Tu the Editor of the "Nowrit-Cutxa, Dairy News"
Sti—in corroboration of the letter from the Hon. Secretary of the SSPCA, may 1 add that the fron quent sigitt of the small dog, and the beggar, kneeling on the pavement in the vicinity of Kiangse Road, affects profoundly. T always stop have a word with them, and on one carrying a parcel of bones home for my own dog, 1 took rather large chop bone, and ingly gave it to the beggar's dog. The beggar, then put out his hand fooling for his little pal, and to my amazement, gently edged the bone from its mouth. Then 1 got_my lesson! "He bit off small pieces of meat from the bone, and handed them slowly to the wee follow, who thoroughly enjoyed his timn! Thad quite forgotten that my boy friend, who would have wolfed that bone: inten minutes, was. six times the size of the scrap of doghood belong-jing 10 the beggar.
Instead of people bothering Public Jvodies to part this poor beggar, who Jeannot earn a living through no fault fof his own, from probably his only Joy "in life, could "not we "sympa [Uaizers" regularly send a dollar each Jper month, say, to the SSP.CA, to {be handed to the beggar, which would Jensure him receiving an income of Jat least fifty dollars per month, and both man and dog would be able to [stay comfortably at home, which T have no doubt they would both much appreciate, and we who witness the tie "tableau would no longer harrowed, "And would not the emotions resulting from our practical sympathy be more enviable than that of righteous wrath satisfied merely by laying complaints so that someone else can [shoulder the burden Shanghai, Feb, Germany and China Markets To the Editor of the "Nonr-Cutxa Dany News" export or die", Doesn't that sound fanciful or serious—logical or contradictory? There may be a time when communists—professional or by Taith—respond to that assertion and quote It for a slogan.
Tt sounds to me as one of the many' fallacies of man who alone of course, neither God nor Nature—is responsible jblesome worl now suffer.
"Export or dic' does it mean? Herr Hitler does not define it. Lord Halifax assumes that itis understood everywhere in Great Britain and in Germany, What is Signor Mussolint going to say about it? How does a Japanese understand American? A French? A Russian? A. Chinese?
may mean, first, that export must continue or else those who are engaged in the business become wn~ employed. starved and then gradually, ie. 'That may become a symptom of disease in a nation, And the disease may spread. Unless and until the disease Is cured—and prevented, that nation may become very sick or even, fle out. For example, the depression which does not coom' to have ended inthe Anglo-Saxon countries is a result of the upset in export.
Secondly It may mean that export, must continue in order to enable payment of external debis or else Insolvency, bankruptey,. destitution may follow and death can easily surpass life, Herr Hitler may point to Turkey, Ingia, and China of the old time 9s examples even though there can be no fair example of that sort In history.
External debts may result from war, especially in the form of me demnity and on account of war materials, They may result from Imports especially of raw materials and of "luxuries". They may result from loans either productive or productive, The first are called war AebIs, the second, trade debis, while the last, nance debts. Any one class of these debts exceeding "the capacity to pay" back Is bad enough for a nation, Germany bears debts of all the three classes, as China does. Implicitly or explicitly, Terr Hitler on' behalf of Germany repudiates fil the war debts and "suspends" the nance debts, but he Ix not quite sure fof what con be done with the trade debts. As one who admires the German nation, 1 am rather concern with his anxiety.
Thirdly, "export or die" may mean that export must expand or else one essential" factor of imperialism may become feebly ineffective, There arises a vicious circle of." thought: Imperialism prompts export and ex port promotes imperialism. Those Who elumour for glory, supremacy 01 "equality" and "scourily", believe some imperial or divine mission, und revere "great men" instead of God, are arguing in that circle, Can there be any other meaning, sir? Now how one nation must export oF die, $0 far as a historian can sce, is not unavoidable, Export {sa pfoblem—economic, social and political. It is no solution to. the problem of expansion either national niernational. "It may be an effect cause of international conflict at the same time. It is quite 9 com: plicated interdependent affair. Neves theless nations can deal with satisfactorily through ce-operation as communities within a nation do nowadays, 'A "great" power must export or die, If that is true with Germany, itis algo true with Great Britain, I Ttaly, with Japan, with France, with America, ete. With it, indeed, irises a world-wide common problem. There are two ways to approach this problem in the present day world. One which a gangster or a brute would take in a community ist "TI handle it myself." The other which x-abiding citizen would follow is: "I'M call public attention to it since it, affects us all in the com munity." There may be no absolute solution arriving through the second way, but peace can be maintained thereby. Through the frst way: there must come bitter quarrel and war may follow. And it is not necessary to add here or explain that possession of colonies does not lead to at positive Solution of the problem at issue. Nor it desirable to show how the com-wunists may present that problem as serious contradiction in our capitalism of today.
Germany, England and Ameriew must come to a mutual understanding, rather than resort to wor. Then a Wworld economic conference can be called with or without Soviet Russia, participating. In the meantime, let is remind Herr Hitler that China is tone of the best markets' to Germany almost absolutely necessary and the most profitable. "It is inconceivable for Germany to help Japan to destroy or monopolize it to the regret of her own German people who know and foresee what "export or die" really means, Shanghai, Feb. 9.
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