Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-29
HOW ABOUT JAPAN?
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BY Frederic ]. Haskin

system which would amend all our
emigration laws so that the immi-
grants admitted would bear some def
Iilte proportion to those already here.
~ Cnaer TINS arrangement, the people
loi any nation which forms a large
element in our population would be
aaEnltted as freely as ever, because
| those VINO want to come in are only a
very small fraction of those we al
ready nave with US. On the other
nand, the Japanese immigration
would be cut down to next to nothing
at all. At the same time, Japanese
would be put on an equal footing with
the rest of the world, and thus their
Prlae would have nothing to take Of
Iehse at. The pill of exclusion would
go down sugar-coated.
Sucn an eXpedient has its value
nese whom the empire has to find
room for every year?
summary, our investigators have de-
Noted themselves to discussion of the
value of the Japanese as a resident.
Ihey have photographed him pick
Ins strawberries, they have complied
statistics on his earning cauacitv and
This treatment of the soil and his
oreaches of contract. They have an
alyzed ms political prejudices, his eco
iloInlc status and his domestic moral
ny; Ihelr conclusions are very Valu-
a1,oIe-put a,L- we must not forget that
Iney apply to the problem of the
90 1IaPanese IN the United States, not to
tHe steadlly rising pressure of Oriental
millions that make the real immiera-
ton problem. d
Ihat problem, like the Chinese oues-
uon, represents a Fundamental CON
met OF policy and principle. It is a
S Sase "here each side sees itself in the
flght; where eaclr side feels that ma
! tional we'll being, even national e1.ist
ence, may depend on the trlumnh of
its contention. The Japanese must
nave room. The United States hars
the way-must bar the way. in tbe in
terests of self-preservation- the
very room they want.
OF a tme, Japan hoped to gain
oie OF ner great ends by gaining tbe
other She hoped that her dominance
OF great sections of eastern Asia wouid
not only give her the markets her IN
uustIles needs, but also the field that
her population demands for its expanS
9ion. Ihat hope has proven futile
Japan Japan mas taken over Korea and For
lLLosa' practically taken over Man
churla. She has encouraged enigra-
non INTO these territories by every
possible means Yet the quantity of
tnat emigration has been nepIieibIe
ENen the Japanese controlled railways
IN Manchuria find that if they want fo
o.iil., IN on ap business basis, they have to
employ chinese labor. Chinese live on
less and do more. They have lower
economic standard than the Jananasa
them S0iiipete Win
Japan's logical outlet. is to the Or
IIueIIt. Here she sees land that is
~ Japanese standards sparsely set
81 ,si slS sees nigh economic stand
aFa' hlgh wages and great opportuni-
tles' Her people. who will NOT colo
nlze Korea and Formosa arc y,iIi;,er.
to colonize America. "i'''iie
IL is part of the ironic interna-
tlonal tangle which brings our broad
est principles into conflict with those
or Japan time and again. even n gainSt
our VIII, that the United States gboI,id
sta-ld out of all the western nations
as the one with whom this imn1ipra-
tion problem must be settled Tbera
is much more land. and land nuch
more thinly settled in the vast Rritish
commons OF Canada and Australia.
opeying the natural laws of race
movement, the japanese would tnrn
to these lands before they turned 70
our Pacific coast. But comnlicatine
the natural laws of race movement
stano the British navy and the Anglo
Japanese alliance. Moreover fhe
japanese feel that the British colonies
are only Following the lead of the
united states in the question of ex-
clusion, that to strike the root Of The
matter they must deal with it in fhe
United States - '-i 'Ne
An even more natural field for Jana
nese expansion lies to the south of us
In central and South America, as we'll
as IN Mexico japanese are flowing
slowly but steadily into these regions
Where they are not excluded. Thev
have not yet assumed the proportions
or problem, but 1t seems inevitable
that they will. What will be the nm
shot of such a situation?
the first South American country
TO exclude the Japanese will come into
conflict with Japan. To whom will
South America look for support in the
unequal conflict? Suppose Japan re-
sorts to force. What of the Monroe
Doctrine then? W
The collision of necessity and of
prineiple arises at every turn. The
problem is not one to settle itself with
time. 1t is one that calls more loudly
Tor settlement as time passes. IT is
not only our national problem, it is a.
World-problem. Certain it is that
Japan must find her outlet. She is
one OF the great nations of the earth:
she must have room to live her life
ana DO her work in the world. on the
other hand, we cannot let the road of
her destiny lead over the ruins of
our principles and our institutions.
1t is very real dilemma, and until
tits solved we must be prepared for
any contingency.
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