New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-25
Nippon Would Need ST.,
OOO.O00,000 Fund to
Develop Islands
DR.. IYENAGA BIDS
AMERICANS BE CALM
Ex-Secretary Admits Serious
Situation Over Land Act, but
Predicts Peace.

mpnf fund or 81 .0NV,VVOfVVVi the Mp
pon Kingdom would reject It. On nc
other conditions would Japan accept
the islands. much less attempt TO seize
them.
DR.. ToyoAichi Iyenaga, former Sec
rotary Of the Department OF Foreign
Affairs Of Japan. gave this assurance 70
a big audience 1T the Free synagogue
i'm Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon
The United States suspicious regarding
Japar's secret designs IN that quar-
ter. DR.. Iyenaga declared, were entirely
unwarranted. -.
DR.. Hamilton Mabie. associate editor
If "The Outlook" and Hamilton Holt
managing editor Of THE Independent
were the other speakers on the general
eubiect How Can We Keep Peace with
Japap9" Dr.. Iyenaga denounced the
Attitude Of the Wilson administrator
toc,ard California's anti-alien land Ia"
as inconsistent and characterized the
measure a. discriminatory and IN direc
contravention of the Americana Japan
Csc treaty Of 1911.
Were + to address a Japanese audi
once on this topic he said. 81 woulc
procecd somewhat in this fashion;
"'l1y fellow citizens, in dealing witf
the american people study with care
tbeir tcmperament and idiosyncracles
Learn with devotion their ways ,an'
modes Of thought. Appreciate tneil
great and good parts, and they VIII mo-
fau 70 reciprocate. BE frank. open
hearted and speak out your heart with
ont reserve OF mincing words.
aft any act Of injustice be done By
Thorn 10 YOU. be patient but firm II
your stand. Most Of all. do your bes'
to make known TO them Japan and th'
Japanese. for the vast majority or th'
Americans are quite ignorant o. your
thoughts. ideals and conditions.
Japan's Love for L. ;.
"Now ! turn to my American audi
ence: .. 80,
happy TO say, Japan has never Deei
sinw 70 respond and show her sincere
annreciation. The sentiment OF gratl'
tnde toward America has pervaded th'
whole nation. To be an American
therefore, commands the respect aH'
love Of the Japanese people.
81 believe that the present adinlhls
tration is inconsistent IN us al1l,uu'
toward the California antl-allen Iah'
law. fail TO understand why Fresl,
dent Wilson sent protest AFTER protes,
IA the California Legislature asking il
20 desist from passing the law, or why
MIR Rrvan raced across the continen
10 plead a. the doors OF the Callforp "a
Assembly 70 confide 10 nm the sett,e
ment Of the question through dlplo
matte means. had those two great LEAD,
ers of the nation been minded 70 ST.
tight after the enactment OF the law
81 believe that the American govern
mont il in honor bound 10 right the
wrong of violating the sacred treaty
entered into with Japan.
"There is suspicion OF Japan having
some design on the Philippines, whlcr
is a source of constant irritation 70
Americans. The Philippine Islands torn
the one vulnerable spot in your vas
invulnerable territory. Because OF TINS
vulnerability il is easy for Jlngols'
politicians or yellow journalists to use
the Philippines as a tool for the prose
cution of their Interior objects, as
navns i'm their game of politics.
"It is well for the American people
IN kin once for all this green monster
of suspicion Japan has never dreamed
nor will ever dream, OF selzlng th'
islands. Nay, even if you present then
as a gift. unless il be accompanied wltf
an educational and development fund o.
S1 coo 600 900. Japan Will surely decline
TO accept your offer.
No Island Lure for Nippon.
"Ubv should Japan covet the Philip
pir'es for the purpose OF colonization
10. Our experience IN Formosa ha'
conclusively proved that the tropica
climate is as unfit for us as LOT you
"Then shall we covet the philippines
for the purpose of taking upon our
selves the humane task OF educating
various barbarous tribes and races
found therein? Were TINS the case
Americans ought not 10 SHRINK IRON
the responsibility. You nave received
the islands as a trust. ana we can see
10 reason why you should shilI 'ha'
trust upon another's shoulders.
Further, you can spare many hoI'
millions to expend for humanitaria,n
purposes that Japan can. heartli :,
agree with what eX-Presldent laI.
saws on the Philippine question. are
there great riches in the Pnlllpplhe'
tba. beckon US 10 90 there! kno"
not. but if there are Americans ar
far better qualified to exploit the ma
den resources than are the Japanese
"Sn..Il we. lastly, covet the ISLANDS
in order 20 parade the humoe,
Of people thriving under the nag OF
the Rising sun? For that matter we
arc increasing by 100000 yearly aho
car afford TO wait a dozen years more
to reach the respectable mark OF 49,
900 600 without taking the trouble no"
of annexing 100000 Filipinos., Your
suspicion about Japan's secret designs
on .be Philippines is entirely unwar.
ranted. II is the Idol you yourselves
have raised. and it is time you as
rlaced il with the truth.
81 DO not say that the calllorTIi ma.
Japanese question is not serious pu'
il there is anything really serious Una,
NIGHT unset our amicable relations
relieve that il would be your choosing
Il interfere in the question that solely
concerns China and Japan. But l can
not stretch my Imagination 10 lnt
point where the United States would
elect to extend the limit OF her monroe
Doctrine to the Asiatic mainland
"The foregoing considerations leao
me TO the conviction that the two ma
tons on the opposite shores OF the
Pacific shall continue 20 live IN peace
for many centuries TO come
NEW YORK ZETES TO DINE