japanese relationships. Philippine Independence 1s dealt with in another article of importance in the Review. The subject is handled by a Filipino and, after concluding with praise for Mr. William Nunn's sup-ort of Japan as the barrier against Bolshevism, the writer says: ts now high time for us, Filipinos. to be convinced that in the years to come it is not American and European Influence' emanating from the oth side of the globe ten thousand and ind the contact neighbours. of Ure -Orient ultimately Be the decisive! factor in shaping' Ube future national policies "of the Philippine Islands Mer geographical proximity" with the other" Oriental countries "should con: confirmed skeptic ther national fe will be frre shores open to attack by our brothers of the Orient and what is more would Justify the charge of our' being
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