The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-23

Toxic, March 2Q.-The freedom Win
which views have been exchanged as
To the relations between the United
States and Japan has been a notable
feature of the past few weeks. This
has been due directly to the visit or
Prof Mattht ws bore instructions from
versity of Chicago, part OF whose
speeches here in the interests of
friendler relations have been cabled.
Prof Shailer bore instructions from
the Federal Council of Churches Of
Christ IN America, which organization
sent him here. to present American
views, as he interpreted them. with
entire franknesS. In the same spirit,
Baron Kato. the minister of foreign
affairs. replied, after hearing Prof.
Mathews speak before the Concordla
Association.
In elaboration of the summary Of
these views, which was cabled. there
follow some of the more interesting
portions of the two addresses, which
the American colony-here believes will
DO much toward strengthening the
cordiality between the two peoples.
Prof Mathews said the great body
Of Christians in the United States was
ready to be of service to Japan If its
services were desired. AS to the
American attitude toward Japan, he
said he thought some Americans
failed to understand Japan's foreign
policy. and suspected the Japanese OF
deliberately undertaking to be in the
East what Germany undertook to be
in Europe.
II have been reading literature in
that subject sufficiently to see how
that is he said. There are express
sons in Japanese publications which
give the impressions similar to the
remarks of General Bernhardi. rela-
tive to German kultur. This feeling,
again. I do not want to have empha-
sized III your minds as a dominant
one, or in any sense active or general,
but there is no question that it is in
the minds of some American citizens;
and. at the risk of appearing discOur-
teouS, [ want to mention one or two
things in this connection.
"I know you will not understand
me as saying what I think. but sim
ply reporting what / have found in
America. There is a feeling on the
part Of certain Americans that the
agitation over the California incident
is all out OF proportion to the import
ance of the incident, and that the rea
point that lies back Of it all is a Sus.
picion that Japan fears that America
Will in some way mix up with China
The argument is to the effect that tn.
treatment of Japanese by New Zea
land, Australia. Canada and other sec
tions Of the British Empire is certain
ly as unjust as that in the case o
California and yet nothing is Sait
about that. Whereas, in the case o
America. attention is centered ther'
as a diversion from drawing attention
70 the Chinese policy"
American Feeling on China.
American feeling about China wa.
rwo-fold, Prof. Mathews thought
There was first. the commercial desir
expressed in the so-called policy o
the open-door. There was also sor
of romantic feeling for China and tn
same sort Of feeling that America ha
sixty years ago for Japan. It was no
military feeling. He could not i'm
agine that the United States woul
ever think of going to war over tn
matter. but ran into a great man
other things. all of which tended t
head up In the minds of some Ameri
cans in that word, Japanese Impe
rialism" and the control of the Pa
cific.
Prof. Mathews left the Unite
States when the Tsingtau situatio
was very much in discussion. Th
people of America got an impressio
that the japanese government prom
ised to give back Tsingtau to China
he said. There came a dispatch
which IL was stated that no sue
promise had been given. He thougl
he could understand that situation. L
himself did not think that any sue
promise was given except in terms
the ultimatuin, which was a very di
ferent thing from what the America
people thought. Some believed tn
Japan was losing the greatest oppo
tunity that ever came to a natio
in its failure to get people to unde
stand and to act in accordance vii
what Americans thought was going
be done.
When Mr.. Bryan announced tn
there were twenty-seven or twent
nine nations who had agreed to pea
treaties, there was a distinct feeling
the press of disappointment that Gre
many and Japan would be the ty
nations that had not signed the
There was also a feeling common
America that the United States is f,
Or Japanese spies engaged in spyi
out harbors, Notifications, etc.
Good VIII For Japan.
He emphasized strongly tha, Il
feeling WAS not at all significant