An effective article in the latest issue of "The Peopless Tribune" marshals the obiter dicta of various Japanese officials and statesmen who, at one time or another, have been conspicuous for their sympathy with China's difficulties and have upheld the view that, to cite the words of the late Mr. Ariyoshi, a stalwart among them, "China was willing to be friends with Japan provided such friendship does not entail loss of territorial integrity or interference with national unity". In this well-documented study Mr. Kewagoe's historic endorsement of the need for "a new concept of modern China" when he arrived here to assume his ambassadorial duties is given a prominent appreciation.
Prince Konoye himself is quoted as stating that "Japan's proposals must be of obvious benefit to China in order to be acceptable", So too is Mr. Sato's expressed desire to "see Sino-Japanese questions dealt with from a new starting point".
It is noteworthy that these and other similar statements are of comparatively recent origin. The mere fact that a Chinese journal at this time can take pains to show its appreciation of friendly words from distinguished Japanese leaders is itself encouraging. It ought to strengthen the view that the application of healing processes to the present derangement is not impossible to effect if once opportunity be offered for the counsels of commonsense and reality to resume their sway.
Oh, Come, core!
"Woosung itself" says one of our writers, "is just a heap of blasted rubble."
We know that war coarsens the fibre, and all that sort of thing, but what has the rubble done to be so adjectivally miscalled?
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.