AMERICA’S SIGN OF RELIEF

Northern Advocate, 29 December 1937, Page 5

AMERICA’S SIGN OF RELIEF

(Received TO a.m.) NEW YORK, December 28, Generally, a feeling of satisfaction prevails that the Panay incident is closed. The American people are now content to wait and see whether the promises that there will be no repetition can be carried out. This attitude is reflected in a leading article in the “New York Sun,” which says: Li

“The test of sincerity of Japan’s , fair words is in the future.- One of the (Objects of its campaign in China is to eradicate the prestige of Western nations among the people of Asia. This purpose it has already largely accomplished. “That it will sacrifice the advantages it has thus gained is an tion that few will readily embrace. Consequently, the conduct of the Japanese in China- will hereafter be scrutinised even, more closely than it has been in the past.”The “New York Evening Post,”' breathing a sigh of relief that the incident is closed and the building up of a crisis ended, concludes: “So, having obtained what we wanted, now let us get our ships and nationals from the war zone.” ! What Are Assurances Worth? The “New York Herald-Tribune,” in an editorial article, says: “We have still good reasons to doubt any change in the relative positions of Japanese militarists and the Government. One is the effort of, the authorities to keep the Japanese people in ignorance of the atrocious features ;of the incident and the character of the settlement.

“The people have not been told of Rear-Admiral Mitsunami’s recall. The official American version of the bombing was suppressed by all except one minor publication- i-n-Tokio, Therefore, we must continue to wonder what the Japanese assurances are worth.”