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The author reflects on the political condition in the Far East. He points out the seizure of Chiang Kai-shek by Chang Hsueh-liang. He argues that Union Soviet Socialist Republic wants peace and has repeatedly demonstrated in its policy in the Far East, that the country will go to almost any lengths to avoid an open with Japan.

Focuses on the international intrigue of the arrest of six persons of both the State Department and the Navy of the U.S. who are accused of being spies. Dramatization of the news of arrest by the mass media; Criticism of the State Department in handling the case of arrest by the mass media; Displeasure expressed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations towards slumping of the responsibility of the whole case upon them by the State Department; Changes in the nature of the original charges against the six accused by the State Department; Similarity of opinion of the six accused towards the policy of the State Department regarding China and Japan; Discussion of the Far Eastern policy of the State Department.

Focuses on various recent political and economic developments in the U.S. in comparison to rest of the world. Opposition by Democrats of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal program on democracy; Reference of a letter to the editor by James W. Arnold, Republican National Committeeman in Georgia, published in the August 31 issue; Appeal from Arnold to Republicans to support Senator Henry George against Roosevelt; Accusations by Roosevelt of a conspiracy between conservative Democrats and the Republican organization; Report that political emissaries have been endeavoring to commit the Republican party to a plan by which the 1940 Republican convention will be held after the Democratic convention; Arguments pertaining to Democratic party's performance in the coming Presidential election in the U.S.; Discussion of political campaigns; Concern of the U.S. State Department towards Japan's new foreign policy after the capture over Hankow, a city in east coast China; Analysis of foreign policies of Far East nations.

Reports on socio-political and economic developments from the world. Focus on the gold policy proposed by the U.S. President; Blame on scientific development for the desperate condition of the American farmer; Issues related to war in the Far East; Report that Austria's labor movement has come to the end of its course as a political factor in the life of the Austrian state; Views of U.S. journalist Walter Lippmann on the U.S. neutrality and its stand in the new European War; Announcement of the creation of corporate state by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

Comments on the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Significance for Europe and the United States; U.S. interest in land and naval armaments; Issues in Europe and the Far East to be tackled in the conference; Test of American good faith; Anglo-American cooperation; Creation of a Supreme Council for the Far East.

Focuses on a peace between China and Japan. Confusion caused by Japan's rapid moves that has kept public sentiment busily engaged with speculating about the meaning of each one separately; Impact of the Paris Pact on the war between China and Japan; Significance of the acceptance of outlawry in the Peace Pact of Paris by Japan; Discussion of the public's understanding of and belief in the Kellogg- Briand Pact; Impact of the Far Eastern embroilment on the Peace Pact.

Reveals what France seeks to obtain from the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Need to take her place as an equal among the great powers meeting in the U.S. capital; France's concerns for land disarmament and about developments in the Far East; Economic burden of maintaining a huge, idle army during peace time.