The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-26
Japan Willing to Discuss
Peace --And How

DECENT semoffcial utterances percolatng out of
~ Tokyo have been the effect that Japan may show
up at the Brussels, Belgium October 30 peace meet
ing after ALL and may be willing to talk about peace in
China. Provided that is the peace talk is on the basis
of japanese gains in China to date, plus
The gains to date have been tremendous The Chi
nese in and around Shanghai and Chang Ka-Sheks
lately converted Chinese Red allies in Shansi, have
been giving the Japanese an unexpected run for their
money; but elsewhere in North China the japanese
have steam -rolered ahead
These gains to date include much of Chahar and
Suiyuan formerly Inner Mongolia and of Hopei.
Shantung appears to be almost in the Japanese bag.
The ''plus' basis which Japan
D may be willing to talk peace means
VI" '"S w plus the rest of China down to the
Yellow River which Japanese statesmen and generals
are represented as feeling would be natural frontier
between China and Japanin- China.
Our belief is that the Yellow River would remain
the frontier between China and Japan-in China only
until Japan-in China should be consolidated and organ
lied; that then Japan would feel like going more
places The next natural frontier would be the French
Indo China, Burma, Nepa and British India borders
of China meaning all China would be Chinan-Japan.
Japan would thus be in control of 400 million peo-
pie who can fight who are industrious, who to
like to work for less rather than for more and who
presumably would like orderly Japanese rule better
than they have liked their punderng lords of
cent years.
Japanese statesmen already reported planning
another Manchukuo, possibly to be named Mentukuo,
for the Chinese territory taken this year. It is also
1,. z, reported that they are going to
ooIE - tell the natives that this fair, new
land is to repeat the glories of
the empire of Genghis Khan in the early Thirteenth
century-a propaganda note which they are said to
hope will lure large numbers of Outer Mongolians away
from Russia
Whether this story is true or not it does serve to
remind of the nature of the japanese. They are
of the breed of Genghs Khan and his Mongol killers
and conquerors.
One reasonable explanation for the two Japanese
attacks Shanghai Of present strategic value to
them, is that they want to destroy all the white mans
wealth in the Far East that they can preliminary
to booting the white man out of the Far East.
Genghis didn't stop with the conquest Of Asia, ex-
cluding India. His ambition was to rule the known
world day. He got to the Dnieper and the Black
Sea; his own, Ogdai Khan ravaged Poland and Hun
gary slowing down only after the great Battle of LEG
nitz (1241) in Lower Silesa.
To repeat what we've said before, the Chinese are
fighting our battle, because if Japan subugaes China
the handwriting is the wall for us or our children
r,uo cL;uo Japan will have the wealth and the raw
r.. ~ materials to build huge navies and equip
huge armies; will be able to make raids
for tribute West Coast if not to take territory.
Hence believe the United States should make it as
easy for China to get supplies from is for Japan
Whatever else do, we should have Navy twice
as strong as Japans and at least strong as any
other navy
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