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Reflects on the end of World War II, a war that led to the use of atomic weapons. The war in the Pacific as representing the attempt of a modern, non-Western power to carve its place in a world colonized and dominated by white people; Janpan's attempt to create a mythology of a chosen people with an Emperor as a descendant of the sun goddess; How the United States expanded into the Pacific throughout the early 20th century; Bataan death march; Allied victories.

The article presents news briefs concerning U.S. and international politics for the week of April 7, 1941. The revolution of Yugoslavia against Nazi German occupational forces is described along with its international impact. The Japanese foreign relations with Germany and non-Axis powers are discussed. The seizure of Axis owned shipping vessels in U.S. waters are reported on.

This article discusses how Leader of the Nazi Party Adolf Hitler is beginning to feel the strain of the war. Additionally, the diplomatic phase of the war extends to the Far East with British garrisons withdrawing from China indicating an understanding between Japan and Great Britain that will negatively impact China.

Provides some insights into developments in world politics and international relations compiled as of February 1922. Effects of the events of the World War from 1914 to 1918; Causes of political conflicts between the U.S. and both Japan and Great Britain; Details about the proposed defensive compact between France and England; Proposals for the refund of debts of the Allied countries.

Presents information on several socio-political developments from across the world. Dissipation of the growing hostility between the U.S. and Japan; Information on Italy's sympathy with the U.S. desire for disarmament, and its willingness for the revision of the Treaty of Versailles; Comments on an "Open Letter to the U.S. President on Federal Relief Appropriation," by William Hodson, published in the November issue of "The Survey Graphic"; Appeal issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to hunters to spare the ducks.

The article offers several news briefs related to politics around the world. The delegates of Japanese government to the Naval Conference has arrived in the U.S. and has clarified their government's position. The cut on income taxes was made effective by the U.S. Congress. The Minister of Justice raided the native compounds of Africans arresting 600 people in Durban, South Africa.

Comments on the political and social implications of the conflicts between the Japanese and Chinese Nationalist Troops at Tsinan, China in 1928. Effects of the Tsinan Incident on the development of Chinese thought and feeling; Absence of anti-Japanese violence in China; Emphasis on the awakening of Chinese nationalism; Indications of history, politics and foreign relations.

This article discusses the matter related to world politics. The Nazi onslaught of Russia is only three days three days old and it is much too early to assess its prospects. Moreover, one must expect even less reliable information about the course of this campaign than we have received from other battlefields of World War II. The Nazi-Soviet war places Japan in an awkward position. The Japanese government was forced to acknowledge failure in its effort to extend the New Order in Asia to the Dutch East Indies by process of intimidation. This presumably led to a temporary shelving of the military's grandiose plans for expansion into the South Seas.

In this article, the editor gives his literary concerns on international politics. The Vinson bill, which has been approved by the U.S. House Naval Affairs Committee, is really a bill to repeal the Wagner Act. Under it, a fine of $5,000 and a prison sentence of one year could be imposed on "either labor or management" which tried to bargain collectively in plants now open shop. The week that has passed since the signing of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact has brought only conflicting guesses as to its significance in terms of immediate Japanese policy. The steel industry has suffered two severe shocks in the past two weeks. The first was administered by one of its own leaders, E. T. Weir, chairman of the National Steel Corp., who while negotiations for a wage increase were proceeding between U.S. Steel and the SWOC upped the rates of his own non-unionized workers by 10 cents an hour.

This article presents the author's perspective on world events during the week of December 29, 1937. He addresses the Spanish Civil War and anti-communist hysteria in America. He also presents his thought on the increasing tension in U.S./Japanese relations and whether to evacuate Americans from China.

The article offers new briefs related to political and social issues. A great flood has struck Ohio Valley which caused the death of more than 100 people, rendered 600,000 homeless and damaged millions of properties. The long continued conflict between the militarists and the civilians in Japan has broken out on the last week of January 1937. The board of trustees of the village of Ossining, New York has passed a resolution on the limits of the distribution of handbills.

The article offers world news briefs related various world developments. Germany and Japan have confessed the existence of an alliance which aims to target Soviet Russia instead of communism. American journalists James Waterman Wise and Isobel Walker Soule claimed that Brazil is no longer a democracy. The editorial of the November 4, 1936 issue of "The New Republic" journal stated the big section of Alabama press.

Focuses on the relationship of the Soviet Union with various countries in the wake of World War II. German policies of cooperation and hostility towards the Soviet Union; Japan as a factor in the strained Russo-German relations; Failure of the Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936; Information on the signing of the Russo-Japanese Neutrality Pact and its ratification on April 13, 1941; Speculation that the German dictator Adolf Hitler knew better than most of the critics of the Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact or 1939 that there was no basis for amity or even cooperation between the two countries; Importance of the Soviet Union's neutrality in the U.S. war with Japan; Discussion of the Soviet Union's far eastern policy; Relations between China and the Soviet Union; Stand of Soviet Union in abiding the Atlantic Charter or the Declaration of the United Nations; Soviet Union's fight against fascism.

Assesses the defense strength of the U.S. in the light of a book "Defense Will Not Win the War," by Lieutenant Colonel W.F. Keran. Argument pertaining to the U.S. strength of airpower, seapower, and armed forces to take an offensive against German dictator Adolf Hitler; Description about Japanese imperialism in the Far-East; Offenses by Japan to attack Pearl-Harbor with the support of Hitler; Paroxysm of rage among Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor; Preparation of the U.S. for defense against air raids by Germany.

The article presents news briefs concerning international politics for the week of March 17, 1941. The German military expansions into the Balkan region are described, highlighting the securing of Yugoslavia. The forcing of the French government into cooperation with the Nazi powers are reported. The Japanese foreign ministerial visit of Yosuke Matsuoka to Germany is analyzed.

This section offers news briefs concerning world business. The Japanese government is planning to develop its foreign policy with no military dictation. The general tension throughout Europe has affected business conditions in France. The increasing anti-government sentiment in Great Britain is reported. The Soviet Union is conducting geological surveys for potential strategic resources.

The author reflects on the possibility for an occurrence of a war between the U.S. and Japan due to their commercial rivalry for the trade of China. He analyzes another issue that can trigger between the two countries, which is the U.S. strict immigration laws that irritated the Japanese government. However, he emphasizes the lack of interest of Japan for any form of military glory can contribute to the impossibility of a war.

The article argues the issues surrounding the "Lytton Report," prepared by the Council of the League of Nations to assess the growing conflict between Japan and China over Manchuria. According to the author, the negative response received by the report from the Japanese government makes it an illustration of tragic futility despite the virtues of realistic and well intentioned liberalism it contains because of its assumption that national societies can be guided by enlightened self-interest.

Focuses on the prospect of fascism adopted by the Japanese government in order to copy Western civilization. Desire of the government to withdraw from the League of Nations; Possibility for stabilizing the economic and social status despite of deprivation of political rights for the public; Dependence of Japanese industries and livelihood of Japanese people on international trade; Problem for foreign trade due to Japanese policy of protecting industries and subsidy; Policy of the government to facilitate the growth of foreign commerce in order to provide way for economic salvation in Japan; Necessity for Japanese government to choose between international cooperation and trade and self-sufficiency; Chances for opposition by Japanese public for military fascism in the country.

The article offers world news briefs related to politics. The conflict between China and Japan has been growing which is regarding the control of Manchuria. The Consolidated Gas merger has been approved by the Public Service Commission of New York without investigating its implications. A pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, John Roach Straton described New York Governor Alfred E. Smith as the deadliest foe of moral progress.

Comments on the declaration made by the Japanese Imperial government appealing for an end to the war waged by the Chinese nationalist movement. Efforts of the nationalist movement in getting support from the Japanese army for the complete occupation of Manchuria; Plan of the Japanese government to convert the northern province into an imperial dependency; Commitment of the imperial government to an organized political system and free trade in the Far East.

The article presents discussions on various topics. Japanese air attacks on Burma road do not seem to have greatly affected its usefulness to China. Recent dispatches from Chungking tell of new anti-aircraft guns which apparently had just arrived via the Burma road. It is admitted that some bridges have been damaged by Japanese bombs, but the most strategic of these, the span across the Mekong gorge, is reported to have withstood numerous raids. Meanwhile, the Japanese drive through Indo-China has bogged down, and it is now intimated that the main Japanese attack will be delivered through Kwangsi.

The Chinese government depends for the transportation of necessary supplies on the narrow-gauge railway that runs from Kunming in free China to the port of Haiphong in French Indo-China. After the fall of Hankow and Canton to the invaders, the Kunming-Haiphong Railroad became the shortest route from free China to the sea. When France was defeated by Germany, Japan saw its chance to cut this line. Using pressure and threats it forced the railroad to suspend the transportation of supplies into Kunming. Now a Japanese fleet is cruising near the Bay of Tonkin, and it looks as if Japan were poised to launch an attack upon Indo-China and seize this rich French possession at the back door of China.

The article provides discussion on various topics. If Japan's growing economic difficulties have reduced popular enthusiasm for the war, no such news has passed the censor. The economic restraints placed upon Japan by the boycott are not of a sort calculated to create disaffection within Japan. There has been a sharp decline in Japan's military efficiency in recent weeks; and there has been a drastic reduction in Japan's purchases of strategic raw materials as a result of the boycott. It is only reasonable to believe that there is some connection between the two facts. If this is the case, China may yet win the war--provided that the boycott can be maintained and extended.

The naval discussions in London, England, have proceeded with a notable absence of propaganda of American origin. The restraint has been deliberate. The U.S. is asking Japan to accept continuance of naval inferiority. Japan is asking the U.S. to accept naval parity. The demand of the U.S., is not that Japan should be so weak that the U.S. can veto her in Asia. In theory, Great Britain and the United States ought to be strong enough to do that now. In fact they cannot, as they discovered after the collective denunciation of Japan by the League Assembly, nor can they hope to at the present cost of warships.

This article presents information on socio-political conditions of several nations. Although the Japanese demand for complete equality is likely to be somewhat modified under pressure, it is idle to deny that a great gulf exists between the positions taken by the Japanese and American governments with regard to naval limitation. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District of Columbia Supreme Court has found the Railway Pension Act unconstitutional on the ground that it is confiscatory in some of its phases and that it illegally assumes the right of Congress to legislate in respect to employees not directly connected with interstate commerce. The outcome of the naval discussions is inevitably linked with the larger question of Japanese ambitions in China. Although Tokyo has been successful in preventing a formal discussion of allied political issues in conjunction with the naval talks, it has been unable to prevent Great Britain and the United States from pressing their protests against the projected Manchoukuo oil monopoly.

Focuses on political developments related to Japan. Desire of the military rulers of Japan to fight Soviet Union, while they wish to antagonize Great Britain; Claim that a Soviet victory would bring tremendous relief even to the most disillusioned realists in England; Claim that those civilian and military elements which profess fascist tendencies may rule comfortably without the device of a party structure.

Comments on the belief of the Japanese people on its mission as savior of the world. Conviction on sacred lineage of the Emperor; Divinity of the land and its people; Confidence of the role of Japan as promoter and guardian of world peace; Influence of religion on national and foreign policies; Prevalence of religious patriotism in the army; Definition of the government as theocracy; Description of the attitude of the army toward the people.

Comments on the political and foreign relations issues in the U.S. Reiteration and amplification of the concrete proposal about navies of Japanese government for the speech in Philadelphia of Ambassador Tako Saito; Desire of Great Britain to effect some sort of compromise between the Japanese and American positions; Accounts on the gossip providing complete details of the "great reconciliation" between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and big industrialists.

Focuses on international arms business of the U.S. with other countries. Protest by Eiji Amau, Japanese Foreign Office spokesman against the sale of America military planes to the Nanking Chinese government; Supply of military arms and weapons by the U.S. to China; Argument pertaining to conspicuous profits of American automobile manufacturers that are gained from the war threats of the Far East; Use of munitions by South America preparation for the conflict between Colombia and Peru over Leticia; Difficulty in estimating American munitions sales to Bolivia; View that under private capitalism and in a world of nationalist states, the U.S. cannot prevent other countries from using American materials to manufacture munitions.

Presents an update on the economic and political developments in the U.S. Urgent requirement on the behalf of the industry to submit codes under the Industrial Recovery Act; Reason behind the pressure for submitting the codes under the Act; Necessity of enforcing wider employment and higher wages in all important industries of the U.S. Concerns of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Roy Howard regarding the activities of Japan and the denigrating relationships with the U.S.; Opinion on the recommendations made by Howard to counter the activities of Japan.