The Washington times., 1915-09-24
JAPANESE DIPLOMAT
PUBLISHES MEMOIRS
Count Hayashi Crlticises Freely
Foreign Policy and Associate
:, Statesmen.

The effort Of the Japanese government
TO prevent the publication Of Count
Hayashfs. memoirs failed. This states
man negotiated the alliance with Great
Britain, and Inquired in some Of the
greatest diplomatic achievements Of re-
cent Japanese history. Being excluded
from the councils Of the elder states
men, and feeling that his services to his
country were not fully appreciated,
there flowed into his writings a free
criticism Of Japan's foreign policy and
OF Japanese statesmen. Such discus
sions Of Nipponese statecraft as are
contained tn these memoirs are extreme
~ rare, and perhaps no other writer has
Gifted the veil SO completely as has
Count Hayashi.
The Secret Memoirs Of Count Todasu
Hayashi" has just come from the press
|. edited BY A. M. Pooiey. late eIhibi-
TONER Of Glare College, Cambridge.
who contributes an instructive introduce
ton and discourses illuminatinsly upon
clares that England. despite the pledges
given In the treaty. became an active
party. to the abrogation OF China's SOW
Msreisnty over vast stretch OF territory.
Ins the third alliance treaty, he asserts:
the removal Of any possibility Of Eng.
lands being called on to night America." l"
Germany Near Alliance.
Count Hayashi. reveals how near
Germany was to being invited to be-
come q party to the alliance. In all
probability the Kaiser would have been
invited had not the German imperial
chancellor. Count Won Buelow. aroused
the deep resentment OF the English
hO lr hA
The counts treatment OF Chinese mat
ters Is most interesting. He found that
British influence in the celestial en-
pean influence there was on the decline.
Instead Of each nation looking after
its own business" he wrote. "the Euro
pea nations are always engaged in look
ing after their neighbors' business and
in trying to depreciate their neighbors
business and interests He held that
political considerations were OF minor
Importance compared with economic
considerations. and cited as an illustra-
OF the Philippine Islands. which he be-
lieved America was feeling to be a
white elephant on Its hands. The way
to deal with China" he held. is for
the the. p9ESers to combine =, and insi;t on
until they get 1t. The Japanese have
learned that"
Forecast New Treaty.
Count Hayashi saw no insurmountabls
difficulty with the United States. He
objected. however. to the Japanese
being classified as Monsolians. and he
predicted the denunciation Of the pres
ent American-Japanese treaty and the
making of a new one which will have
no restriction on the freedom Of the
japanese to immiGrate (sic) to Amer
lea He referred with high spprecia-
ton to President Roosevelt's{ dealings
with' ia pan. and nowhere limited of q
possibility of any differences that might
arise between the two governments
being settled in other than q friendly
way.
The portion OF the work that the
japanese authorities most desired to
prevent from being published prob
ably was tho discussion in detail Of the
NEGOTIATIONS that resulted In the signing
Of the Anglo.Ja panese alliance. The
suited with a lie" by Japan. for at the
same time that negotiations were going
on in London. Ito was discussing a
possible alliance with Russia in St.
Petersburg. and 1t fell to the lot Of the
Ito's visit to the Russian capital was
anything more than q pleasure trip. 1t
Is clearly shown In these memoirs that
In the words OF Count Hayash hi. Japan
10 Watching and waiting for the oppor-
tunitv that must one day surely come
to the Orient. When that day arrives
she will be able to follow her own
course. not only able to put meddling
powers in their places. but even. as
necessity arises. meddlins with the az
fairs Of other powers. Then. truly she
will be able to reap advantages for her.