Evening star., 1938-06-14
Japan Seeks to Organize China
For Self, Nine. Chang Charges
Fears of Democracies That Her Country
Might Become Competitive Are
Held Without Basis.

by the cart ahead" We will be GRIM
inal If we do not
II We emerge safely from the calam-
tiles Of this war there Is one brake
that will be put upon us that should
have restraining influence upon devel-
opment Of too many large industries.
That is the brake of exhausted
finance. 1t will not be easy to plunge
into great schemes of factory develop
ment and that, to my mind, is q good
thing.
l find myself wondering quite q lot
il out Of this re-starting whenever
the chance for that will Gomez we
might not be able to contribute some
thing definite to the solution of the
problem Of world economy. The
whole world !. on the verge Of war
because it is alleged that there is too
much "hogging' of raw material.
OF course, when Japan forces war
upon us on the alleged ground that
we would not cooperate with her, she
says something grotesque that must
insult world intelligence. Everyone
knows that Japan was able to get any,
thing from us on her own terms. She
got all of our iron ore-I said all
at incredibly low prices; she got all
of our pig iron until the Hanyehping
smelters at Taiyeh went out of busi-
ness. at the absurd price Of So Chinese
currency per ton, equivalent to 81
United States currency; she got all the
soya beans she could buy at low prices
ther nationals controlled the business,
in . sense), and she had the general
market for other things in the palm of
her hand
She made war. of course, not be-
cause she wanted cooperation, but
because she wanted economic domi-
nation through administrative control.
She wants China as q base for q Japa-
nese continental empire When her
statesmen reiterate that they have no
territorial designs on China, they arc
guilty of mendacity unworthy of those
controlling a first-class power. They
made similar protestations when they
were busy occupying MAnchuria-and
where is Manchuria now? Under
Japanese control garbed in alleged i'm
perial trappings as puppet empire.
Can Consider Develspnent.
But there is, I feel, no possibility Of
= similar fate overtaking China So
we can proceed to consider the devel-
opment Of our resources when the
time comes Gt may be a long time)
with the definite object of co-operat-
ing with international producers and
consumers.
Whatever befalls we must develop
our resources on modern lines, with
modern methods adapted to our con-
ditions and needs, and, necessarily,
with foreign capital.
If world troubles are primarily due
to lack of raw materials, then let US
open the necessary avenues to allow
the world to buy of our supplies upon
a mutually advantageous basis, with
q fair field to all and no favor to
any one. OF course that would not
suit Japan, who Is . monopolist; nor
WouIo II SUIT those In our own country,
who, for divers reasons. some ques-
tionable, favor monopolies instead Of
open competition. But what of that !?
Proper machinery should be set up
for all national purchases. / am
strong for . waterproof and air-tight
purchasing organization which would
see to it that all suppliers and tender
ers are equitably treated, have an
honest run for their money, and are
fully protected from sharp practice
and from any INSCRIPTIONS ofiicials
who may survive the dragnet of some
sort of purge which will be inevitable.
tctpyrisht. 1888, by the North American
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