Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-03
HOW ABOUT JAPAN?---VIII.
One OF the Days Rest Cartoons
ny FREDERIC j. UhsI<IS

traders who followed the army often
refused 10 pay this tax, thereby gaining
an immense advantage over their small
,hihcSc competitors, who had to pay
H. furthermore, the Japanese trader
handled Japanese goods: the Chinese
Fadcr hahdledt to largo extent,
american and European goods The
erect on foreign trade is easy TO see
these abuses were most consp!cuous
IN the unsettled period following tho
war. but time has shown that the
hopes OF the foreign trader wero base.
l"fs. when he looked for a return TO
me old conditions after tho countr.
hnd time to rcadjust itself. II is eleven
years now since the war The Amer
lean Association OF China still speaks
IN It's report OF remission Of duties
and charges" OF rebates in freight
ana steamer rates" OF tho Limitation
of established trademarks" The
methods employed arc not so crude, but
as effective rs ever. In the words Of
one OF tho leading American authori
Ties on tho situation, "Mnnchuria has
been turned into IA closed Japanese
commercial preserve"
M"nchura IS only a small part of
CHINA: there is s,ll room In China
loE enormous American commercial cx-
pitES!on. Now japan IL trying to turn
the whole OF China into n closed lana
hcSc commercial preserve. Not ONLY
"id she force China TO extend her Man
chuFian territorial and railway leases
for a period of ninety nine years. there
ny cutting OF any possibility OF the
Fecpcning of Manchurin but she OK
tended Il control similar 10 the ono
she exercises in Manchuria over The
provinces Of Shnntung and Fukicn In
4cr t"chty-one demands she c.tab-
iShcu a preferential position in China
as a whole. Those of her demands
Which she did not force through she
ana not re!lnluis}. Sho simply post
roued them. Her program has not
only gone audac!ouslv far; apparently.
II means 10 go farther.
Absurd Apology for Policy.
In view OF all this, the talk OF Il
Japanese Monroe Doctrine for Asia
seems so absurd that IL is hard IA eco
now this apology for Japan's policv
ever gained serious consideration In
briei, the argument is that since the
United States established a Monroe
Doctrine covering the weaker nations
OF the American continent, Japnn hn.
an equal right to establish a similar
doctrine covering China, tho weak ma
ton OF Eastern Asia.
Tho Monroe Doctrine never had any
thing commercial or industrial about
it. 1t certainly never embodied IN.
faintcst idea of extending the soycr-
eighty OF the United Statcs. The jan
aUcse policy is obviously a cop,nc-
the Monroe Doctrine our trade, until
the present war. Jagged behind that or
England and Germany. In regions
where the Japanese policy dominated
Japanese trade is forced to the front
at the expense of other nations Tho
Monroe Doctrine never led ana never
| VIII lead to the acquisition OF n foot
! Of territory. AS for Japan's policy.
| there is Korea.
To establish an analogy between
Japan's Chinese policy and our Mon
| roe Doctrine, we should hae to get
nincty-nine year lease on Argentine
railroads. get control of the biggest
| Chilean mines, cNtort the privilege of
financing Venezuelan Industrial pro-
| jects. compel Bolivia to employ our
| military and financial advisers. de-
| mand that the police Of Mexican cities
| be put under Joint Mexican and United
| States administration, order Brazil to
| purchase half her munitions OF war
from us-and even then we would no
| tagging behind the example set bv
| Japan.
! There is already a Monroe Doctrine
for China. ii is the Hay Doctrine, tho
open door: territorial integrity guar
| anteed and equal opportunity to all.
! That Is what the Monroe Doctrine
means to South America, and what the
| Hay Doctrine means to China Jap
| aneSe talk Of an Asiatic Monroe Doc-
| trinc only serves to bring out tho dia-
| metric conflict between the policies of
| Japan and tho United States
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