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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 6 (October 1, 1932.)

Japan and the League

Japan and the League.

If the Western world were not so preoccupied with its own economic salvation, it would have much more to say about the amputation of Manchukuo (Manchuria and other provinces) from China. Britain was once defined as “a small island off the coast of Europe.” It happens that some small islands off the coast of Asia, named Japan, are dipping deeper into the Chinese mainland than ever the English Edwards or the English Henrys did into Europe. China claims to have 474 million people, but at least thirty millions of them hive off with Manchukuo, now recognised by Japan as an independent State. Japan did not wait for the League of Nations report. Through her mainland possessions, plus Manchukuo, her military arm reaches in between the millions of Russians and the many millions of Chinese. And her squadron is again at Shanghai.