‘It is three days' easy journey from Japan to China. It is doubtful whether anywhere in the world another journey of the same length brings with it such a complete change of political temper and belief.’
China in the 20th century, its differences with Japan, and their bearing on the Washington Naval Conference. No American speaks with greater authority on the issues of East Asia than Professor Dewey. Travelling on sabbatical leave, he has just spent two and a half years in East Asia. Here is his report on the problem that underlies peace in the Pacific and the limitation of armament.
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He is one of the most prominent American scholars of the first half of the twentieth century.