A BIG IMPOST

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 3

A BIG IMPOST

THE ACID TEST. /‘The Manchuria ij cident was not merely an acid test for Japan, but it happened to .’test the entire ‘world. Above all, the League of Nations was brought before *- for testing. Had ii been an incident which occurred somewhere in Europe, the League would have been able to treat it with more ease, but it is quite natural that it was ignorant of the real nature and situation of the ’ incident, which took place at a corner of the Far East, of which even the Japanese themselves had little knowledge. ‘‘Japan never before realised her own self so much; in the meanwhile she found what the world was. The Manchuria incident itself will still remain as a pending question. Her* tofore the Manchurian problem has not been regarded as one so vital to J pan as to have to be solved at the sacrifice of . the nation, and hence Japan has been far from being aide to discover herself. .

“In fact, .the incident' offered to Japan a very, important test, eirce it has never before been experienced by her in modern history. With die Manchuria incident as an epoch-mak-ing event, the Japanese popple will hrve to review lien- national history, together with that .of the League nf Nations, ami that of Great Britain yind America, and then take-,courage What ro-’d will she take hereafter, internally and internationally Dr. K'-n’icjji Abe, in the “Japan Mag azine.”