The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
AMERICA A MOST
AGGRESSIVE NATION
So Says Japanese Writer, Who
Explains What the Monroe
Doctrine Is.

DuCtTl1e ls'
"The future of the United States is
as mysterious as that of China was
DR.. Setsurei Miyake, widely known in
The Orient as the editor Of the Nihon
Oyobi Nihonjin (Japan and the Jap
ancse), in one of his articles in the cur
rent number of the fortnightly periodi
cal. 'The political conditions in these
two Republics are at present threaten.
ing japan and on both sides much eau
tion is demanded of the japanese, since
political changes IN either of them can
not be effected without more or less in
fluencing the international position OF
Japan.
"Any attempt to forecast the future
of the United States would be little
better than blind man Is attempt to
seize C. ghost with his hands. The at
tempt might elicit some truths but
would not help us in framing conclu-
sions about the whole of America. Some
look up the United States in the light
of liberty, Others regard her civilization,
Others her economic systems and still
Others her people, and each man thinks
his views alone can answer for all the
affairs of the United States. But
America is still as much mystery as
ever. In other words the United States
has not yet advanced to that stage at
which her future can be predicted
Ne, ertheless, it may be safely said that
We come to know the United States bet
ter with every year.
An Aggressive Power.
GAS / have already said, it is diff
ficult TO predict the future of rthe Unit.
ed States, but the hints that are given
us year by year all prQpe thatthe Unit
ed States is not peaceful Power, but
an aggressive one. America lis most
clearly revealed to MS on this point
though still mystery in many other
respects. 1t is a fact that many more
wars have been fought in Europe than
in Asia, and the United States, which
is composed of emigrants from Europe
cannot be an exception to the rule of
Europe. The people of the United
States are emigrants from European
countries, and these emigrante are the
malcontents, politically, socially or re.
ligiously. To expect the United States,
peaceful country is like expecting a
yam to change into an eel.
"The watchword Liberty or Death ,
indicates the strong spirit of indepeD
dence in the minds of the Americans at
the time of their proclamationsof indie.
pendence. But we cannot admire the
conduct Of these American forefathers
so much as some people do if we con-
slider that England, their Smother coun-
| try, was then very much embarrassed
by her war on the continent and her
position was such as could not have
failed to appeal to the sympathy of any
member of the nation who cared straw
for her welfare, though her foolish mon
arch and some of his advisers must be
held responsible for the results of their
conduct.
| "Moreover the Americans sought
help from France, then the bitter
enemy of the mother country, in order
to attain their independence. France
who helped the United States so much
at the time of the latter's struggle for
independence, expected from the United
States some return, but when later she
asked for help from the United States,
the latter not only refused it but even
prepared to make war against her. The
aim of the United States is easy to see.
She desired to enlarge the area of her
territories in spite that they were very
thinly populated Never since then has
she been at rest in her ambition. She
purchased piece of territory from
France, annexed large area of Mexi.
60 after q war with that country, and
bouplt Alaska from Russia
The Monroe Doctrine.
The real object of the Monroe Doe
trine is nothing else than to bring both
North and South America under the
control OF one government. In his eff
forts to this end Blaine failed, but
that does not mean that the American
public is against the amalgamation of
these two continents of America. On
the contrary, more than one attempt
has been made at the annexation of
Canada and whenever any disturbances
occur in Mexico, crowds of Americans
90 over to participate in them and
Washington soon dispatches troops to
the Mexican border though there be no
sign of danger. What warlike nation
they are' They fought with Spain
and as a result they annexed not only
Cuba, but even the Philippines, far dis
tant from the American continent. And
they say that is the wider application
of the Monroe Dictrine.
"America has long had ambitions il
the Far East. 1t was Seward, secretary
of state under Lincoln, who first advo
Gated the acquisition of interests o.
America in Asia. His proposal ha
gradually become embodied in public
opinion in the United States, so tina
when the Philippines were annexed, TIN
majority of the Americans rejoieed owe
it, though a very small number opposed
the scheme. His achievement was ear
ried out by President Mckinley wit
the assistance of big business. Late
Mr.. Roosevelt became the idol of hi
eountrymen because his imperialism
pleased them. Why did the American
rejoice over the occupation of tn
Philippinesi Because they thus got
footing enabling them to expand thei
Interests in Asia. Needless to say eve
since then America has been busy wit
military and naval preparations in tn
islands. -
"For what object are all these prepi
rations in the Philippinesi Some ma
say that America desires to have n
adequate army in the islands for tn
time when the Powers enter into
struggle for interests in China But