, pursuing the
argument logically and inexorably and disclosing traces of real
political genius, makes this unalterably clear.

Having established clearly the attitude of Japan towards the world--and
more particularly towards the rival political combinations now locked
together in a terrible death-struggle, this second part of the
Memorandum is concerned solely with China and can be broken into two
convenient sections. The first section is constructive--the plan for the
reconstruction of China is outlined in terms suited to the Japanese
genius. This part begins with an illuminating piece of rhetoric.

PART II. THE CHINESE QUESTION AND THE DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE

It is a very important matter of policy whether the Japanese
Government, in obedience to its divine mission, shall solve the
Chinese Question in a heroic manner by making China voluntarily rely
upon Japan. To force China to such a position there is nothing else
for the Imperial Japanese Government to do but to take advantage of
the present opportunity to seize the reins of political and
financial power and to enter by all means into a defensive alliance
with her under secret terms as enumerated below:

_The Secret Terms of the Defensive Alliance_

The Imperial Japanese Government, with due respect for the
Sovereignty and Integrity of China and with the object and hope of
maintaining the peace of the Far East, undertakes to share the
responsibility of co-operating with China to guard her against
internal trouble and foreign invasion and China shall accord to
Japan special facilities in the matter of China's National Defence,
or the protection of Japan's special rights and privileges and for
these objects the following treaty of Alliance is to be entered into
between the two contracting parties:

1. When there is internal trouble in China or when she is at war
with another nation or nations, Japan shall send her army to render
assistance, to assume the responsibility of guarding Chinese
territory and to maintain peace and order in China.

2. China agrees to recognize Japan's privileged position in South
Manchuria and Inner Mongolia and to cede the sovereign rights of
these regions to Japan to enable her to carry out a scheme of local
defence on a permanent basis.

3. After the Japanese occupation of Kiaochow, Japan shall acquire
all the rights a