Cautious but friendly isthe apparent altitude of responsible opinion Great Britain toward the reported proposals for Japanese ce-operation Inthe economic" support of China, As, has already been indicated, Great Britain is ready to respond so fong ax it is understood that the equality of China's status, as aminned by the Foreign OMice at Tokyo, is fully cognized and that the United States consulted—and, If the included inthe ' under-'Mr. Naotake Sato has made lent impression both in Great Britain and America by his outs support of the "new concept China. "He has Just received notable reinforcement from the statements made by Mr. Shigeru Kawagov, Tapan's Ambasrador here, on arrival in Japan, Whether Japan recognizes that the methods by. which her policy 'n China has been directed since 1991 eve not been successful and. have not commended themselves to the world at large is still a. matter of Goubt. It may be assumed that such Fecognition is be disegrned In the new altitude of the Japanese Foreign OMce, as also in the impressions said fo have been gained by the Kodama Mission, as the result of its recent visit tachina, Yet that does not cover the whole of the Japanese Government. The election results at least show Dat the Diet is likely to be behind Mr, Sato, Is it certain, however, that the diplomatic approaches now being made in Whitehall are immune from the danger of revision oF even repudiation should the attitude of the Foreign OMmes incur' the disapproval those who have persistently. ignored diplomatic considerations. in illustrating "positive" policies—in China? That is why caution Inspire uutleranees like those of "The Times", 4 Journal which, besides having spe access to the mind of the British Government, Is ae consistently friend-to Japan as to Chi Indeed, there was a period sharily atte the Manchurian crisis of 1931 and, di the' troubles in Shanghai of 193 when the sympathies of "The 'Times' seemed to welsh less on the side of China than on that of Japan. Its comment 1s all the more sismitlcant. Japanese statesmen are to be warmly congratulated on the courage which Inspires their move to renewal of cooperation in the Far East. Every responsible British observer at Home and resident here welcomes such a possibility of repaired friendship. Tt greatly to ber hoped therefore that those statesmen, with their intimate knowledge of their country's domestic affairs—a knowledge unattainable by Outsiders—feel themselves to be en-firely on firm ground. "Tt would be tragic if rheic admirable aspirations were disturbed by inconvenient reminders of the power which prevented General Kazushige Ugaki from taking the Premiership clearly offered fo him by the united desires of an overwhelming section of civilian pinion among his countrymen.
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