The Archive · 1938

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"A" class vessel £22 return First class a £16 " - 8 from the Yangtze. So also have other nations. It is true that Great Britain has requested that that portion of the Yangtze in Japanese hands should now be opened to navigation. She has not been alone in that request. Nevertheless on such grounds Great Britain was singled out for this astonishing attack. A

Why was the manifesto ever published, and more particularly why was this juneture chosen for doing so? It is inevitable that many will seek to draw inferences from the fact that it has appeared following the two greatest successes which the Japanese have achieved in China, the capture of both Canton and Hankow, and if the conclusion is reached that a certain section of Japan now seeks to throw off the mask and in-

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