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ance in which the warlike intentions of the United States are more
than hinted at. He says that Japan fought the Sino-Japanese and
the Russo-Japanese wars and took over Manchuria in order, to
maintain peace in the Far East—which to every Japanese, of course,
means simply Japanese dominance, yet they say it with apparently
genuine sincerity. Among other comments he observes :

They [the Americans] are now bringing airplanes to Canton
in large numbers; they are reinforcing the air lines at Shanghai,
Hankow, etc. At the present moment they are bringing more
to Canton and then to Amoy and Foochow, constructing air
bases along the coast up to Shanghai. Now in the north we
remember that Americans several times attempted to cross
the Pacific via Alaska and repeatedly failed. Viewed from our
military point of view, their frustrated attempts were simply recon-
noitring. They were purposeful, but the Japanese, being a race of
good-natured men, showed unstinted kindness to them, especially
the country people were kindly disposed to them, acting as if they
were their own sons who were trying to fly across the big sea.

A certain lieutenant made a strange flight and returned. Then
what happened, do you think ? The Lindberghs came, and they
delayed in the Kurile Islands for a week, saying it was bad weather
yesterday, and again to-day. They flew and again returned. It
may be imagination of course, but it is equally possible that they
1 reconnoitered in that part of the country. What are the Americans
doing now? They are continuing since then surveying along
the Aleutians, on a large scale making use of survey corps, tele-
graph corps, and aviation corps, etc. What does all this point to ?
Then they have resumed diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia.

Of course we can see economic motives in this, but it is possible
to say that they may have had in view the possibility of surrounding
Japan in all directions with their warlike preparations. Soviet
Russia is concentrating efficient bombing planes and making war
preparations in the Far East. In case of an outbreak, from Formosa,
from the North, and from the Soviet territory, they would surround
Japan by air raids in three directions. We must expect a large
air force will be brought by the large fleet across the Pacific, We
. are preparing for such an eventuality.

The allegations of Lindbergh's spying seem to me to be going
pretty strong.

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January 19, 1934

Elsie and I were taking a last walk with our dogs, Kim and Sambo,

along the palace moat this morning when suddenly looking back

' we found that Sambo had disappeared. Elsie said, " Do you think

he could have fallen into the moat ? " We looked over the edge

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