The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06
7rv to F0ment Trouble
Betqveen Japan and y. S.
Clash Impossible. He Thinks,
Despite Sinister Forces
at Work.


1anar's participation IN the great Ell
samoan war as an ally Of Great Britain
,as produced much speculation as to the
r.r, she may plas in the making of future
,-r,d history. especially In her relations
i,h ,hr United states Although there
49,. many who profess to believe that
t,pan IL casting about to make trouble
Gov t'ucle sam in he fac'hc and That
,o,,e,. ov later there will he test OF
s,,crcth h,twcen this country and Jnran
"a, r., pr sidney l.. Gulck, an Ameri-
c,u missionary. who probably knows the
tarluese better than any other Amer can.
.,,s he believes tina; the Japanese policy
&, the orient is making for the rea! peace
Of ~, world.
n, ,;ulick. who has lived among the
,orauesc for twcnty-sN years. asserts
MAT All that Japan wants IL courteous
treatment from rs and simply asks that
.h, receive the same consideration as
o,b.r nations. lie deprcratts the at
,c,,,,s that have been made In Japan
~ create the false impression that the
r.o,ted states resented the entrance Of
lana, ~, IN" war and int,mates that some
nod has deliberately misrepresented
,cntir,ent here for the purpose ~ setting
,be i1pancsr aga,ns' tho people OF this
nation
sinister Forces AZ work.
">ince the great war broke out ana
yap,n vas drawn into the conflict Or.
culirh said to a SCN reporter. there is
m question hut that sinister forces have
hoeu At work trying to ALLEVIATE Japan
aud America. Stories have been circu-
lated IN Japan Of an American intention
o. an aggressive nature against Japan.
ION August a bogus telegram was
rub'ishcd in Toxic announcing the de-
cts.on Of the United states Government
m send the entire battle fleet 10 the Orient.
Tia, created a tremendous sensation in
Iaptn The suspicion toward America
vas far developed that they believed
This story and interpreted II as evidence
o. the underhanded way adopted by the
United states to grapple Japan and thrash
mr. while her ally, Great Britain, was
Involved with Germany.
Tin. question il who sent that tele-
gram
shortly after that came the story of
Tho American Admiral In Pekin who gave
a. address warning the Chinese TO beware
ot the sinister designs Of Japan WNo
sent this telegram to tapan' OF course
a. American Admiral never said such a
ting
Several things "f this kind came out
until finally tn, .Tapanese Government
suppressed the Yokohama Herald. a Ger
man paper published in English.
son ewhat later a man passing through
Yokohama on his way 10 san Francisco
palmed himself m as a paymaster in the
United States ravy Che called himself
NJ MalcockD lie rad a story TO tell
II the detail ~ United States warships
tina; were coming their forces wer" 50
detailed tho people save absolute ere
deuC. To- him. \ few days later II was
found out that there Was no such pay
master
The japanese people have rot Yet
learned. as a whole, even a. great many
In the United States have no, learned. u
ds,rust stories that suggest evil about
other people Then, too, there are uu-
doubleday anti-Japanese persons in Amer
lea Who SUSPECT the Japanese and say
many bad things abou, them. especially
since tie 0e-!nning OF the war. and all th'
bad things said about Japan are set e
Japan. Sometimes they are canled over.