To the Editor of the "Nonri-Ciixa Darcy News"
SmI Britain thinks, as a cer tain section of her people declares, that Japan should not be allowed fo "compete on terms of equality. with British interests in every part of the Empire." it means for her to say that Japan is barred to do anything against British interests on an equal standing with Britain even in this part of the globe. Tu all probability, Britain does not core a bit that "'she "herself is doing' all sorts of things to mar our interests fon terms of superiority in our neighbourhood. She appears to believe that every: moh of this world living belongs to her, in Keeping, with her traditional self-importance as.a country on which the sun never sets, Tt is all very well. But has Japan ever attempted to claim a chance of competing with "British
equality or not, in any part of the inter whether on terms of world, except in her own region?
'Although Japan is a "have nol country. she never before sighed after anything beyond her legitimate rights and interests, nor did she ever attempt to get' more than she was given. In this respect, Japan has always remained on the passive side. 'There are more than one stances in history of not many centuries back, where Japan" suffered threats and' was actually deprived of her legitimate rights and interes by some shameless and rapacious occidental" countries which "see no Limit in. their satisfied appetite.
Self-indulgent as they are, these "nave" nations are ingrained with the thought that whatever things they do are to the last bit without fault and lawfully proper, os well fas virtuous, while anything others do—especially Japan's doing—is not of standard that is morally accepted. This sort of self-centred conception fon the part of the elder without source of world disturbance "peace-breaker" nations think they can do anything as. they please; whereas Japan cannot be allowed to @o-even one thing without being viewed with suspicion in her national expansion based on right which she hax legitimately inherited.
"To say that Japan should not stand side by side with British "Interests in att parts of the Bmpire, is 'Britain reasonable anous to admit that, she Iikewise unt not to-do. anything fde by Side with Japan's greater East, Asia region? Our Bast Asia 'Asiatiog'" East Asia; it is neither Britons' nor Americans" We by no means tolerate to see our back-yard Used as a playground of oceiaentals'
"Japan never Intends to go beyond ner given area, and." she naturally docs "not want undesirables Mowed to come, in to hamper her efforts to. Keep. things. in her East Asin home in better order—the New Order. "Japan is entitied todo everything as she likes within her own sphere for the ood of its inhabitants. "The only "thing we are concerned with is that we establish better Bast. Asia, of Asiatics. None such "iso business that Should try to build up a world sities, The same section of the British public also declares that "it Japan Insists on. war, it must be a war all of Japan's ambitions in the Far Bast. Very. sorry, Japan never wants war: she has not the slightest Jaea to get ina tangle with any others, But, mind, she is not so very much a amiliesop as she may be thought, to te to skin back "with her fall between the Jegs, if and when anyone Js'ever indiscreet enough to threaten fo deprive her of her rightful amb ions in the Far, East. We wonder Just" what that "anyone" would be prepared to do if" we were soft enough to lose our reason and try ioverush his Sphere of innuence 'Asa matter of fact, we have many ambitions as others' "do. But our ambitions, unlike others, are in all respects pure and constructive, First all, we have 0. repair—nay, father reconstruct our house' which Sulfered' disastrous damage. wrought bby unwelcomed guests who for many years felt-themselves. Yeo much at home and behaved on their own authority tothe great. embarrassent of the host. Parallel with this, there Ties before us a colossal task which we have to dispose of with 11 our might toward the realization out solemn pledge to establish the few order based on better living And prosperity. in our quarter asa Sound unit of just and Tasting peace of. the world.
Novone denies that Britain and America are the foremost countries among world power. But this Should not necessarily follow that these two countries can do whatever things as they please at" schatever places as they, "choose. "Tt also can hot be denied "that" Britons and Americans are imbued with utu tananism as well as. individualism, Note that over-indulgence in this self-secking side of morality is the doorway to superiority feeling, selfishness, meddlesomeness, and agrestiveness. This must be tie World of ours and not mine.
Technically speaking, Japai is not against the legitimate pursuit of acquired rights and interests in China by Britain, America and any other western powers. However, it must be remembered that Japan now fighting China, When a house is on fire one cannot be unduly anxious, above all others, over his individual Interest invested therein. Such must be the secondary con: sideration; he instead ought to be aware of the primary Importance to bring the fire under earliest possible control, s0 that the house may be saved from complete ruin, whereby to preserve his interest alike, Wise and shrewd as they are, it 'a wonder that John Bull and Uncle Sam do not appear to understand the real situation in the Far Fast and are acting contrary to Japan's Intention at almost every turn. May it be that they are just pretending to be ignorant of the real state of affairs in this area, and also of the true nature of Japan's endeavours which are nothing other than those born out of her unselfish aspirations which should" be all clear to th world through the Konoye Declaration? Are there any examples the world history which are in nature so honourable, righteous, and humanitarian as Japan's China eam= paign?
In sum, it is high time for Britain and America to throw off their camouflage and come out to be their very self In their dealing with international affairs, if they are truly anxious to preserve intact their so-called rights and Interetts in any corner of the earth, Shanghai, Oct, 24.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.