After dealing with this subject, M. Bonnet passed on to the serious plight of the German refugees. He said he was contemplating several means of helping these people.
Solutions in mind might include the establishment of a certain number of refugees in the French colonies and the admission of some refugees into rance if the United States and Great Britain did the same. M. Bonnet also said that he was envisaging a proposal for the organization of a special committee to deal with the problem of abandoned children, "Suppose that a Nine-Power Conference were called at the request of the United States Government, and that it was found that Great Britain, France and the Netherlands, all fearful for their Far Eastern possessions, were ready to give up their rights in China, what then?
"Certainly, the plan is worth trying, indeed, it is already being tried.
"The Japanese have closed the Yangtze, despite British protests. They have cut off Hongkong from the mainland, and are now in a position to starve it out.
"More serious still is the threat to ce-operate in joint action with Germany and Italy. The Anti-Comintern Pact is already reinforced by cultural pacts. What if it were to be strengthened by a military alliance?
"Now, while Italy bullies France, and Germany menaces Great Britain, Japan gives the turn screw in the Far East.
"For this situation, the British and French Governments are largely themselves to blame.
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