Evening star., 1933-03-18
MATSUOKA SPURNS
TALK OF j. S! WAR
Japanese Delegate Declares
Americans Duped by
Chinese Pleas.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 18.-Yosuke Mat
souka, chief Japanese delegate at re-
cent League Of Nations meetings at
which the Sino-Japanese conflict was
considered, declared yesterday before
his departure for America that war be-
tween the United States and Japan
would be an act Of madness"
Mr.. Matsouka, who will pass through
the United States on his way to Toxic,
asserted that Americans have con-
doned the faults Of Chinese misgovern-
ment and magnihed those Of japanese
good government"
To explain his analysis Of the Ameri-
can public attitude, he used American
slang, saying that the American peo-
Pile fall for appeals to your emotions;
this Is what you have done regarding
China" He made these statements in
the course of a special interview.
THE United States and Japan have
an important mission to fulfill for the
sake Of humanity in building UP the
coming era Of Pacific civilization, in
which the East and the West will unite
In peace for the first time In history"
the japanese diplomat said. Under
standing and friendship between these
two advanced countries Is essential to
the welfare Of all the Pacific. 1t will
be Of benefit not only to ourselves but
to others as well, and particularly to
the people Of China
seem at the present time, Japan Is and
must continue to be friend of China.
To the United States, friendship for
the colossal country across the Pacific
Is largely a matter of sentiment; you
have no vital interests in China. To
Japan, on the other hand, the welfare,
security and progress Of China Is essen
tial.
Sees No Cause for War.
There is no cause for war between
the United States and Japan. Such a
thing would be an act of madness.
There can be no war between our
countries unless the United States
makes it. and know your country viii
not do that.
by impairing our power and posi-
ton in the Far East you would do no
good for the suffering people Of China,
and you might lay China open to Com
munist control. I don't believe you
want that
Japan, being an organized, stabilized
and progressive country, with industrial
development far beyond that of any
other Oriental country, Is your great
est customer on the Pacific Ocean. We
buy more goods from you every year
than all the rest of Eastern Asia COM
bined, including your own Asiatic pos
sessions, the Philippine Islands. We
stand second only to Great Britain
among the nations of the world pur-
chasing American raw materials and
manufactured products. The reverse is
also the case: The United States is
Japan's greatest customer. buying from
US annually nearly 40 per cent Of the
goods we ship abroad. And we could
not live without our foreign trade.
Americans are very sympathetic
people. You are not only dollar
chasers.' as you have been called by
some cynical foreigners. I, who know
you. would say that you are even senti-
mental. To use a phrase of American
slang, you fall for appeals to your emo
tions This is what you have done re-
gard1ng China. You have accepted fic-
tions and rejected facts regarding China
for many years. You have condoned
the faults Of Chinese misgovernment
and magnified those Of Japanese good
government
I'VE Japanese, because of our geo
graphic probinouity, have to deal with
the hard realities Of conditions brought
about: by the Chinese war lords and
cannot accept the Actions expounded by
American educated Chinese politicians.
The condition of China has gone from
bad to worse during the last 81 years
OF Chinese civil war, to the ghastly cost
Of the Chinese people The real enc
mics of China are Chinese, not foreign
ers. certainly not the Japanese. Unless
the Chinese were their own enemies q
country the size Of theirs, the largest in
the world, would not be In its present
pitiful plight.
Denies China United.
with regard to Jehol, that province
has not been newly annexed to Man
chukuo. The Manchukuo government
declared at the outset of its declaration
of independence that Jehol was part of
its territory, just as South and North
Manchuria were.
THE truth is that Chang Hsiao-
Liang's attempt to save Jehol for China
was an effort to mislead the League and
enlist its aid. Marshal Chang's action
was proclaimed as one in which all
China had rallied in opposition to
Japan. BY no means Is all China
against US. nor is it likely to be. The
shal's troops did and what little sup
port they got from the rest of China.
The Chinese people want peace, and
first of all they want peace among their
own war lords, who have plundered
them ruthlessly.
1T is true that Japan seeks to avoid
a clash with Soviet Russia. It is also
true. I fully believe, that the u. s. s. r.
seeks to avoid clash with Japan. We
neither want nor expect q clash. On
the other hand, Japan Is opposed to
the sovietization Of the Far East, which
means the sovietizing of China. We
could not countenance that.
In answer to question regarding
Japanese policy toward inundated Is
lands In the Pacific, Mr.. Matsouka said:
This was one Of the many mandates
decided upon by the Supreme Allied
Council even before the League cove
nant was written and the Versailles
treaty drafted. No other power has q
right to claim q mandate over them