NEUTRALITY LAW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 289, 5 December 1936, Page 17

NEUTRALITY LAW.

AND MUNITIONS BAN. A CHINESE PROTEST. SHANGHAI. As the Chinese Government is one of tlio world's leading customers for American munitions, including aeroplanes and military trucks, it should be of interest to Americans that the Chinese do not approve of the recently enacted neutrality legislation, which has been designated as "unfair and ineffective." Chinese opposition to the neutrality law was voiced by Dr. Ping Yinlio, who was formerly director of the Government bureau of foreign trade at Shanghai. Previously he was chairman of the executive committee of the China commission, which had charge of China's exhibition at A Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Dr. Ping holds two degrees from the University of California, and also graduate degrees from European universities where he did research work in municipal government. He is the author of several books dealing with Chinese industrial development and foreign trade problems. While expressing appreciation of the spirit which inspired the passage of the neutrality legislation. Dr. Ping expressed the belief that the new law had much to do in accelerating if not instigating the armament race among the Powers. He said: "Most countries, especially the small and undeveloped ones, do not manufacture arms and munitions, but are dependent on foreign countries for their supplies. If "these countries realise they cannot depend any longer on imports from other countries, they must build factories for themselves. _ "Therefore, the American prohibition of arms traffic with countries engaged in war will not stop war, but will merely stimulate war. preparations, and in the case of countries which are not in a position to build their own munitions plants the American action will have the effect of encouraging an aggressive nation to carry out its programme." Dr. Ping declared further that the American plan would not be beneficial even to the United States, except from the selfish standpoint that it might stimulate sales of arms to countries which feared they might later be barred a result of the enforcement of the neutrality law.