nue north ching are clearly dater-military group who are, rune
Inited'to hold on to what they have Hot and (o develop it according 0 free oven ideas. "And while Tok busy aiseussing' this, that. and the slice pan for ending the" China Me Sidon they fo ahead with thole own Soma for exploiting the resources forth china-for the benefit of ongelves and their fellow nationals who have thrown in thee tot vith them there.
itis perhaps not generally realized Anat Sopanese: immigrants into, north China ready number" over 200,00, Sind ave continuing Lo pour in at the fate "of more. than 102000. a. month the toyons, even 8s fae away Sauer shansi, have their Japanese populations of hundreds of shopkeep-Cee'and small traders, which run Into fhowands "in the. larger" places lwagar provided that such towns are Noned by the Japanese Torees then again, some observers estimate that'at the present time the Japanese {mies of occupation in north China Sreairenay" deriving about "7, per Sent of the cost of their upkeep fro focal sources, such as levies on Eu reins revenue and railway: royalties from salt: goat and iron. mines con {rigutions from. transport "companies the Tanger panes business confers buying Up produce, nach SSiton and "grain At rok "bottom 'Many new motor roa¢s and railuve o cure of got ters' tar Japanese, outside the old ters cities have been drawn up: tremendous building activity is Roing on. everywhere, One almost gets the pression that north China is no longer: Concerned with the China Incident.
No terference in. No Even should the Want Eh government, which as hitherto show strangely evanescent, manage at get {0 consolidate and became 2 catablshed fact, it seems very" im probable that this will be allowed Interfere with the plans oF the statu the north China réxime. The worth China army seems but litre interested Tokyo's scheme for s central Rov Crnment for the whole of China. the very" best. the position of orth China in any such government woul "a, very" ease' and. indeterminate tone.) Me. Suma" fnimself. although irom Tokyo, and not a "Dominion, Spokesman. in replying to. questions Gri this subject said airity: "OF cours {here are all kinds of federal status.
Outside the larger ovens. and away from the railway lines, the develop-tment of Japanese interests is no doubt Shit very slow. The Chinese quer is continue to present a suteienty "troublesome problem, though it must be atlded, by no means as serious tone, as might have been expected, in View of the Vast area now held by the Japanese.
But this guerilla situa-low, though still formidable, has eer tainly "not known any' worse during the last year.
Tu the end, it can only be a ques brought manageable dimen tion of time, before this menace is
sions, after which the Japanese will be able to proceed with the pacifieaton of the Interior and the less easily approachable districts. as they have succeeded in doing in Manchoukuo. Therefore, presuming that Japan nol Involved! in any fresh wat with time factor would seem to be not only on the side of independent China, but also on that of the "North China Dominion" (as distinguished from Japan proper), giving it time to develop ils resources "and become a self-supporting country. red of Chinese Peo}
It Is true that there is a widespread belief that the Japanese, by their indiscriminate bombing of open towns and by their other barbarous acts committed in the course of their un~ just war, as also by their harsh and Drroyant treatment of the conquered populations. have stirred up such a feeling of hatred among the Chinese people. that they will never be able to develop or exploit their conquests. Although' believers. in humanity and justice will be anxious to geeept this argument. a cold and impartial examination of facts does not seem bear it out in its entirety. "Having lived two and a half years in the occupied territory of north China and carefully watched developments there, Tam unable to endorse the above view, at least not without very considerable qualifications.
In the frst place it has to be remembered that north China has suffered very much less from air-raids and hostilities generally. than other parts of China. "More important still, the masses who in China are always living close {0 the borderline of starvation. have no time to spare in re-restful oF revengeful memories. and are forced to accept with thanks, whatever opportunities for earning their daily bread are offered them by heir conquerors, "It is true that this applies ina much less degree to the educated classes in north China, a large proportion of whom still steadily refuse to work together with the
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