Abstract
ALL international complications today have an overwhelming economic motivation. Certainly this motivation dictated Japan's movements in Manchuria, even as early as the Sino-Japanese conflict of 1894-95. And because Japan's action of September 18, 1931 had its roots embedded in the events of the previous thirty-seven years, a glimpse of the historical background affords an enlightening perspective of what appeared to be an overt act; for it must be remembered that while Japan's economic urge was always uppermost, there were other motives that led to the first of the series of conflicts in and concerning Manchuria. One of these was the strictly political consideration of security.
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