The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-13
No Domination Plans.

intending TO "'dominatc the Pacific, -
aud to seize upon the insular posses
sions OF other nations in the Pacific.
There is no truth in these accusations.
All Japanese statesmen and political
philosophers recognize the fact that ia
pan is, and always will be, unable to
dominate the Pacific.
"No one nation in the world could
possibly control the Pacific Ocean. For
that purpose combination of at least
four powers having powerful navies
would be necessary Five or six powers
combined, such, for example, as Great
Britain, Germany, France, the United
States, Japan, amid Russia or Italy,
could do it, and could at the same time
dominate all the other oceans and
seas There are many who think such
a control by combination would be de.
sirabie.
can Japanese leaders recognize that
1t would be impossible for either Japan
or the United States TO send an army of
a hundred thousand men with their bag
gage and munitions across the Pacific
Ocean in safety, although the fleet
should be conveyed by scores OF battle.
ships and armored cruisers. The, means
of attack Mt night on n wide.extended
fleet in motion, by almost invisible YES.
sells, are now two many and two formid,
able. If by miracle such an army should
effect landing on either shore, it could
achieve nothing significant. The scale
of modcrn warfare between civilized ma
tions is too large for such remote expe-
ditions.
Burdened With Debt.
| Japan, being heavily burdened with
debts incurred in carrying on her wars
with China and Russia, could not Dor.
row the money necessary in these days
for waging aggressive war on large
scale at distance--although she might
fight successfully Il defensive war at or
near home. That she would doubtless
40, ms many other poor nations have
done; but her financial condition is
such that she will be prevented from
engaging in offensive war for at least
"A generation to come. Moreover, the
government and the industries of Japan
need all the capital which Japanese mer.
chants, manufacturers. and fnanciers
can possibly accumulate during n gen.
Grafton to come, for the execution of
public works and the expansion of in
dustrial undertakings at home.
| Interests Require Peace.
'Thc commercial and industrial in
forests of Japan require peace with
all tho other nations of the world.
| There is no interest of Japan which
coulG possibly be promoted by war
WITH the United States or any other
nation; and conversely, there is no in
terost of the United States which could
| possibly he promoted by war with ia.
| pan was repeatedly assured last
summer in Japan that such was the
| opinion Of every japanese statesman
and man of business; and many of the
gentlemen with whom | ialkel said
that they had never met auy Japanese
! political or commercial leader who was
ne Of that opi"inn.
1.-THE entire commerce between ia.
| pan and the United States is for the
| mutual advantage OF cacn country; and
the United States Is Japan s best Gus
toner. War between the two coul-
tries is not to be thought of. and to
suppose that Japan would commit an
act of aggression against the United
States which wonld necessarily cause
war is wholly unreasonable, fantas.
tie, and foolish, the product of NOR
4 bid and timorOus imagination.
| Wants Rights Only.
| 1.-The. right state of mind of Amori.
cans toward Japanese is one. of hearty
| goodwill and cordial admiration The
japanese should had every privilege in
the United States which the most ia.
vored nation has; and that is all Japan
wants from the United States.
- Her statesmen by no melus desire
any extensive migrations Of japanese
people to other lands. On the contrary
they want japanese emigrants to settle
in Japanese territories. The japanese
home industries need all the labor that
the population can furnish.
THE Japanese economists greatly
prefer to the planting of Japanese cap
ital or labor in foregp lands the recent
methods of planting foreign capital in
Japan, and the development of Japa
nese industries at home. This prefer
oncs is natural and judicious, and it is
noticeable that foreign capital is pro
noting in Japan the new kind of inter
national industrial investment
] "When an American corporation
which is conducting at home success
full industry, sells its patents and meth
ODDS to Japanese body of capitalists
and then takes a considerable portion
of the stockS and bonds of the Japa
nese company, American capital find,
La profitable investment, the japanese
laborers remain at home, and the pro
duct of the japanese industry is solo
to advantage in the markets of tho
world.
at is, thus, wholly unnecessary fol-
California to legislate against the plant
ing of japanese capital ip California
No considerable amount of japanese
capital can be spared for such pur
pose. If in time TO come the japanese
become rich enough to plant some OF
their capital in foreign parts the eoun
try which gets the use of the capita
viii probably profit by it, just as Cali
fornia il now proftng by the planting
of European capital in that State
"The objection to the proposed Law
in California is that il manifests in AT
ignorant way an ungenerous and selfsl
temper, and offers a senseless affroni
to sensitive and friendly people Whose
rapid progress toward constitutions
government and national independence
all Americans ought to admire ant
praise"