To the Editor of the "Nonmu-Cinxa Dany News"
The people in West China have their eyes turned north, For a time they looked to Brussels but with very little hope. Would, they began to ask themselves the Nine Power Conference bring them deliverance from the hand of the aggressor? The Brussels Conference has come and gone and while very few in West China had any hope of its acaccomplishing anything still they had some little expectation that perhaps.
might result, It" would hardly be right to say that the Szeehuenese are terribly disappointed, World events are not" only wirelessed all-over West China but world opinions are picked up and Giseusted, Possibly, they argued, something might be done or sug-Rested by the powers in session stop the ruthless warfare of Japan, When, however, the con-Terence "Moped" the eyes of the nation turned in_other directions, Rritain, France, Germany, Italy and America "apparently all avowed friends of the Republic, were quite Prepared to stand. aside and. see: China crushed under the iron heel of Japonism.
'The people' are beginning to six there not a. touch of madness all these treaties, pacts, obligations, concordats and agreements? It very Jong time since the people in 'West China gave up all hope in. President Wilson's charming' little adventure known as the League of Nations. Abyssinia, Manchuria and China—the flag adorn its Hall of Fame. 'The west is making one unnecessary Machiavellian vontribition towards' the east, so think the Chiese, and many' are beginning to esk,'are Germany and Italy, after Jsuch Jong years of friendship' really Subseribing to Japan's destruction of China; or is-the Three Power Pact! sigmad in Rome merely another pawn in some. world wide game? Why! were Britain and France not invited. to put their signatures to this anti-of Gen, Chlang—has Nippon ever Wworked out the reason' why? China, through her universities scattered all over the country, was slowly but surely working up a culture equal to that of other countries and Was mot unwilling or ashamed to sok the help and advice of Japan, Why then this ruthless invasion of the young Republic?
If Bolshevism is such a dangerous and nasty thing why should Nippon take Manchuria from China and drive her in her sympathies towards Russia? Readers "of the modern novel and the cinema fans know without being told how some people are driven to drink and destruction. The people in West China have so far not been touched by the terrible carnage at the Const so are able to typrecate both sides of the quer Common and popular names aludent dlsedision are now Mu: terrible thing when history makes lls record of the present catastrophe, that China in her weakness eried out for help and, assistance from the rong ones of the world, and they felled to help her or stop ihe aggres-for, The inhabitants of West China fare not downhearted or discouraged, They see themselves the objects. of a cruel and unkind and unjust Aggression and an untruth being used to justify a ruthless invasion 'The Nine Power Conference has yielded nothing; 'The League ions is a wash out; America's ambition to make the world safe for democracy' is too academic; the munition firms have no. soul; great Britain and France have tet down an old friend; eon, and will Germany fand Italy save China from Bolshe ism and will they advise their ally restrain her evil hand in a country that has nod tions; Germany has ambit they stand by and take sides. nation doing her utmost to crush and destroy the ambitions of China?
A Reaven, [Szechuen, Dec. 7.
"LP." is not the only man who can see a joke and the Chinese; probably laugh more than any other pation under the sun. When the Pact was signed did iwo of the. Jdelegates give the Chinese Ambassador in Rome a significant wink; Jor was there any suggestion of his being invited to Join the pact, 1 telligent Chinese in West China are having those things discussed for them in the daily press.
In spite of what is taking place inthe counsels of the notion rank and file of Szechuen are being galpped by a realism that is. bee coming quite dangerous. Nations tre hoodwinking nations snd powers. fore being thrown together like herds of wild animals, merely for safety and self protection. China 18 sadly looking for help li ter hour Jot distress and Germany, Italy and JJepan are doing all in their power drive her towards Communism, If Bolshevism is a menace to, world peace why drive 400,000,000 people fo, seek shelter" within its vicious 'Any port in a storm is the sailor's Gictum and Germany and Holy have surely enough sense tu know how reasonable and friendly the young Republic can be. Can' they, therefore, stand by and sea this cultured ancient nation crushed and Grivon to distraction by the instruments of western warfare? Or is there some other game on hand and ig China or Communism or Bolshev-
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