"The spirit of the so-called agree~ ment for a New Order in East Asia speaks for itself. As revealed in the 'Twenty-One Demands, and later in the Tanaka Memorial, the present policy of Japan, as so boldly indicated fin this' agreement, is the complete nillitary, political and economic domination of China, making her Japanese protectorate'in all but name-"if there were any doubters, it must now be clear to all that so long as the Japanese military dominate their country, the policy-of aggression and feonquest will remain. unchanged.
"From the conquest of China and the utilization of her manpower and resources, itis but a short step to the conquest of Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula, the Bast Indies, India and the Philippines, and to the hegemony Jor the Pacific, which was clearly out-fined in the Tanaka Memorial.
"China has long realized the immutable aims of the Japanese militarists and has taken up arms in resistance, regardless of the odds against her.
"We have been engaged in more than two and a half years of ruthless Warfare, enduring untold sufferings, Yet in our resistance against Japan we are fighting, not alone for ourselves, but against grandiose Japanese ambitions which take all nations In their purview.
"Beside the domination of China, with all that it entails, how meaningless are the gestures with which Japan, in "her desperation, is now tempting the Powers,—sueh' as the: opening of the Yangtze under Japan-military supervision, delimitation of the Manchurian-Mongolian boundary, and cessation of the Tientsin blockade.
"I trust the implication of the 'Agreement is clear and that friendly Powers will immediately take positive measures to help China, and' to retrain from furnishing Japan with resources to conquer China, "Tt goes without saying that they should also refrain from any measures which, "in the exigencies of the moment, they may be tempted to take, that may weaken China's resistance, which it fs clearly so vital to maintain in the common cause of mankind," Reuter,
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