Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
SHOULD HAVE FIXED POLICY
 TOWARD CHINA
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PEkIN, March 25.-JapaneSe cltl zens resident in Picking and organized into body called "Yu Chin Tuan" or society of the ambitious. have pub lished a manifesto in Japanese papers which has provoked much comment
 The manifesto demands that Japan should take aggressive steps for the immediate settlement of all moot questions between Japan and China while the European war is still iT progress. It comments upon the pres ent opportunity as one which prob. ably comes not oftener than once in a thousand years, and demands thal the Japanese government shall cease wavering, and take a firm position with reference to China.
 The following is a translation of the m. nifesto in part:
 Peace or disorder in China effects directly the interests of the Japanese government We can not and must net compare it with those small in- terests of the European and Ameri- can countries. Japan, on account of ner share in the happiness and sor- row of the internal politics of China has special privileges And this is the reason why Japan should have the first say in China.
 Since the outbreak of the Euro pean war. the power of Japan in the Orient has been steadily increas- ing Her navy and army are suffi- cient to maintain the peace and or der of the Orient. No country east of the Suez Canal dares to disobey the command of Japan. Even the European Powers are awaiting the pleasure of the Japanese government This is the most opportune moment for Japan to settle once and for all the China question. This requires nothing but a scratch of the pen. Yet we are allowing the Chinese govern ment to look down upon us The fault lies in that the Japanese gov crnment is hesitating over matters anc has no fixed policy towards China
 The Allied Powers have not come to any conclusion and are not work ing entirely in harmony, and China, seeing this opportunity, tries to se- cure the official recognition of the European countries in order to set Japan at defiance. She thinks that it would do no harm if Japan re- fuses to recognize the Empire She also thinks that Japan has no definite policy towards China and that if the other four powers recognize the new empire while Japan does not follow suit, Japan will not be automatically supported and will follow the other powers and recognize her too. There fore Japan should decide to fix her policy towards China and settle the question once and for all
 "lf Japan should recognize the en- pire for the mere privileges granted by the Chinese government as recip- rocal rewards, Japan will only be looked down upon by President Yuan and his ministers because Japan is easily satisfied with such privileges China will eventually put up some more obstacles and these privileges will become nothing. but names. Not l only this, but the Japanese govern l friendly countries and her diplomatic 1 trust will become null and void Japan has acquired her master po- sition through her diplomatic rela- tions with China and can not afford to throw it away for no reason. 1 If the Chino Japanese friendship can be carried on in name and ir fact, we will welcome it. But thefe is no doubt that with the present chief executive, Yuan Sh-kai, for . l friend, we cannot expect to do any 1 thing in fact. We must look forward | for man who has been under the true and real tutelage of Japan be fore we will shake hands with him
 While the European war is going or Japans position has become powerful
 and she must in the meantime settle what she expected to do in China il
 the old days and secondly to cleal all the obstacles for our future gen.
 eration. We must not miss this grea
 opportunity which only comes bu
 once in a thousand years to unan
 imously establish the everlasting
 foundation for the whole nation witt the officials and people alike
 We ought to tender a third ad vice to the Chinese government {,
 compel her to abandon the monarchy When the third advice is tendere, and the restoration of the monarch,
 stopped President Yuan's dignity an.
 confidence the people had in him vii
 he shaken to greater extent Tn
 great opportunity of Japan will com
 when the whole of China will be di
 vided into two halves, or when tn
 different provinces will each declar
 thc.r independence
 Those short sighted people wh
 cannot see this one-in- a -thousa nd year opportunity but on the othe hand try to cultivate friendship
 friendship between a burning cos and a piece of ice-with Yuan Shi kai are too foolish to be laughe |