TOPICS OF THE DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20509, 27 May 1938, Page 6

TOPICS OF THE DAY

In China “Disturbing facts are revealing to Japan that in attacking China she has seriously miscalculated the consequences of her action. The first result of Japan's invasion has been to unify China. Never before have I seen the Chinese people so united and so determined in purpose. All classes of people feel the gravity of the present crisis, that it is a life-and-death struggle for their national existence. The common danger has closed the ranks of all political parties and welded them together into one united front whose strength is concentrated and directed to one end, the salvation of the country. To-day Communists, Fascists and Democrats are fighting shoulder to shoulder, and apparently are learning to understand and trust one another. It must be disconcerting to Japan to see that her invasion has created in the Chinese people a consciousness of national unity which is the backbone of the Government's resistance. Anatole France said, ‘China will begin to exist when the Chinese know there is a China.’ China's national personality has been growing slowly during the last ten years. To-day Japan has stabbed China’s national consciousness to activity.’' —Rev. S. H. Young, missionary in China sines 1924.