The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-11
FAR EAST WAR
FEAR GRIPPING
BRITAIN, U. S.
Japan'S Invasion of China
Likely to Lead to
Bitter Conflict.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, June 11.-Great
Britain, the United States and other
Occidental powers fear the Sino-
Japanese struggle will drag in other
nations before it is finished. how
ever ardently they may attempt to
stay out
Instead of beirfg ended by the abb
ject surrender of the Marking gov
eminent, the struggle is believed
here and in other world capitals to
be only just beginning. And the
next phase will menace more seri-
ously than ever the peace of the
Orient.
China is known to be arming as
fast as she is able. Admittedly the
process will be slow. She hopes,
with the aid of Germans, French,
Italians, Russians, British and
Americans. to modernize her civili-
zation until she can at least repulSe
invaders and perhaps win back her
lost territory.
Neeos Foreign Help
The Chinese are fundamentally
a military people" said DR.. Al
fred SEE, Chinese minister here.
But having been victims upon so
many occasions of military agrees
sion, they have come to the con-
clusion that it is necessary for them
TO increase their armed strength"
For China to become more power
full, she needs foreign help. And
Japan has bluntly warned the world
that any assistance to China by out
siders is unwanted.
BY assistance is meant not merely
help in building Chinese army
and navy. Japan has indicated that
even loans to China by any nation
other than herself will be regard
ed, in effect. as unfriendly to her.
Hands OFF China"
Today. more than ever, Japans
policy is hands off China" If the
warning is not needed, according to
Eilji Amau, Japanese foreign office
spokesman. Japan herself may be
compelled to resort to force"
Japans latest move puts her in
a position more easily to make good
her stand. She holds Gen. Chang
Kai-shek. China's strong man." in
the hollow of her hand. Should he
attempt even to borrow money
abroad, or buy cotton or wheat,
Japan can stop him.
Henceforward Nippon intends to
enforce her claim to a Monroe Doc
trine" over Eastern Asia Her in
depreciation of what that means is
distinctly her own. She regards it
as tantamount to a protectorate.
Here are seen the ugly seeds of
conflict. Not only will China
naturally, as a sovereign state, seek
to deal with Europe and America,
but Europe and America are ex-
pected to insist on the right of so
dealing with her.
Peril Growing Hourly
Any interference by Japan with
such normal intercourse can hardly
fail TO cause international friction.
Yet there is every indication that
she intends to do just that. Her view
of a loan or credit. or sale of cot
ton. wheat. auto trucks, commercial
planes. road building machinery or
bridges. might we'll differ from that
of Europe or America. Then there
would be trouble.
The growing peril in the Far East
is minimized neither here nor on the
other side of the Atlantic. Japan's
demands for a navy second to none
are not seen as an Oriental bluff.
The military party now in the
saddle at Toxic clearly see that their
colosally daring program invites
challenge and they intend to block
all possibility of interference by
creating fleet so powerful that
none would risk collision with it.