"L'heure est grave, je n'avais pas le droit de me taire..."

Autograph letter dated and signed by Romain Rolland, 18 lines in black ink, written in French and English from Villeneuve in the canton of Vaud.
Usual folds, a small hole to the upper left corner made by a pin, not affecting the text.
Romain Rolland, aligned with Moscow's position, criticizes the expansionist and imperialist policies of the West and the Japanese empire: "I take the liberty of communicating to you the enclosed appeal which I sent today to several French newspapers, and I enclose a copy of the telegram from Moscow, which triggered it."
He comes to the defense of the Kuomintang and its leader Sun Yat-sen, endangered by the Japanese army backed by the Europeans, including the French: "A few days before, I had received from Shanghai in flames the following cablegram from Madame Sun Yat-sen [in English]: 'Urgently appeal united action with antiimperialist League previent subjection division China by japanese imperialists with active assistance other imperialists including French...'.