The Washington times., 1938-08-09
This Spreading War

VNHE present RussoJapanese border incident appears
i to be shaping up into twoedged sword as far as
the United States concerned When started it looked
to the ever alert British Foreign Office just like another
souabbe of hotheads on far frontier Now it looks like
something much worse
Here is condensed history of the incident to this
writing:
hilltop at Changkufeng the junction Of the Manchu
kuo korea and Siberia borders began fortfying the
hilltop Tokyo protested to Moscow
July o. Russian Foreign Commissar Maxim Ltvnoff
angrly rejected the japanese protest.
fighting for the Changkueng hilltop had begun
first hit July 80 mo MGSc0T sTs cs%ea Ssd m
vaded Manchukuo territory and been driven back.
August Tokyo reported terrible fight" with fifty
sian field pieces captured. fighting reported to
have spread from Changkueng to couple Of Korean towns
Koo and Sozan Korean army headquarters claimed cap
ture Of eleven Russian tanks.
BY 6s Rssns it,
planes and artillery now in use on both sides WIN pom
Moscows charge daares Tokyo warned the Japanese
government possible terrible consequences meaning
war, were threatened.
In newspapers August 3 both sides claimed big vic,
tories heavy casualties News dispatches began
talking terms of divisions instead OF regiments or
August T. all lights ordered extinguished in
principal japanese cities in fear Of air raids from Russas
& of Dsasa @ ssSe Se0 dag m with tF0%
Japans offer terms The fighting went on
ince Of Korean, until Sunday day before Yesterday
By that time fight had spread to 2oomie front;
Korea was reported to have Russians had
been victorious Changkfeng, having driven wedge
through Tmen River and surrounded considerable
It was also reported in yesterdays papers that
getting ready try negotiate truce with the Chinese
So looks as if Japan will be long time getting out
of the morass and if Japan will be secondrate power
when and if gets out We only say "looks we're not
predicting
If that theory is true, it is to advantage Japan
has long been the leading world threat to our safety
the Russians and the Chinese between them remove that
threat fine. That they removing
This War is it seems likely; Japans chances after
little more than year OF war IN
CUOCF''''9 China look goomier than they have
Iooked at anv other time since the began.
The unpleasant side of the picture, for the United
States is the probability that Japanese defeat will most
likev mean the spread of Communism beyond Russia
far into China, and perhaps even into Japan
And there is a more immediate danger than that We
on tho DANCER that this war will spread Hitler seeing
Russia busy in the Far East take this to be an oppo
tune time to make that grab for Russas Ukraine which
he has openly Dragged he will make some day. It's any
body's guess what would happen then.
The Second World War; in Short seems to be getting
under way by process of contagon without formal dec
larations of war; Let's hope keep out of it. Get
into it, and we're likely to toppe with
StDu Out the rest of the world into chaos Stay
Of 1t Ou' hanoe tho last refuge Of decent
and prosperous civilization.
The best way to keep out of it, we believe IS W 10
maintain and increase national defense SYSTEM and
(2> to refuse any warm indignant sympathy to any ma
tion that may get itself mixed up in this war
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