To the Bditor of the Nowri-Ciuwa Day News"
Sin—It seems to me fair that Mr. 'Wang Ching-wel should be given the fullest possible opportunity' to present his argument for a Sino-Japanese peace conference to terminate the present hostilities, The statements so far attributed to Mr. Wang have confined themsel to the advocacy of the wisdom of peace—something that no" sensible person would say is not desirable. The question is—What sort of peace?
Mr. Wang is represented to contend that in his efforts to restore peace between the two countries he is working for the real interests of his own people. If this is so, and considering the fact that he' Is understood to have discussed the matier thoroughly with responsible officers of the Japanese Government, and further assuming that he knows what is included in the true interests of his own people, let Mr. Wang now make a clear, comprehensive. and unequivocal statement of the terms fon which peace may be restored between China and Japan.
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Mr. Chamberlain Defended To the Editor of the "Nonm-Ena Dany News"
'Sm—Will you kindly allow "me space for a few words in connection with the attack by Facrorum on the Britich Prime Minister, Mr, Neville Chamberlain, which I read' in your issue of July Facroruat 1s most probably not British, the name -indicates this to me. I'also hear that political articles appeared under this name in @ non-'Arian Berlin paper before the Nazis came to power; if this is the same man, a good service may be rendered to him and" his ce-refugees by recommending him to keep out of politics, local as well as international for the time.being. The present-day troubles may to a large extent be traced to such over-zealous activities.
Facrorust may wish that the unbloody war.going on at present in Europe shall not end unbloody, but such "are certainly not the wishes and hopes of the majority of the people in the British Empire, in Ger~ many and everywhere. Why is the Feaction against the Nazis' persecu-ion of the Jews not stronger? The only reason I see is that anti-Semitism latent in all countries and that this is due to activities not wanted by the natives.
First of all, Mr. Chamberlain is not responsible for the political situation existing when' he took over his job from Mr, Baldwin, His predecessors had missed golden opportunities for making satisfactory terms with pro-Nazi Germany, a3 also with Herr Hitler before'he had rearmed the Reich. It is not Mr. Chamberlain who neglected the British armament and who gave Hitler the opportunity to rearm'and to say, "We have to thank no one except Benito Mus-solicit"
The Abyssinian blunder, the cor ner stone of Hitler's achievements, had been solidly laid by Mr. Eden. before Mr. Chamberlin became Prime Minister.
The policy followed in: Spain and in China by Great Britain is not of Mr. Chamberlain's making; opinions may differ as to the merits, but no one denies that thi policy is parallel to the one followed in Europe and that it has become a source of great difficulties out here as over there As to Munich, it is quite possible that Herr Hitler was bluffing, but there is no doubt that Great Britain was likewise not well prepared for 'a showdown at the time. It is a fact that the people in Great Britain wer at least as thankful to Mr. Chamber: Lain for his Munich. as the Ge People were and, let us hope Only well-conducted propaganda {from Interested quarters ale Facrorum brought a change in these feelings. The political Opposition in Great Britain and papers who today say: "We told you so" are most prob= ably more at fault for Mr. Chamber-Jain's failure than he is himself. His failure is a victory for the opposition. Mr. Chamberlain was prepared recognize the necessity of a "new order" in Europe; the British and French opposition insisted on keeping the old one. The fundamental principle of the old order in Europe, as devised by Great Britain, is the lance of power," aiming to pre~ clude, in her own interests, that any European power (besides herself) should secure a dominating position; the method by which this is to be secured is "divide and rule" For France it means to attain a dominate ing position in Europe; this explains why Great Britain could not always agree with France after Versailles, as no Power, including France, shall secure such a dominating position.
At Munich Mr. Chamberlain ren~ dered a great service to his country; British history will recognize this and immortalize him as one of her great-
Herr Hitler may not have one-tenth the popularity ex-Emperor Wilhelm had, his loud-spoken popularity may not even be skin-deep, he and ambitions may be swept away by 2 bloody war. but can any one predict with certainty what the cost would be and would such a war solve durand Factoruat's problems, and not create others, still more dificult for lus to solve?' In case of a bloody war, in face of a common danger, the germans would stand united as well others, and Germany could only bbe vanquished at the cost of terrible sacrifices and perhaps the destruction of all we intend to defend and to keep. This is the opinion of many, If not of all.
Humanity as a whole owes thanks to a man who tried under prevailing circumstances to avoid such a disaster, and not condemnation @ la Facroruad, People doing this are afraid that Mr. Chamberlain may still find a way to avoid a bloody war in Europe and they believe that Mr. Chamberlain is the stumbling-block for an understanding with Russia, 1, for my part, would prefer to sce a United Europe, defending together the place the white race (especially Great Britain), has occupied during
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