Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-27

sa -. r,a+ter with the stipulation of resumng it
later second case is that OF Japan renarkao "
and unprecedented demands upon China The Oniteo
states in a note May IT, 1916, Informed both gov
ernments that could not recognize any
agreement to they might come as binding under
the circumstances If infringed American rghts (as
several features of the concessions forced from
CHINA dol And there the two matters rest Each
must be settled somehow in the future.
In neither Of these the United States well
recede from stand The citizens of this country
cannot give up their right to who shall and who
shall enter their territory. Neither can the gov
eminent the closing of the open door,
in China violation of policy dstinctively American,
on which all present interests in the Chinese
renubc as we'll as the immense possibilities of
future there depend. On the other hand consider
Japan's position.
Take the matter of immigration. emigration.
Emigration to japan a national necessity. With
population 200, living S47 to the square
mile in islands largely mountainous, intensely culti
waited high degree. the Japanese are increasing at
unbelievable rate Of almost million year Not
only population increasing, but the rate Of in
increasing also. 1t is of steadily rising
pressure If is safety valve, later
the boiler is bound to burst And when Japan turns
relief toward the continents whittier her people
ready and willing to emigrate she comes inevita-
bly, into conflict with America
Those continents North and South America and
Australasia Whether not it be true Japan believes
Asiatic exclusion legislation of Canada
Australia is patterned that of the United States
She feel that in meeting this issue
primarily with the United States Not only does
she feel that the British colonies have followed
Americas lead in this matter. but she knows that any
attempt to those colonies would be by the
united might of the British empire
Why does Japan COLOMBO Asia? The answer
is that she has tried and is still trying,
most part failed and is likely fail the future
There is little doubt that Japans Asiatic policy
which she acquired and virtual protectorate
Manchuria, dictated by room.
But when put to the test these regions proved Of
to the Japanese. They cannot compete with the
Chinese and the Koreans. Their fellow Orientas out
work and underlive Them even as they themselves
underlve and outwork the Occidental.
So japan turns westward-to find herself excluded
from the United the British colonies There
is plenty of left in the world, but the Japa
nese are poor pioneers The emigrants in their
organized community. Japan America standing
before the door of what to only lands of
opportunity.
She is attempting dominate China. She. plays
her cards at a time when all world except the
United States busy elsewhere. Whether pur-
poses in China imperial, fear, whether
she simply seeking to establish a preferential
ket for her goods that compete with the
better equipped industries of the west unimportant
She is trying to dominate China it becomes
evident that nation opposes her it will
have to be the United States.
Now and again the drift of world forces sets two
nations into inevitable opposition Such opposition
may or may lead to actual conflict Americans
know how Practically they themselves regard the issue
IT is equally important however, to know how the
ether nation concerned regards 1t. question which
M American can afford indiferenty is, How
about JAPAN"