Evening star., 1940-05-08
Says Wang Chine-wei
Is Far East Menace
Americans Urged to Watch
For Bon on U. S.
Trode in Chino

To the Editor Of The Star:
With events Of such magnitude occur.
ring in Europe, are the people of Amer
lea overlooking what is occurring in the
Far East? wonder II they are fully
aware to what extent the trouble makers
Of Japan are striving to attain their OBJ
jectiye Of complete command in the
Orient to the exclusion Of all occi-
dentals in trade and civil life, aided and
abetted by the arbitrator of China
Wang Ching-wei.
The Japanese and Wang Ching wei
are not above using any method to gain
their desired objectives, one of which is
the exclusion of all white people from
the trade markets In the Orient; and II
the truth were only known it could be
shown that these manifestations are not
confined to China alone, but to the
Philippines as well, though as yet not
so pronounced in regard to the latter.
This menace to the "open door" policy
in the Far East is surely there and is
serious enough that it should be given
due publicity, thus to prepare ourselves
to meet it squarely before it is too late.
The following are few known facts
OF Wangs manipulations which I be-
lieve should be given space in an effort
to throw some light on his connections
with the Far East affairs, as he is deal
ing directly with Japan.
To this adventurer, treachery is not q
new device to be used in the attainment
OF his selfish ambitions. He was an early
supporter of DR.. Sun Vat Sen in the
movement that eliminated in the revo-
luton, and in those early days he plotted
the assassination of Chang Kai-shek.
He even advocated the desertion of Sun
Vat Suns supporters so that he himself
might head the revolution. but failed t&
accomplish either of these ideas and :1is
failures were SO bitter to him that he
melted his followers to sack and burn
the city of Canton. Today there is
memorial in Canton that takes the form
of monument attesting to his disloy-
atty so that all who pass by may learn
of his nefarious misdeeds.
Such is the man to whom Japan turned
in an effort to set up puppet govern
ment.
Wang Ching-wei alone is the man re-
sponsible for the spread of Communism
throughout China. not in collaboration
with Russia, but in an effort to further
his own selfish desires-seize power and
set up government for his own.
He has attempted to inhame the peo-
pie against the teachings of Christianity,
at the same time urging that the
churches and missionaries should be
destroyed.
A few years ago he visited Europe end
on his return to China he agitated
against Chang Kai-shek because he did
not then favor resisting the Japanese
interests China was then unprepared
for any conflict, but the Chinese people
had great national pride in their coun-
try and a solid belief in national free
dom. This faith is one thing that Wang
Ching g-wei has been unable to alter, and
1t is this that will eventually result in the
restoration of China to her proper place
among the democratic nations of the
world.
In the occupied zones Of China the
japanese. aided by Wang Ching-wei and
his cohorts. are spreading propaganda
which claims the American churches and
missionaries are preaching the gospel Of
Christianity as cloak to hide their real
objective in the Orient :. which Japa-
nese officials assert is desire to gain
control of all big business ventures in
China.
These or any other methods will never
be able to poison the Chinese against
the people of America, for the people
of China will never forget what was done
for them by the United States in their
time of distress when flood, famine and
drought took such heavy toll among
millions of people. j. JOEDING.
Vancouver, Canada.
May /.