The Archive · 1940

National China Beaten

"Meanwhile the Americans have seen in the Far East that Chiang Kai-shek is nearly finished, that our ally, Japan, has been victorious in 100 battles, that the "New Order in East Asia" is becoming more firmly established every day, and that the trade of the Far East is flowing like a mighty river, so that there is no way of withstanding Japan here. They also realize that none of these diabolical schemes can ever hope to meet with success among the generous and honest peoples of East Asia. For these reasons America uses the pretence of opposing Germany as a pretext for trying to hinder Japan. For it is Japan against whom this embargo is really aimed.

"Although the laws of internationa, intercourse and of neutrality should be enough to defeat such scheming and unneutral conduct, the public al! the world over will share our indignation at the horrible schemes of this capitalist state. With united wisdom and strength the whole of Hitlers people to a man have sct out to defeat these plots. But here in Asia, notwithstanding the establishment of the New Order in Cost Asia and the recovery of trade, which are the dearest wishes of all peoples of the Far East, the plutocratic demo-crocies continue without cessation to pursue a policy of obstruction and hostility.

"We, the people of East Asia, must adopt an unyielding attitude and treat these democracies to the same eagle's glance and tiger's glare and oppose them in the same way, as mighty Germany is doing in Europe. If all the peoples of the Far East join together in the common cause and stand up to these people, then it will be found that even the leader of the plutocratic democracies, America, is not so very dangerous afte IL"

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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