War or Peace:
Appeal to Japanese 'To the Editor of the "Nowni-Cutwa' Darty News"
Sin—When I write: "Let all true human beings fight together ina wor against the common enemy of Humanity, oppression and injustice, Ido not' impileitly mean a war farmed forces, with human beings culting the throats of ollier human beings. I have Yather in mind war of moral force, of inflexible upholding of truth and relentless dehnunelation of all shallow' doctrines and. false principles. The pon will bey the most, potent weapon. "for engaging In such a" war. Let the public opinion be stirred up to see The fonly of the narroveminded nationalism. Let the people of each country overthrow" their unworthy Dublle servants who have the auda-City of imposing Upon them senseless oath and. destruction, Let the Sapaneso and Chinese peoples unite in'demanding that the Jepanese armes. withdravr. from 'China ible orgy of bombing and all for what? The Chinese fre defending their fatherland fre doing a most regretful thing, but they are duly bound to do ft." But why. and for what should the Japan eae' soldiers fight? Tis absurd latin that, with all their" bombing jane' killing and burning" and rape, they are befriending the" Chinese people and coking 10 berate them from the tyranny of Chiang. Kal: shel, 'The Chiang Kui-shek govern-mani has its faults and_at one time Gross and unpardonable "faults, But Ghiang Is now the accepted leader all the "Chinese "people; all his former enemies ate "now eager 10 serve and die fighting under him, 'The' Japanese invasion. has achieved one thing, China," chaotic and disorderly" but yesterday, Is now United a8 she his never been' for many years. The puppets at helping trid Nanking and Shanghai: what them? "However much the Jspanese anilitarists try to make of them, they dre mere puppets and nonentities In the eyes of the Chinese people.
'Do the Japanese people Feally seek to conquer and" enslave and nihilate™ the Chinese people, 400 million of them? Even if you could succeed" with" Your' very" superior Military fore, what good would bring to you? "Would it be. worth while in such a cause to sacrifice your' fathers, husbands, brothers and sons with all their future and' promise? Your leaders have command. fed'and you have no alternative but to obey: Patriotism demands that You sacrifice everything for your" Guuntry, Alte, this doctrine of false petrlotiam! How many crimes in the World are committed in thy name! Let me tell you, my dear Japanese brothers" and. friends, when the caders of Your country have. com-rified. themselves toa wrong andi suleldat.poliey, it Ie not. patriotism to follow that' policy blindly, Your country' belongs "og much to. you"as fo your so-called leaders." It you know the polly to be wrong, do your' utmost to rectify it." Exercise Your right as citizens of your country; Change those leaders who betray you Doware of staking "your. beloved country asa. pawn inthe reckless ame of military chance; think not of the empty glory of foreign cone quest but "of Your own real good. If you do like this, you will be the true patriots of your country, follow blindly: your so-called leaders misguided policies makes you a mere! {ool and nothing else!
Tam quite sure the Japanese people and the Chinese people agree in this fundamental principle: that our two colmntries should be friends to each other, We are of the same race and culture and we are such near neigh ours that it is impossible for us to quarrel for any length of time. Fust trade and: ce-operate with each other for mutual benefit. Neither of tus has-been blameless in the past, Wo "have been' fellow-victims' suicidal policies dictated by our rallitarists. Is it not time for us. to shake hands and to ask each other's forgiveness? The Japanese. invasion has taught a (terrible Tesson to China. We blame ourselves more than. the Japanese people, for it is our own chaos and disunity which invites the foreign aggression. 'The Japanese me vasion has inflicted terrible destruc tion in China; we weep over ' our dead brethren' in awe and sorrow; but! we do not ask for dire revenge. Hale against hate leads us to nowhere; love alone will bring comfort and happiness to all of us Our only request is that the Japanese people recall all their soldiers from China and instead of war dnd hatred, there will be peace and Tave between our two countries, Will the Japanese people tolerate the in-vision, of their country by foreign troops? The Chinese people 100. will not tolerate foreign invasion. So long as there is a single Japanese soldier in the Chinese territory, there can be
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