The Case For China

We have received from the Society of Chin ese Residents in Australia a copy of an interesting and informative pamphlet entitled “China, and the Trouble in Manchuria —What it Means to China, Japan, Russia and the World.”

At the moment of this writing (mid- November) the position in Manchuria is extremely grave and it seems as if there is no possibility of the League of Nations per suading Japan to release in any degree her grip on Manchuria. It is likewise the opinion of well-informed observers of events in the East that it is only a question of time before Japan will seek to dominate and direct the enormous potential power that is China. The effects of such a re-alignment of Asiatic forces upon world affairs and upon European settlement in and around the Pacific would be of an epoch-marking character.

That there is much to be said on behalf of both China and Japan is obvious from the embarrassments which have fallen upon the League of Nations since it attempted to arbitrate.

The pamphlet we have received is of great value in explaining the position from China’s point of view. It is being freely issued and will be very acceptable in the Pacific Terri tories, where there are so many influential Chinese residents.