Mr. Arnold told Pacific Coast groups a nine-point programme ynust be adopted if the United States is to check the progress of this movement by Japan. The programme follows:
1 Cease to atlvertise that regard less of what happens in Chino, America will not go to war. 2——Cense fo tomporize our relations with the Japanese government. 3.—Spotlight the Far Eastern situation by means a non-partisan information board which "will be on a par with the Supreme Court in character," and act liaison between the United States government and the people.
4—Draft measures to meet the Jap-nese acts of aggression. 5—Streng~ then the embargo on the sale of war materials to Japan and prevent ¢x-tension of loans and credits.
Organize business interested inthe For East for collective security bargaining with Japan, which "is playing one against the other" at the resent time.
7T—Extend credit and financial ac~ commodations to China, &.—Nolp China to keep open its communica tions with the outside world to guarantee continued assistance against Japan, 9—Aid the rehabilitation of Chinese currency.
"The cost of giving the Chinese their needed support will be but a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of later coping with a Japan becoming the military master of China and the Far East," Mr, Arnold said.
"Our fate as a nation depends on how we handle our responsibilities as.a Pacific power. We must assume leadership now in enforcing two-way trafic in the relationships of the principal. nations bordering on the Pacific," he told Pacific coast croupe United Press.
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