JAPAN IN CHINA

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20256, 27 July 1937, Page 2

JAPAN IN CHINA

UNWARRANTED ACTION. MISSIONARY’S CONDEMNATION. “Words are not strong enough to condemn Japan’s action In Invading China,” stated the Rev. T. Taylor, D.D., secretary of the China Inland Mission t or Scotland, in an interview with a Waikato Times reporter to-day. “The tension is severe and the hatred of China towards the invaders is manifest in the demonstrations, which arc taking place in the main centres.” Japan, said Dr. Taylor, was entirely to blame but the Chinese Government lias realised since the conquest of Manchuria and the occupation of Shanghai and the northern provinces by the Japanese that she must anticipate further aggression from that source. For some time the Chinese have been constructing barriers at the strategic points and Dr. Taylor considered that if the troops were better armed, the advance of Japan could be arrested. There would be no peace in China unless the defeat of Japan was complete. For some time Japanese goods had been ooming into China and the Government had no power to stop them. However, the administrators were giving every protection to the people and they could not be blamed for the state of affairs in the country. The Japanese methods were unjustifiable. Instead of dividing the Chinese people in their loyalty to their country Japan was uniting them. Every day presented a greater front to the Japanese drive. Dr. Taylor was of the opinion that should Japan obtain a firmer hold on China her sphere of influence would eventually be absolute. The outstanding figure in China to-day, said Dr. Taylor, was Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek, the* accepted head of the people. He was an able leader and an inspiration to the masses whom he controlled.