卢沟桥事变后英国对日政策的转变

最新的档案资料和研究成果表明，卢沟桥事变后英国的对日政策，从九一八事变后的绥靖政策，转变为一种自私自利的、被迫的援华抗日政策。英国明确反对日本侵略中国，但不愿为了中国而与日本开战；英国官方不愿公开援助中国抗战，但允许通过民间方式援助中国；英国希望“和平”解决卢沟桥事变，但英国对日退让的底线是“恢复到卢沟桥事变前的状态”。英国的这种对日政策虽然仍然是一种妥协，而且还没有完全摆脱绥靖政策的阴影，但已经有了实质上的改变：英国并没有出卖中国来与日本妥协，实现其维护在远东利益的计划。这也就说明，在太平洋战争爆发前并不存在英美等国勾结共同出卖中国的“远东慕尼黑阴谋”。

On the Development of British's Policy toward Japan

The newest archives,materials and findings show that the British were not willing to defend its interests in China by allowing the Japanese occupying China alone after The Lukouchiao Incident.British policy towards Japan at the time was to help China's war resistance against the Japanese aggression,though it was a selfish and reluctant one.It must be pointed out that although the British were not willing to aid China publicly and would not to start a war against Japan for China,the British firmly opposed the Japanese invasion of China.The British hope a peaceful resolution on the incident,but they insisted that the preconditions to achieve the goal was to restore the conditions in China before The Lukouchiao Incident,that means the Japanese army must retreat from the occupied territories in China before the incident.Therefore Britain's policy towards Japan after the incident was not a compromise or appeasement any more.