Chapter 569 568【Comment Article】

After the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the "Tianyu Statement", it immediately aroused strong reactions from the European and American powers, and identified the statement as a manifestation of the "Asian Monroe Doctrine".

The governments of the United Kingdom and the United States lodged serious protests against Japan's violation of international law and its attempt to monopolize the Far East, and demanded that the principles of "open door", "equal opportunities" and "equal benefits" be continued in China.

To put it more vividly, there were several robbers who rushed into the village, took what they wanted, robbed property, and acted arrogantly. Now a bandit suddenly announced that this village is mine, and you are not allowed to stretch out your hands. How could other bandits be willing?

As a result, Japan was isolated internationally by Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union, and the only option left was to form an alliance with Germany, because Germany's special interests in Asia had long been lost, and no matter how crazy Japan was, it didn't matter to Germany.

The "Tianyu statement" is like stabbing a hornet's nest, and there are even rumors that the United States will cut off Japan's steel and oil supplies. The Japanese government was immediately discouraged, and hastily issued the "Second Tianyu Statement" three days after the "First Tianyu Statement".

The "Second Tianyu Statement" emphasized that Japan does not hinder the interests of third countries, and also hopes that European and American countries will do business with China and promote China's prosperity. China's prosperity is welcomed by Japan, and Japan's China policy is still based on the open door. And Japan also issued a supplementary statement, claiming that it hoped that European and American countries could treat "Manchukuo" fairly and freely, and that "the great powers and the League of Nations used their policies to rob China" was an act that disrupted the peace of East Asia.

Zhou Hexuan originally wrote a review article, but when he saw the content of the "Second Tianyu Statement", he was so angry that he immediately scrapped the previous article and wrote a new one.

It was clear that Japan had illegally invaded and occupied Northeast China, and the Nanking government was trying to get the support of the big powers and the League of Nations. When it comes to Japan's statement, it turns out that "the great powers or the League of Nations use their policies to oppress China."

This statement was too much trouble, completely exposing Japan's ambition to monopolize the whole of China. Not only did it arouse fierce reactions from the people of the whole country and all parties, but even the Nanjing government, which has been pretending to be cowardly, couldn't sit still.

After the "Second Tianyu Statement" was published, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs sternly refuted this absurdity, arguing that no country should arbitrarily arbitrarily affect the legitimate rights and obligations of other countries without the consent of the countries concerned.

Taizu of our party also wrote an article pointing out: "(Tianyu's statement) is the most obvious expression of Japanese imperialism's attempt to occupy the whole of China."

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Yu Peichen received Zhou Hexuan's revised article on April 22, and she read it while sitting on the tram.

The content of the text is as follows:

"Recently, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued two statements, people call them 'Tianyu statement', I think it should be called 'Japan's dominance of China statement'...

There is no doubt that it is very stupid for Japan to issue the "Tianyu Statement" at this time, and it will only make it more isolated in international diplomacy. But why does Japan still risk the world's disgrace? Let's analyze the reasons first.

Affected by the world economic crisis, Japan's total industrial output value fell by 33% between 1929 and 1931, and it has declined year-on-year in the following years. In order to get rid of the crisis, the Japanese government had to step up the militarization of the national economy, expand military expenditures and orders, and at the same time vigorously develop military-related industrial products, making Japanese society more militarized...

Due to the continuous connivance of the Japanese aggression by the League of Nations, represented by the European and American powers, the appetite of the Japanese grew, and finally provoked the January 28th Incident that shocked the world. Shanghai is the city with the heaviest investment in China from European and American countries. 80% of British investment in China, 60% of American investment, 90% of French investment, and 70% of Italian investment...are all in Shanghai. Japan's attack on Shanghai directly violated the huge interests of Britain, the United States and other countries. Therefore, Britain and the United States and other countries expressed a tough attitude towards the Battle of Songhu. At that time, most of the Western powers in the Far East sent to Shanghai and were ready to carry out armed intervention in the war in Shanghai at any time. .

The British "Observer" made the mystery clear: "We forgive Japan's actions in Manchuria, but... arbitrarily attacking Shanghai, where all international interests converge, is another problem." '

However, the intervention of the great powers is limited. Today, appeasement is popular in Europe, and the United States pursues a policy of isolation. The rulers of these countries did not dare to go to war rashly in order to win the support of the people. It was precisely because of this that Japan dared to invade Rehe and Chahar brazenly.

Although the United Kingdom and the United States are unwilling to use force, they can support China economically, diplomatically and technologically. For example, last year China and the United States signed the "Wheat Cotton Loan Contract" and the "Sino-US Aviation Secret Agreement", which will greatly help China restore its agricultural economy and improve its aviation technology. At the same time, the British and American countries used the "Nine Powers Pact" to restrain Japan in all aspects.

Japan chose to issue the "Sky Feather Statement" at this time, one is because Japan's domestic economy is collapsing day by day, and it is urgent to speed up the pace of aggression against China, and the other is a diplomatic test of Western powers, which have attracted strong opposition , so he immediately issued the "Second Tianyu Statement", the third is to threaten the western powers diplomatically, expressing his tough attitude through the statement, and the fourth is to "excessively ask for prices and pay back the money", by changing the statement to dominate China In exchange for the recognition of the puppet Manchukuo by the big powers, the fifth is to...

Why do I think in the title of this article that the "Tianyu Statement" is a turning point in international relations in the Far East?

Because Japan committed public outrage.

You must know that the UK is now in a severe economic crisis, and 70% of the UK's business interests are obtained in China. The same is true for the United States, France and other countries. The big powers will not allow Japan to dominate China, otherwise the national economy of the big powers will have more serious problems. Although the Soviet Union did not have such a large commercial interest in China, Japan's expansion behavior has already threatened the military security of the Soviet Union's Far East.

Therefore, after the "Tianyu Statement" completely exposed Japan's wolfish ambitions, the Western powers will inevitably assist China more actively. With the backing of Western powers, the Nanjing Nationalist Government immediately became tougher in its weak foreign policy toward Japan, as can be seen from the statement of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Not only that, the "Tianyu Statement" also tore off the last fig leaf of the Japanese, and has made no secret of its coveting of the whole of China. The Chinese people must wake up, give up the illusion of peace they once held, and gradually form a united front of the whole nation...

Here I would like to remind the Western powers that Western countries regard the "Tianyu Statement" as the "Asian Monroe Doctrine", which is an extremely wrong manifestation. The United States implemented the Monroe Doctrine in the Americas and did not seriously interfere with the existing colonies of European powers. However, Japan's Asian policy regards Asia as its inherent territory. Once the time is right, it will inevitably seize the colonies of the big powers in Asia. The Monroe Doctrine of the United States calls for 'America is the America of the Americans', while Japan's Amaha statement clamors for 'Asia is the Asia of the Japanese'...

China should seize this opportunity to carry out more in-depth and all-round cooperation with Western powers. Based on the "Nine Powers Pact" as the basic principle, formulate a flexible foreign policy in line with international law, vigorously obtain economic and technical support from the big powers, take the opportunity to enhance China's economic, technological, and military strength, and enhance China's international diplomatic status..."

The whole article is an analysis of the "Tianyu Statement", from the background of the cause, the international situation, and the subsequent impact.

Yu Peichen was originally only indignant at Tianyu's statement, but after reading Zhou Hexuan's article, he immediately had a comprehensive and profound understanding of the whole incident. She came to the editorial department of "Fei Gong" and said to Nan Hanchen: "Editor Wang, this is an article rewritten by Mr. Zhou, and it needs to be published in the new issue of "Fei Gong" magazine."

Nan Hanchen took it over and read it carefully. After reading it, he couldn't help sighing: "Mr. Zhou is worthy of being an expert on international issues. This article is comprehensive and easy to understand, which is enough to serve as a guiding program for China's policy toward Japan."

Yu Peichen said regretfully: "It's a pity that he is not one of us. It would be great if an outstanding talent like Mr. Zhou can join our party."

Nan Hanchen smiled and said, "It is enough that he is Chinese."