Abstract

Foreign Correspondence

It seems as if it could not be without some significance that Japanese writers in newspaper and magazine have been emphasizing the fact that Japan is in a critical position, "at the parting of the ways." The first writer to warn his countrymen was Marquis Komura, son of the late Marquis Kontura who achieved so much distinction as a diplomat. He contributed an article to a magazine entitled "Yuben" and made an appeal to the young men of Japan to face the important and critical moment in her history. He said that, in the midst of war prosperity, many were prone to neglect thinking seriously of the true position in which their country is now placed. He pointed out that "the backbone of Japan's foreign affairs" is the Asiatic question, which is centred in China.