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Considering its murders and sins, Germany undoubtedly deserves a cruel, crushing peace. The real test of the future peace settlement, however, is not whether Germany deserves it but whether one can afford it. There is little to choose between Germany's barbarities and aggressions and those of Japan. Numerous Germans became pro-Hitler when he won bloodless victories which, in the Nazi-induced fog of nationalistic frenzy, seemed to confer benefits on Germany at no cost. Germany recently conducted a full-scale experiment in democracy. Between 1919 and 1932, but particularly until 1929, Germany was a democracy with broad public support.

Focuses on the Chinese problem. Disbelief of Chinese people in dictatorship; Information about several parts of China; Description of relations of China with its neighboring countries; Comments on the British influence in some parts of China; Information about nationalist leader General Feng Yu-hsiang; Involvement of countries like the Soviet Union, Japan, Great Britain and the U.S. in Chinese crisis; Argument of Chinese people that the Soviet Union is not their friend, but their only friend.

Presents information on the nationalism practiced in Japan. Expectation to gain a place in a peaceful and mutually cooperative world; View that the psychological disarmament of Japan must deal with her claims to racial uniqueness and superiority; Refusal to surrender to the white man is one way of showing contempt for him; Discussion of the role played by the Japanese Universities to promote nationalism; Report that Japanese militarism has indirectly proclaimed the capacity of the common people for participation in the higher qualities of universal human nature--rationality, sincerity, loyalty to freedom, and good will.

This article discusses the mean of Korean peace for overcrowded, nationalistic Japan. As Japan's power and population multiplied, so did its problems. Food and raw materials had to be imported to supply the new urban population and new machines, and to be paid for by exports. Expanding national armaments, designed to preserve the independence of the nation in an era of Asian colonization, had to be financed. Urban communities have already reached the saturation point, yet the tide of migration from over-populated farming areas to the industrial cities is equivalent to one new city of nearly a million inhabitants every year.

The article throws light on the crisis in Manchuria. Japan's super-patriotic Premier, Baron Tanaka, is bringing Asia to the verge of another war. He is playing fast and loose with rights of the Chinese people and defying the Washington Treaty which pledged the great powers to respect the integrity of China. The Sino-Japanese crisis involves a number of problems- incidents of Nanking and Tsinan, the abrogation of an old treaty with Japan by the Chinese Nationalist Government, the control of Manchuria by Japan, and the Russian pressure on Mongolia. Overshadowing the other problems is the Japanese control of Manchuria.

This article focuses on various issues that are of concern for the world. Unofficial Americans in China have an instinctive sympathy with the Nationalist uprising of which the officials and newspapermen seem incapable. Japan is a volcanic country, and some of her philosophers are fond of explaining her history as that of a volcanic people, accustomed to earthquakes and always on the verge of disaster. Tokyo averages two perceptible shocks a week, apart from the minor disturbances detected only by a seismograph.

The article presents the author's view on Japanese management. He mentions two prevailing Japanese cultural traits, which affect their manner of managing, known as ie and amae. Amae is concerned with the idea of collective and individual responsibility and ie is related to the concept of nationalism. He then discusses the disadvantages of the Japanese management style when applied to overseas operations.

There are two schools of thought in Japan and the cleavage is a deep one. In general the men of affairs--manufacturers, great merchants, and bankers--are liberal in their ideas. They believe, as we do here in America, that a nation's development, to be sound and sure, must be along lines of peaceful trade and the cultivation of goodwill. The other party in Japan, the militarists, have a somewhat different philosophy.

The article focuses on the shift of extremely nationalistic military leaders from Washington to Tokyo, Japan. It reports on the offset of the new supply base in Manchuria, China to replace the lost markets in other parts of the world. As suggested, Japan's militarists can sustain for 10 profitable years without major defeat on China's front due to major controls over Chinese population. Further it discusses the strong Japanese air and navy force to be superior in striking power.

There was a time when even the scruffiest foreigner could feel himself a, somebody in Japan. Though in their hearts the Japanese might assume that most long-time foreign residents-those who stayed for more than six months-were nincompoops too feeble to survive in their. Most of the country is doing well, and there have been interesting developments in national self-assurance. The unhappy past is also being revaluated. The older generation of nationalists at last feels free to give its version of what happened. The new sense of familial equalities has its advantages for foreigners.

Japan's statement to the League of Nations concerning the Tsinanfu affair, has created a favorable impression. This may well be so, for the Chinese side of the argument was badly bungled. It became increasingly evident during the first two days of the Nationalist occupation that a highly explosive situation gradually was working up. Foreign as well as Chinese civilians were handled on occasion with unnecessary roughness by the Japanese sentries on post. Once the trouble started at Tsinanfu on May 3, the Japanese military authorities took the thing completely out of the hands of the consular authorities.

Focuses on the increasing tension between Japan and China over territorial penetration of Japan in the Chinese soil. Penetration of Japan into North-China provinces and inner Mongolia; Rise of nationalism among the Chinese against Japanese aggression; Attempt of a few leaders to unite China against Japan; Pressure on Chinese generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to lead an anti-Japanese war; Attitude of the Japanese government towards the rising hostility against her in China.

The article focuses on political and economic developments in Japan. Right now Japan is in a bad shape both economically and politically. So the government is turning to the old and tried Japanese remedy of restrictive legislation, tighter controls and a movement back to the gods of old Japan. The ultra-nationalists argue that the U.S. should pay reparations to Japan for forcibly importing democratic processes into the former feudalistic paradise. As a result of which the nation is reverting to same political nostrums as was prevalent during pre-war years.

The article discusses about blind nationalism in Japan that is facing its supreme test. Of all people of the world the Japanese and Frenchman are most likely to think of themselves first as Japanese or Frenchmen, rather than as conservatives or radicals, or religionists, or rich or poor. Yet in neither Japan nor France would the commanders of the people do well to strain loyalty to the point of national collapse. The Military's coup of September 18, 1931 was more successful in first results in Japan than in Manchuria. Japan was completely within the power of the inner military clique within a week.