The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-31
JAPANESE
AMBITION
Would Like to Be the
Worlds Foremost
Power.

Harold Bolce who has been studying
Japan from a 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
| way, some fifty OF them are still In
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. 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
tions 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 viii
have the right of way too, in trade
matters unless America and Europe
wake up, and secure their own share"
1.-THE applause of the Christian peo-
pie has given Japan a wonderful start
and in a few centuries the Anglo
Saxon people viii have cause to regret
1t. Japan was always considered a
toy nation until the Japanese-C 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 I 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 Il
poIa - 10
ties America had, with ali 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 viii be
created that will eclipse any in the
world. and the country that secures
he greater proportion of it viii be the
great power of the world. While we all
applaud Japan for her brave attack
On Russia. we must not forget the pos
;ibilities of the future. The trade of
he future is travelling westward, and
Japan will not stop until she is COM
nerciaI power in the East also. Japan is
selling more goods in the Orient now
han America or Europe. We are sell
|
ene. Japan wants only raw material
rom US. Germany is selling a lot OF
small stuffs in the Orient, and while
he trade of England is declining,
Americas trade is not increasing in i1
he manner in which it should for a
with the prestige and resour-
es of the United States. 1t is true
hat Japan has announced her policy | {
# having free ports, but Japan has a
ettled way of hampering trade, that
nth its annoyances makes its avowed !
olicy of little use in a business way.
While they are polite they have
leasant way of placing obstacles in the !
Tay, which amounts almost to a boy !
oft of American goods
Mr.. Bolce believes that America 7
houId awaken TO its opportunities and !
rake an active fight for the trade of I
he East as if this is not done, Japan | G
ill eventually be a world power in +
tead of the United States, for he is of 5
ne opinion that the Pacific Ocean will Il
e the future seat of the worlds great o
ST empire. $