One of the Japanese candidates in the recent Shanghai election campaign made the interesting statement that the Japanese had no prejudice against any nationality. Other Japanese have made similar statements in an effort to break down Chinese opposition to the Japanese Army's plans for a more or less permanent overlordship of China, Of special interest in connection with this important subject was an interesting and significant declaration by a prominent Japanese member of Parliament, Mr. Hyogoro Sakurai, General Manager of the Minseito Party. Mr. Sakurai declared that the Yamato race is superior to the Chinese and intermarriage between the two races "would leave a blotch on the history of Japan's colonial policy." Since this is an important, subjects this critical time—it should be widely readin is week's (April 13) issue of China Weekly Review.
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