The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-01
JAPANESE
AMBITION
Would Like to Be the
Worlds Foremost
Power.

Harold Bolce who has been studying
Japan from commercial standpoint
for the Booklover's Magazine, is a
through passenger on the Korea. He
Is returning to the mainland to get a
line on the effect of the present war on
American commerce from the stand
point of America, and will then return
to the Orient for a two years further
study. Mr.. Bolce has been interview
ing leading Japanese for several
months. He is not a war correspond
ent. The war correspondents, by the
Toxic. They have been told by the
Japanese government that they can go
to the front, but not with the army. and
Japan will not guarantee them protec-
ton. Mr.. Bolce says there are no cor
respondents with the Japanese army.
THE Jap is a modest man, but he is
ambitious" said Mr.. Bolce on the Ko-
rea last night. THE ambition of the
japanese people as a nation is much
deeper than we western people regard
it. Japan, as a nation wants to be the
patron of civilization the educator and
leader of the yellow races. I don't
want to raise the old cry of yellow
peril for Japan is now only seeking a
natural outlet, and protecting itself
from the encroachments of other ma
tons. She wants to be the teacher of
Asia and intends to secure a federation
of the Asiatic races, of course to her
own commercial advantage. She will
have the right of way too, in trade
matters unless America and Europe
wake up, and secure their own share"
.The applause of the Christian peo-
pie has given Japan a wonderful start
and in a few centuries the Anglo
Saxon people will have cause to regret
it. Japan was always considered a
toy nation until the Japanese Chinese
war, and now in the war between the
East and the West, Japan hopes to
emerge as a great modern power. She
will be an important factor in the trade
of the Pacific unless the United States
wakes up to her own possibilities.
While 1 don't believe America wants
to stand in the way of Japan, yet to
look into the future, America is giving
Japan opportunities to be the great Pa
cific power which in my mind will
mean the foremost power of the world;
because the Pacific Ocean will be the
scene of the commercial activities of
the future"
Mr.. Bolce referred to the opportuni-
ties America had, with all her coun-
tries fronting on the Pacific Ocean, the
South American states, the unexpected
Pacific coast of North America, Ha-
wall, the Philippines and the Oriental
countries. when these countries be-
gin to develop, then a trade will be
created that will eclipse any in the
world, and the country that secures
the greater proportion of it will be the
great power of the world. While we all
applaud Japan for her brave attack
on Russia, we must not forget the pos
sibilities of the future. The trade of
the future is travelling westward, and
Japan will not stop until she is COM
mercial power in the East also. Japan is
selling more goods in the Orient now
than America or Europe. We are SELL
ing nothing there but calico and kero-
sene. Japan wants only raw material
from us Germany is selling a lot of
small stuffs in the Orient and while
the trade of England is declining,
Americas trade is not increasing in
the manner i'm which it should for a
with the prestige and resour-
ces of the United States. 1t is true
that Japan has announced her policy |
IF having free ports, but Japan has a
settled way of hampering trade, that !
With its annoyances makes its avowed |
policy of little use in a business way. !
While they are polite they have a |
pleasant way of placing obstacles in the !
way, which amounts almost to a boy !
ott of American goods"
Mr.. Bolce believes that America |
hould awaken to it's opportunities and
make an active fight for the trade of !
he East as If this is not done Japan
will eventually be world power in
tead of the United States. for he is of
he opinion that the Pacific Ocean will
'e the future seat of the worlds great
st empire.
l.