Abstract
The most spectacular diplomatic event of 1938 came when Adolph Hitler demanded, and got, the Sudetenland at the Munich Conference on September 29th of that year. At the same time, however, events were occurring on the other side of the world which, while less spectacular, were to prove just as portentous for the future. | A war, nonetheless vicious for the fact that it was undeclared, was in progress in the Far East in 1938. The uneasy peace of the Orient had been shattered in July of 1937 with the renewal of armed hostilities between Japan and China. By the middle of 1938 it had become clear that an early end to the conflict was unlikely.