The Archive · 1937

Peers on China Alms

A definition of Japan's alms tu China was demanded to-day by Vise count Chituyu Watanabe in the rst shot of a frontal parliamentary ate tack on the Government's policies.

"Success cannot be expected of diplomatic policies dictated by opportunism," he declared, as he lashed out against the record of the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, Turning his alt: ntion to the home front, the Kenkyukal orator assailed the trend towards Fascism, Japan rated by a "dynasty une broken' through the ages." he declared, would never tolerate a Our Constitutional politics are parliamentary polities, not polities based on brute force," he continued. "iW ts to be, Tegreited that there are those who sing praises of a polley of force and advocate the establishment of 9 dictatorship now current in Europe which cannot conform with our national polity Viscount Watanabe also, asserted that the "Wberal_ treatment" said to have been accorded the draft approx prlstions by Dr. Ellchi Baba, Minister Finance, cast doubts upon the latter's, "sense of political morality."

'The, so-called "Three Basle, Principles" towards China expounded by the Premier, Mr. Hirota, were de nouriced by' Viscount Watanabe being "too indefinite,"

Declaring that the cause of the alleged failure of Japan's policies towards China lay in their lack of permanence, Viscount Watanabe asked the Government to define what it Wanted of the neighbouring country.

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