If China's foreign trade shows an Iinerease of 200 to 300 per cent every decade, which if a conservative estimate compared with what happened in Chosen and Taiwan under Japanese management, the volume will be Imereased to 3,000,000,000 or 4,000,000,- 000 yuan in the course of a fow years, 'Consequently China will show enormous progress in 20 years, a complete change in contrast to the Situation hitherto, 'This resurrected, China will enter on a golden age of unprecedented prosperity, a blessing both to herself' and to Japan. Certainly it will be open to European and American countries to enjoy some of this prosperity.
The Japanese people have set themselves to a tremendous task in reconstructing the vast country of China, They are devoting themselves to it, body and mind, with unswerving determination. Under no eireumstances must this task be left until it finished with full success. T am fully confident that we can and will succeed by strenuous effort, and without having to call on foreign capital necessarily.
Tt is not that I am antagonistic to foreign capital. We Japanese will welcome the aid of foreign capitalists It they. sincerely try to work with us. What Tam emphasizing are, the
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