Asked whether the loan to Chins, coming on top of the abrogation of thè U. S-Japan Trade Treaty of 1911, would lead to a spontaneous anti-American feeling in China, the said that it was at present hard to conceive such an explosion of feeling but he could not predict what future changes and circumstances will precipitate. Public opinion governs actions of governments, he continued, and the same applies in Japan. It is possible in future that sentiments of the Japanese towards the United States may be aggravated because of incidents which may arise in the future. It goes without saying, however, that the Japanese authorities do not desire h a deterioration of relations, he added.
Referring to Finland! again, the spokesman said that in stating the using mistake of the people in the United States in regarding Finland and China hile in the same light, he would like to point out that' the degrees of patriotism displayed in the two countries were vastly different. Leaders in Chungking, he said, since the days they have been in power, have amassed huge fortunes and their deposits abroad were being increased from day to day. In this respect there is a vast difference between the two countries.
"There are Chinese who are patriots, he said, but they are being betrayed by those in high places in Chungking, who profit financially by the sufferings of their own countrymen. A correspondent then asked why it had taken two and a half years for the Chinese in the occupied areas to awaken to this thrill and in reply the said that the Chinese in the occupied areas are gradually becoming conscious of this state of affairs in Chungking but were not articulate enough to express themselves on the subject.
"Do you believe that the Chinese officials in the occupied areas are more honest than those in Chungking?" asked the correspondent.
"Yes, definitely," was the reply.
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