Japan feels that it is quite capable of meeting and drastically defeating China' in battle, but there are other impelling reasons why this country wishes to perfect its armaments, its cture be-nst any really make no great difference Power. Not the least of these is the which side was the technical victor.
This Empire would be so exhausted economically that it would be set back at least a generation, whereas all of the elaborate and so largely successful economic, political other machinery self-created China under its Kuomintang Admi tration would? be sorely crippled if not el ed, Neither Japan nor China has anything to gain by trying her strength on the field of battle at this time; both have much ever-present menace of Soviet Russia as conceived by Japan. Still another is the feeling existing in some circles here. principally among Army men and those of the extreme Right wing school of thought, that modern Japan has strayed from the ethics and principles upon which the Empire was founded, and that the present generation must be brought back thereto, Additional but lesser reasons may be advanced, but the ventral fact to lose.
Japan. at least the Government and the War Office, are fully conscious of this truth and would do much—will that Japan prefers not to fight this time and is willing to go to some lengths to avoid so doing, remains unchallengeable. If this not do much—to prevent the "outbreak the case, an undeclared Si of war, It is believed in Tokyo that war would have been und the same views are held by Gen Chiang Kai-shek and the majority of he first violation of the truce con-on duly 11 between the North Government in Nankinz. But it na Garrison and the 29th Route also fully realized that events have ved so rapidly, that such bitter.
and inflamed passions have been roused since the night of July 7 that The wiser heads in Japan, those who ordinarily direct national policy feel that the nation is somekh it is probably beyond the power of either Government to divert its people t mies from major right n unofficial w Ibeit that ay well last only a few months, that time sufficient blood may have been let to satisfy Over-expanded at the moment and that a period of peace and quiet, both internal and abroad, is essential for consolidation and upbuilding. During this period Japan is no micro anxious to engage in aggressive action than vas the Soviet Union when it the ement in both nations eneral public The situation has progressed far beyond such a comparatively minor question as started it pecially since it is quite evident th ihe troops of both Japan and Chin: thought they had sufficient provoca-buried upon its first five-year Want World's Good Opinion nay fall on sceptical ea additional reason why Japan pr ow to pursue a peaceful path reler to n boo tion. The most reasonable and logic ca) expl n that I have seen was that of the Peiping correspondent of "North-China Daily rit-ten under date of July 10. as being due to jumpiness of the 29th Army tactlessness of the Japane:
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