Japan would do well to remember, he continues, that the United States has long had the tradition of friendship with China, and is more interes.ed in the Pacific than in the Atlantic.
"In much the same sense as the Monroe Doctrine makes her (the United States) the joint protector of Canada," be declares, "the Philippines moke her a natural ally for the protection of Australia and Hongkong against foreign aggression and for vindication of the rights of nationhood against brute force."
After examining the position of Germany and Italy in relation to the Far East, particularly the position of Germany, which he regards in a not very encouraging light, "Scrutator" finally ends with the comment: "This anti-Comintern Pact is too lose and fortuitous to stand ill-usage, and promises to disappoint one or more of its weaker associates."—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.