A NEW ORDER

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20692, 30 December 1938, Page 7

A NEW ORDER

JAPAN IN CHINA OBJECTIONS OUTLINED HOSTILITY TO COMMUNISM (By Telcc-ann—Prp<»s WELLINGTON, Thursday Japan’s objectives in Chiina, as set out in a speech by the Prime Minister of Japan, Prince Konoye, on December 22, are made plain through the receipt by the Japanese Consul-General ;, t Wellington. Mr K. Gunji, of the following cable message from Tokio giving the full text of Prince Konoye’s speech: " The Japanese Government is resolved. as has been clearly pet forth in two previous statements issued tins year, to carry on military operations for the complete extermination of the anti-Japanese Kuomintang Government and at the same time to proceed with the work of establishing a new order in East Asia, together with those farsighted Chinese who share in our ideals and aspirations. “ Spirit of Renaissance M “ A spirit of renaissance is now’ sweeping over all parts of China, and the Japanese Government desires to make public its basic policy for adjusting the relations between Japan and China in order that its intentions may be thoroughly understood both at home and abroad. “ Japan. China and Manchukuo will be united hv the common aim of establishing a new order in East Asia and realising a relationship of neighbourly j amity and common defence against Communism and of economic co-opera-tion. “ For that purpose it is necessary first of all that China should cast aside all narrow ft:id prejudiced view's belonging to the p? st and do away with the folly of anf Japanese and resentment regarding Manchukuo. In other words. Japan frankly desires China to enter of tier own free will into complete diplomatic relations with Manefiukuo. Adjustment of Relations “ Tire existence of Communist influence in East Asia cannot be tolerated. Japan therefore considers it an essential condition of the adjustment of Slno-Japanese relations that there should be concluded an anti-Commu-nist agreement between the two countries in consonance with the spirit of the anti-Communist agreement between Japan. Germany and Italy. “ In order to ensure the full accomplishment of her purpose, Japan demands, in view of the actual circumstances prevailing in China, that Japanese troops shall be stationed as an anti-Communist measure at specified points during the time the said agreement is in force, and also that the Inner Mongolia region he designated as a special anti-Communist area. “ As regards economic relations between the two countries, Japan does not intend to exercise an economic monopoly in China, nor does she intend to demand that China shall limit the interests of those third Powers who grasp the meaning of the new East Asia and are willing to act accordingly. “ Japan only seeks to render effective co-operation and collaboration between the two countries. That Is to say, Japan demands that China, in accordance with the principle of equality between the two countries, should recognise freedom of residence and trade on the part of Japanese subjects in the interior of China, with a view to promoting the economic interests of both peoples, and that, in the light of the historical and economic relations between the two nations. China should extend to Japan faeilities for the development of China's natural resources, especially in *'>■' r - ’" : ons of North China and Inner Mongolia All Japan Seeks “ The above gives the general lines of what Japan demands of China, if the true object of Japan in conducting Ihe present vast military campaign be fully understood, if will be plain that what she seeks is neither territory nor indemnity for the costs of I tie military operations. Japan demands only the minimum guarantee needed for the execution by China of Dor function as a participant in the establishment of the new order. “ Japan not only respects the sovereignty of China, but she is prepared to give positive consideration to the niips l '. n S ~f the abolition of extraterritoriality and of the rendition of rnn-css'ims and settlement, matters which are necessary for the full independence of China."