Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-25
THE FUTURE OF JAPAN
Cleveland Chamber of Com
merce Hears an Interesting
Address by a Japanese
HE SPEAKS WITH AUTHORITY
Declares Japan's Influence Will Be For
Good in China and That She Has No
Designs Whatever Upon the Philip
pines = Not a Dictator in the
Orient.

Cleveland, O., Oct. 25.-The first Of
fetal utterance from an authoritative
source concerning the future policy OF
Japan toward America and the orient
was delivered here last night by Ext
Hioki, first secretary of the Japanese
legation at Washington.
The Cleveland chamber of commerce
was Mr.. Hioki's audience, and Japan,
America and the Orient" was his SUD-
ject.
AT the outset of his address Mr.. Hio-
XII denied that Japan had amy ambition
to assume the position Of dictator In
the orient. He took up then and dis
cussed categorically the most import
ant of the speculations and fears ex-
pressed here and abroad concerning
Japan's present and future policy.
Discusses Six Problems.
These he classified under six heads:
/. The yellow peril.
2. Japan's policy in the Philippines.
8. Japan's policy in China.
4. Commercial policy in China
s. Immigration into the United States.
6. The future of the orient.
In substance Mr.. Hioki declared that
the yellow peril was a needless fear,
that Japan has no designs on the Philt-
ppines, that the open door policy will
be adopted in China, and that there Is
every reason to believe Japanese Inn
migra ton to the United States would
steadily decrease.
No Designs on Philippines.
OF Japan's future policy in the Phili-
ppines Mr. Hiold said:
Frank and unreserved disavowals
OF the alleged designs OF Japan upon
the Philippines having frequently
emanated from authoritative sources,
1t is superfluOus for me to repeat them.
But the fact that there Is a constant
the newspapers Of this country shows
that the repeated disavowals from
authoritative sources have bourne
little fruit, either because the general
public still distrusts Japan in this
matter or because a certain section OF
the American people wants to get up
some agitation for their own interests.
"Can you believe that this great
American people, who glory in their
national spirit, in their gigantic
strength, in their boundless wealth,
in their marvellous development, and
who look forward with proud and con-
fident anticipation to the time when
they shall be the first in the race civ
ilization has set for man to run, would
allow her flag to be lowered, be it in
the Philippines or any other place
which legitilnately belongs to her by
any hands but hers?
NO; most emphatically, no. That is
the spirit with which you cling to your
new possessions in the Pacific and that
ought to be the spirit of the people.
And who can better understands that
spirit Of the Americans than the jap
anese? Therefore, of Japan harbored
such sinister design as is attributed
to her, she must be prepared to plunge
into war far more gigantic than the
one just ended, against a nation to
which she owes much of what she is
today, and to whose people she owes
that moral and financial support so un-
reservedly given at the most critical
period in her history. The Philippines
would not be worth the sacrifice Of
such valuable friendship.
Influence in China for Good.
"The increased prestige Of Japan
turned the eyes of the world towards
the problem of what influence Japan
will WELD over China Without ques-
tioning the value of the principles
contained in the so-called Monroe doc
trine or its applicability to the east
ern situation at present, can simply
say that such an idea has not entered
into Japanese minds and such 2 poll
CIV has not seen even the symp ems of
formation.
cit is matter of congratnlation for
Japan as we'll as for all other nations
that there is fair prospect of the
increase OF Japanese influence iE
China as a result Of her increased
prestige.
Fewer Japanese to Come.
Taking into account the enormous
losses suffered by our army in killed.
wounded, and manned for life, and al
so those who would find new oppor
tunities in -orea and Manchuria there
is every reason to believe that Japan
ese immigration to the United States
will considerably decrease.
"Tha orient, with more than half OF
the population and more than one
third of the land area of the entire
world, and with commerce tamourtina
only to $9,C00.000.000 annually, that IS.
only a little over one seventh OF II
total trail, of the world, offers an al
most unlimited field for future devel
opment."
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When you have cough or co,
don't ask what is good for it and &c
some medicine with little or no meri.
and perhaps dangerous. Ask for Fo
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