It is no longer a secret that important moves are being made with the object of bringing about peace between China and Japan. From the Japanese standpoint, the leaders of that country are faced with the alternatives of peace or revolution, although few will admit the situation has become so serious. European Powers, faced with the problem of a long and devastating war, also want peace in Asia and some of them are not particular about the methods employed in, bringing it about. Then there are Russia and the United States! Both are bringing pressure on Japan—with different objectives in view. And then the question of China's reactions, The problem of peace in China and latest developments on the subject, all covered in various articles in this week's issue of The China "Weekly Review, among them, "The Tri-Cornered Diplomatic Tussle," "Shanghai's Open Door and American Trade," "Sir Archibald Clark Kerr's Trip to Chungking and the Question of Mediation," "Defence of Wang Ching-wei's Peace Drive."
Other articles in this week's i: "The Far East Figures in Congressional Debates on Neutrality,"
"War Begins in Earnest," "Tokyo Foreign Office Squabble," "U. S. National Morality Must Not Be Betrayed," an article by Senator Lewis S. Schwellenbach; "Effect of the War on Japan's Trade and Industry" a significant article by a Japanese writer, and numerous reports and summaries of news developments in the Far East, including an important letter on the subject of war relief by Madame Sun Yat-sen (Soong Ching-ling).
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