The Archive · 1941

Nanking Treaty Clauses

In the sceupied territory of China tke word Communist today simply means the most the most capitals the completely jo, were to express of the presence of the their country, one and munists." And this a I-Communist clauses the recent Nanking Treaty, which mystified so many people, including apparently the Soviet" Goverment, seeing that the Japanese claimed to he so. anxious to be on good terms with the Government of Russia. The clauses were. of course, not directed fagainss Russia at all, The. Japanese put "Communist" meaning "anti-Japanese." The Japanese Govern-tment could hardly insert the words Japanese" in a public treaty Chinese government, 25 thu: would have been a public disavowal of the famous und all-powerful theory This theory has had a disastrous effect on relations between Chinese fond Japanese. The resentment of Japanese at their disappointed bopes, on the one hand, and the

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