In respect to purely legal points one feels the inadequacy of arguments, for Japanese writers have their legal points to cite also, since in the Ho-Umetsu terms at least there was not, as Dr. Hsu says, a meeting of minds. For this reason it is well that the author quotes at length from the speech of General Chiang before the fifth national congress of the Kuomintang on November 19, 1935, in which General Chiang said:
Ig international developments do not menace our national existence or block the way of our national regeneration, we should, in the interest Of the whole nation, practise forbearance in facing issues not of a fundamental nature. At the same time we should seek harmonious international relations provided there is no violation of our sovereignty. We should Seek economic ce-operation based upon the principle of equality and reciprocity....We shall not forsake peace until there is no hope for peace.
shall not talk lightly of sacrifice until we are driven to the last extremity, which makes sacrifice in-
The great majority of impartial observers of this Far Eastern War believe and will continue to believe that these words of General -Chiang were spoken in full sincerity and are the best interpretation of China's cause even now.—D.R.
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