In Shanghai, whenever peace comes to this troubled area, even though that desived-for time may be still tve or ten years in the future, all of us will be wanting to create conditions that will lead to future peace and not] to future strife, Supposing the war' drags on for another five or ten years, it will be fatal for the welfare of millions in this area if we allow con ditions affecting the moral and mental welfare of the people to steadily deteriorate.
Mr. Sopher wrote, "no capital fund all sanity is going to be forthcoming where there ig mental, moral and physical chaos as here at the moment."
another paragraph he stated.
pital cannot be got without implicit confidence, which means simply it we trust you we can work together Dut the utmost security would have to frst exist, The policy of Japanese military leadership must suffer a sea change' before it can command such unquestioning faith and trust, Tt must metamorphose the—principles of military Japan to the ethics and morals of mankind."
very powerful and ever-present factor in our speculations ig the idea of world conquest held by many of the Japanese militarists, After twelve months of hostilities it is more than Ukely that some of these grandiose! ideas have decreased in size. Moreover, in view of the world reaction to the Japanese adventures or misadventures, it is more than likely that most of Japan's non-military leaders have considerably changed iheir ideas and appreciate the fact that in the world of 1938 it is the better part of wisdom to pay some attention to the ideas and interests' of other nations.
The peoples in many lands have not their interest in the Far Fastern hostilities. On the contrary. the foreign policies of England and of the United States of America are definitely "actively engaged in the search for peace." If we are to judge nation by its own highest standards, we can rest well-assured that the best Japanese statesmen would vehemently disclaim the idea that their civiliza tion is one which leads to moral und mental degradation of citizens fostered by such nefarious means as the encouragement of the drug traffic and widespread smuggling with all its dishonesty.
Chinese, Japanese and Westerners, all the citizens who live and work in this marvellous. city, "Shanghai, will benedt if more attention is paid to constructive measures that promote peace. To change the hearts and minds of men so that they will use science, for constructive purposes rather than for destructive ones no longer an idle dream nor an idealistic sentiment, It is a necessity. It would take almost a whole book to attempt adequately to discuss the feelings existing between Chinese and Most Chinese people differentiate between Japanese militarists and hon-militarists, but we cannot blind ourselves to the fact that strict censorship and extensive propaganda In Japan have created a distorted outlook. To show how important this aspect is, I may say that an oficial in the Foreign Office of a neutral power gave it as his opinion that perhaps a period of 50 years would be required to change the mentality of the Japanese people,
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