The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-06
JAPAN WOULD Be DICTATOR OF EAST

, before the chambers of commerce in
come to Japan complain about Indian
education-they say the government
of India provides no department of
mining in Indian colleges, and the
people have no way of fitting them
selves for industrial work, as there
is no system or technical education,
such as they get in Japan. They can
go to England, of course, but it is
cheaper to come to Japan.
do not say anything as to whether
the student is not sorry afterward
that he did come to Japan, for, al
though nearly all Japanese profess
sors in higher institutions know some
English, it is certain the Indian stu
dent cannot do efficient work in
Japanese school without first learn
ing the language, so that at least
two or three years of his time is
wasted in acquiring a language for
which he will have little or no use
in after life. In any case the edu-
cation is not to be compared to what
he could have had by the additional
expense of going to the United States
or England.
Japans interest in India was fur
Their emphasized recently by the Wis
it of the Gaekwar of Baroda, and his
family. The Maharaja was present
ed to the Emperor and was Toasted
and feted in princely style by all The
leading officials of the Government.
The Japanese to some extent look
to India for ancestral traditions. From
that country once came Japan's relig-
ion, Buddhism, and Japanese sholars
now say that the forefathers of the
race did not come from Korea and,
China, but from the islands of the
Pacific, especiallh Borneo, the Malay
group generally, and even from the
| Philippines. A close study of the ira
! ditiOns of these islands leads the stu
| dent to the conclusion that the people
are more closely related to the Japan
! enc than the latter are to Chinese and
! Koreans. For instance, the Chinese
! Emperor is always given or has a
! family name, whereas the imperial
! house of Japan is nameless, like deity.
| The sacred number of China is five,
while in Japan it is eight, as it is also
in the Pacific islands Aga" has some
resemblance in sound to the Japanese
'waga," we or our; and so on in var
. ious ways the Japanese steer clear of a
Monaghan origin, which they greatly
dislike, and find themselves more at
home among the Indians and the more
southern people of the Pacific.
Value of British Friendship.
Japan's ambition in promoting
friendship between herself and the
people of the Far East has been great
| ly assisted by the Anglo-Japanese al
lance, and indirectly her commerce
and trade has benefited.
Is the continuance of the alliance
consistent with aggressive promotion
of British interests in the Far East ?
There ought to be no reason why this
should not be so. Japan does not
expect Great Britain to forfeit her
right to further her own trade in China
by virtue Of the alliance. But the out
cry in England against the alliance by
Captain Bellairs and others is causing
some reflection in Japan. Some of the
Japanese are disposed to believe that
the feeling against a renewal of the
alliance is not very extensive in Great
Britain, while others fear II is growing
The Japanese themselves admit that
if the alliance be not renewed Japan
will be Obliged to increase her navy
by at least 25 new battleships so as to
come up to the fighting strength OF
any possible enemy, with the excep
, ton of Great Britain. There is to
some extent an impression in Japan
that Great Britain would like to con
tinue the alliance, and that if it should
fail of renewal the only reason will
be it's unpopularity in some of the
colonies. The main question in the
colonies is whether IN case of clash
of interests between Great Britain and
Japan the alliance would assuredly
save Australia, New Zealand and other
British possessions in the Far East
from attack.
Personally l do not believe Japan