Word: japanism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...secret powwow in London between U. S. and British navies. For under the terms of the three-way agreement concluded at the 1936 naval conference, the U. S., France and Britain are to exchange information on their building plans. Presumably, they also exchanged what little information they had about Japan's plans, which are supposed despite denials to include monster 46,000-ton capital ships writh 18-inch guns...
...Navy and the British Admiralty certainly involved no definite commitments, but it is known that the President with traditional interest in naval affairs has displayed a lively curiosity on how the U. S. and British fleets would maneuver in case of trouble in the Pacific-meaning with Japan. The Navy Department never speaks of a second-to-none fleet, which implies rivalry with Britain, but of one equal to the combined navies of any two Fascist powers-meaning Japan and an ally...
...much repetition. They are always heard whenever armament increase is wanted; they are as inevitable as scare heads on the country's yellow journals. The fact is that we are already spending a billion dollars-a record peace-time high-on armament. Furious rearming on the part of Germany, Japan, and Italy has only begun to threaten our supremacy, and bears no threat whatever to our "national security...
...sunny south, where Japanese troops are not yet operating on a large scale, Japanese pilots busied themselves systematically bombing Canton's rail approaches from both Hankow and Hong Kong. One day this week they bombed in relays for nine solid hours, the heaviest air-strafing yet seen in Japan's war in China...
...high Victorian principle and good will Koki Hirota announced: "In Europe and America there are some who are apt to entertain misgivings regarding Japanese intentions, as though she were trying to close China's door and expel the interests of the powers from China. . . . Not only will Japan respect to the fullest extent rights and interest of the powers in the occupied areas but she is prepared for the purpose of promoting welfare of the Chinese people to leave the door wide open to all powers and to welcome their cultural and economic co-operation there...