Coming as it were with a fresh mind to the present problem of Sino-Japanese relations Dr, Alfred Sze seems to have succinctly summed up the conditions in which a satisfactory basis of mutual cooperation can, found by the two coun! polley of the "new concept" has been clearly stated by Japanese spokesmen but Chinese observers have not yet been convinced that it has received complete eadareement_ om all who are responsible for executing Japa nese policy in China. De. Sze's denition of that nelghbouriy relation~ ship which. has, so happily governed the contacts between the United States of America and Canada seems peculiarly suitable for application to the principles of the "new concept,"
expounded by Mr. Naotake Sato ind recently welcomed by Dr. Wang Chungshu. Te would be unfortunate it the manifestly good intention now prevailing at Nanking and Tokyo were to be rendered nugatory Unthinking invocations of discredited moods. Although, as Dr. Sze admitted, the relations between China and Japan ate not entirely satisfactory there 1s ground for asserting that some of the sharper tones of discussion have been abandoned. It would be indeed unfortunate if Japanese spokesmen felt impelled to revive that minatory technique which has proved so barren in aecompllshment in Chinese affairs and so em-Darrassing to Japan's relations with countries otherwise inclined to be friendly and sympathetic in her regard.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.