Tokyo, Sept. 1.
Tiger-whiskered General Soda Araki, former War Minister and father of the "East Asia Service Day."—observed on the first of each month, and instituted two years ago,—told the "Asahi" that if the nation bears in mind the lessons of Russia during the former World War and France today, there is nothing to fear from an ABED encirclement or "foreign fifth columnists" He declared that both Imperial Russia and France fell because they lacked the spirit, of self-sacrificing patriotism.
Turning to his pet subject—East Asia Day, General Araki warned that a "new order is all rigi. but it is not good to become too strait-laced about it.... East Asia Service Days should not be allowed to degenerate into synonyms for lonely and alcohol-less days,"
He said that the lea of the August 38, it was reported in a be-ita Tadani" cable from the American capital.
x be recollected that during this meeting President Roosevelt was handed Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye's message eny an improvement in the Pacific situation.
Yet, until he returned to the "Mr, Kiyosawa urged Admiral Toyoda to adopt every possible measure, although stressing that Japan is prepared for the worst, The noted commentator asserted in his article that the European hostilities are not near & settlement. although Germany already has conquered territory more than three times larger than Japan.
He also noted that as a result of the recent Hitler-Mussolini meeting on the eve of the war's anniversary. it was reported to have been decided that the Germans would supply winter clothing to troops in Soviet Russia. thus indicating that the Russian campaign probably would extend into the cold months, Mr. Kiyosawa recalled that on September 4, 1989, Chancellor Hitler assured Germans over their future and openly expressed doubt whether the European war would develop into a prolonged conflict as the Demo-crocies hoped, "Today, there is no such thing as a blitz offensive and blitz victory possibly in battles, but not in a war' Mr, Kiyosawa pointed out adding that if Japan is involved in a war, it surely will be a long one, Revival Hoped For He asked whether Japan had diplomacy in the true sense of the word in the past ten years, and expressed the hope that it will be revived in the hands of Admiral Toyods, He said that genuine diplomacy in Japan's history was carried out only by the late Count Munemitsu Mutsu at the time of the Sino-Japanese War. and the late Marquis Jutaro Komura during the Russo-Japanese war.
The commentator attributed the success of the Mutsu and Komura diplomacy to their close study of international issues, and urged the Foreign Minister to follow their example and think over the present situation carefully, In concluding, Mr, Kiyosawa asked the Foreign Minister to carry out diplomacy not for popular reception, but to find friends among the few cool-headed patriots, as well as historious of the near future, Japanese culture, which the Generat declared was based on the "conception: of struggle" as with the European's comfort-levin ideals.—Domel.
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