The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

DNHpUU ~ Japan tC0S DuOtSHe0 UTSt IN
the "Shtu-Nthon" tNeU Jdpan) Nigga
sine aud appears no,o IN English for the
FIRST time.1
NJ COUNT OkUMA,
Premier OF Japan.
The whole surface Of the earth IL ESQ
times as large as our empire. The total
world population is twenty-three times
as great as ours. For the present there
IL enough room left on the earth to
suffer even a considerable increase. The
population IL increasing. however. 80
rapidly tina AT the present rate the
earth will be closely inhabited to the
reinotest corner after the lapse Of $50
years. Four or five generations from
now the earth will be too small.
This possibility was considered by
Nautilus a hundred years ago. when he
pointed out the necessity of artihcially
checking the population for the reason
that food, increasing in arithmetical pro-
gression. canno keep pace will the
increase Of the human race in geome,ri-
cal progression. Notwithstanding nu-
merous criticisms OF this doctrine. the
actual tendency t~esti1es more and more
to the authenticity OF his view. This
will ultimately lead to the weak being
victimized to satisfy the demands of the
strong.
The present war. in a sense the COM
petition OF different races. forms. as II
were. the eliminating poin: OF this ten
dercy. Treaties. %ententes. conventions,
peace, humanity. have been utterly dis
regarded. Civilization and culture. de-
veloped by incalculable toll during sew
eral hundreds Of years. have been mer-
cilessly pulled down. All Europe has
honp strNaI IN - ap,IIAA ",
10000 persons are slaughtered daily.
strife etween individuals. eliminating
In the fratricidal struggle between ma
lions. has at last brought about this
terrible explosion.
International morality has made no
progress since midaval ages. Now Is
the best chance for men to wake up
TO the futility and abomination Of racial
competition which permits i%ncendiar-
ism. burglary and murder on a large
public scale.
BIames War on Kaiser.
our enemy is this great murderer.
this destroyer OF peace. of humanity. OF
industry. of agriculture. OF navigation.
The present war owes it's origin TO the
ambitious mili;arism and Imperialism
OF the German Kaiser. He Is respon-
sible for the greater part OF the present
taNl hHt aHSlp-SdADl, tue IdlleT
of Americans. with their hereditary
sound notion OF Justice the French. who
took the lead OF the Latin civilization :
the Russians. speedily advancing in the
path OF modern culture. nave conformity
taken up arms against this common
foe. Japan also stood up to answer her
treaty obligation. declaring war against
Germany, who menaced the peace OF the
Far East from the stronghold Of Using
tao.
emphatically repeat. IL was the spirit
OF gallantry. the consciousness OF our
noble duty to combat the common enemy
Of humanity and civilization, the manly
intention of 'nsuring the permanent
peace OF the East. the sheer desire to
accelerate the restoration OF information
al order. and no the blind racial pre1u-
dice. not the spirit OF vengeance, that
drove us to participate in this titanic
contest, With this sublime and noble
ideal we have boldly plunged into the
furnace OF the worldwide confagration.
Europeans know that the very Kaiser
who deprived China OF Tsing-tao was
the original propounder OF the yellow
Peril" This sentiment prevailed among
the Europeans at the time OF the inva-
sions OF the Huns and the Mongolians
and especially when the rise OF the
Ottoman Empire wrought havoc among
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races having embraced different re.
liglons. the word "heretics" became
synonymous with the term "diferen;
race" Even such a hostile sentiment.
however, was at last overpowered by the
omnipotent time" Gradually II cams
to he forgotten. slowly dwindling into
oblivion.
America a. Japan's FREUD.
White America showed herself mos,
friendly to US yellow people. II has
guided us in the path OF modern civili-
zation. after waking US from the dream
Of 900 years Of exclusion. white and
yellow had been on quite friendly terms
down to the period OF the Sino-Japanese
war. when the German Kaiser kindled
and resuscitated the long dead yellow
Peril doctrine. Unfortunately sons
American citizens V been per.
suaded and set about TO fan the anti
Japanese feeling all over the continent
Judging from the history OF the con-
struction OF the American republic and
the general character OF the American
citizen. America can in no wise be a
country adapted 10 the growth OF such
4 narrow minded doctrine. Americans
are the people who took up arms to rid
themselves Of English oppression. In
the days OF the war OF independence
with scanty clothing and food. worn out
shoes. imperfect weapons struggling
under dire poverty. they manfully chal,
lenged. cold blade in hand. their for
midahle oppressor. This brave and SUI
perior people, ready to make any sacri.
fic- for the cause of humanity. bough,
liberty and freedom at the price OF
blood and flesh. Since then they have
made huge strides. becoming one Of the
most potential factors IN world politics
and numbering more than 100. 900. 0nC
in population. They are a grand mix
ture of A~nelo-Saxons, Iatins, Germans
American Indians. negroes, half-castcs
.
The Americans we're originally a
broad hearted people. Their character I,
cosmopolitan. free from any racial pref
udice, friendly with their neighbors
Their history has made them averse tC
narrow minded exclusiveness. Really II
was quite contrary to our expectation
to see the anti-Japanese movement rise
along the Pacific coast after the Russo.
japanese war. II goes without saying
the German Kaiser must he at leas'
partly responsible for this sudden change
OF aspect among our honorable neigh,
bors.
n In very unjust tn make the Japa
nese tho subject Of yellow peril agtta
tion. our ancestors were not the Mo
hammcdans. who were guilty OF bruta
atrocities toward the Christians q