Two recent editorials in the Japanese C,P. paper — jAkahata — have echoed the Chinese arguments condeming the public polemics of recent weeks, the first of these, appearing in the Jan, 11/12 issues said:" One-sided, public criticiem by a party of another fraternal party is not the correct method for settling disagreements," it then called "for the ttlement of differences of opinion between fraternal parties in accordance with the principles guiding relations among fraternal parties set forth in the Moscow statement and by adopting the method laid down in that document for eliminating differences."
The second, appearing the Jan. 24th. issue, saids"Unfortunately the differences in the International Gommunist Movement have become manifest to the public. At this juncture , we express our earnest hope that the fraternal parties immediately stop their public polemics, exercises rastraint, and patiently adopt necessary measures for the atrengthening of unity of that after having made adequate preparations, an international meeting may be held to settle the controversial issues, This viewpoint of our party has been made clear in our Central Committee's mossage of greeting to the sixth congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany." Both editorial spent a lot of space denouncing the "Shojiro Kasuga" and "Nishikawe-Naito" groups which heave been expelled from the Party. It is difficult to assess what arguments these people were putting forward but there are constant references to the revisioniam of which they are guilty.The accusation against the two groups would seem to be one of 'modern revisionism’, such statements ass" On the whole, they have joined hands with with the . . . Social Democrats and,in fact,have supported the thoory of 'positive neutrality!" ,indicate that is the only possible conclusion we can draw.