Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-03-02
Hayashi And
Aoki AT Outs
IMMIGRATION COMPANIES ARE
OPPOSING NEW EMIGRA-
TON POLICY

Washington. Feb. 19.-lnfOrmatiOn
from unofficial and individual sources
on the aggressiveness of Japan in
Manchuria has been accommodating in
the State Department for some time.
That this condition Is irritating in in.
creaslng degrees to China is also a
matter Of knowledge here. 1t is stat.
ed with authority, however that in no
manner has the Chinese government
brought the matter to the attention
of the American government and no
report on the subject is looked for.
A remarkable explanation Of the at.
titude of our government in this i'm.
portant matter Is developed as the re.
suit of inquiry directed toward the
officials who cannot be quoted. but
are in positions to direct our policies.
In effect II Is as follows:
It is frankly admitted that America
Is losing her commercial foothold in
the Orient. This loss, however, is not
charged to Japan. Rather it is assert.
ed to be the effect of the growing ten.
dency toward internal governmental
regulation in the United States. As
an illustration of this, attention is
called to these facts:
Five years ago -four in barrels was
being shipped to the Orient from the
northwest. steel rails from Pittsburg
and cotton in bales from Texas.
These shipments were made possible
because of an exceedingly low ocean
freight rate arrived at by railroad
combination. This rate has been con.
dCmned by our courts as a conspiracy
against trade, and the DEVELOPMENT
Of this trade has been abandoned.
The domestic war, as It is character.
lied, against the Standard Oil Com.
pany, which is credited with the lar.
gest oriental trade of any American
enterprise. Is declared to have been
disastrously effective in the Orient
while the tobacco and cotton trade
goods are said to have been deal;
with heavily through the operation
of the railroad legislation here.
From this point 1t seemed easy for
government officials here Conycrsanl
with foreign matters to view Japa
nese commercial aggression in Man
Churia with a greater degree of com
plaisance than would be the case II
the face of an urgent domestic de
mand for government assistance. ia
pan, II Is asserted, can without grca
difficulty Justify everything she hnI
done in Manchuria as sanctioned b!
the open door" policy initiated b.
the late Secretary Hay and adhere,
to by the greater nations, including
Japan.
While Japan may Justify thes
things through the open door" policy
It has been charged that there exist
evidence of her use OF many method
and practices which might not bCa
the light of impartial investigation
Besides her claim to an equal foOtin
with other nations in ManChuria o
the open door basis, she has, 1t
asserted, obtained many valuable col
Cessiuns through which her cOntrt
of the railroad and Geographic facil
control is known to be used primaril
In the interest of japanese tradesme
and to the detriment Of all fOreig
competitors.
These disadvantages are, of cours
being felt by American tradesmen q
well as by those of other foreign NJ
lions. As the trade Of Germany, En-
land and other nations Is more val
able than the American trade, and :
those nations are what Is termC
highly commercially organized,
would not be great surprise
. American diplomacy to hear of pr
tests from these quarters against J
pancsc aggression.
There Is nothing, It Is pointed on
IN Secretary Hays PRONUNCIATION
the open door" policy which pa
takes of the nature of an agreemel
with any nation looking to its mai
tenancc. For this reason 1t Is pr
dicted that should combination
protests be made and any movemel
initiated by foreign nations the su
port which 1t would receive from tn
country would be no more than mora