It was to be expected that the reaction Japan to Great Britain's decision to assist China in the' maintenance of the stability of her furreney should. be one of resentment, and if, sit is reported in the "Asan Shimbun," the Tapanese Government decides to serve a warning upon the British Government. there will be occasion, for. surprise. What. lo of greater Int est is the shape. which that Journal sug-fests retaliation may take. Claiming thet Japan Seca, not necessarily lack counter-measures th Asani Shimbun considers that he inevt: b Selilement of the Yengtze navigation problem should be postponed." That suggestion confirms faction should be taken against British rights fand interests in China, That, of course, Is mere: ly' a suggestion that Japan' should continue the bad courses she has Deen following for wet. {ing on two years, and would in fact change in policy, but merely a reaffirmation of What she Nas already been doing. It should: be Pointed out that the sation which Great Britain fas taken in this matter, even if it is described as "unfriendly" in Japan, Is one which in" fringes no principle of neutrality. "On the sub-{ect of unfriendliness Japan, in view of her conduct towards. Britons' and "other neutral rationals as' really no. cause for complaint whatever, for if the general disregard of Fights {nd interests of which the Japanese have been guilty is to be taken as display of riendlifess, then it is apparent that the oriental and becldental view of what amity really means are sll widely divergent.
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