Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-24
United STATES MUST
RESPECT JAPANESE
MONROE DOCTRINE"
N This Way War Which Would
Re Unfortunate for Both
Countries Can Be Avoided,
Says DR.. Abbott
OTHER N E w VOLUMES

war betHeen the United States and
,.ror would be suicidal for the Mikado's
,ountrv and utterly foolish for this nation
rhs is the opinion of DR.. James Francis
,hho,t of washington University, st.
touIs and for number of years an
,rs,ructor in the Imperial Japanese Naval
Academy as expressed in his new book,
uIspanese Expansion and American Poll
o;.sp (The Macmillan Company, New
york). But while admitting its futility
and improbability, he warns us that it
"a not impossible so long as foolish preju-
dicss and hatred fostered by unfounded
mistrust continue.
pootor Abbott adopts the difficult
collcy not Of denying the validity Of the
Arguments of those who fear Japans i'm
tsntions, but Of pilng up greater array
N facts to prove that the considerations
recommending closer friendship between
the two countries far outweighs those
which are advanced by the scare
mongers"
The chief arguments il, the authors
vast collection of data are two--one poit
lcal the other economic. japan wishes
ihe equivalent of a Monroe Doctrine for
the East This is all II asks. II the United
states supports Japan In this. war will be
practically impossible And Japan can be
expected to guarantee the open door" for
the United States in China. On. the eco.
nomic side "the interests of America.
Japan and China are so diverse, and at the
same time so nterrelated, that IL the three
nations can work in harmony, each will
proht vastly more than II each attempts
n
conflict with the others" There i5 COM
munity of interests between America and
Japan that is threatened. not by each
other, but by the European powers.
Doctor Abbott points out why Japan
does not want the Philippine Islands, and
why we must respect the similarity be-
tween her political position and that Of
the United States. He emphasizes that we
cannot hope for a better feeling between
these two nations until this country aban-
dons the policy inaugurated by Philander
C. Knox when he was Secretary of State
in Taft's Cabinet.
Another and rather different point of
view is contained in Carl Crows Japan
and America" CRobert Mcbride & Co,
New York; Mr. Grow shows us Japan as
through the eyes of a permanent resident.
untrammeed by the delusions that the
an eye-opener in more ways than one way,
Instead of the japan which we know as
having risen in 80 years from a feudai
state and a less than mediaeval standard
Of morals to a stage of equality with the
other civilized nations, we see her in a
far less rosy light,
Possessed of less wealth than any OF
the great nations. she has risen to fame
through a system of emperor worship and
Iaa
most unbelievable social and industrial
conditions. For the sake of appearing
great among nations she has sacrificed in.
dependence of thought to absolutism and
sonndness OF social structure to great
armaments
Her International policies, moreover, are
as shaky as her internal conditions Mr..
Grow makes plain in a very convincing
way-by the use of illustrations which
only newspaper correspondent could pro.
duee-the utter perfldy of Japanese states
mel. Broken promises. agreements that
we're never meant to be kept, and repeated
denials of an intention to expand in the
lace of such acts as the seizure of Using.
lao, are typical of the double.dealing which
has characterized her actions. Mr.. Grow
believes that she has unscrupulously made
use of the friendly attitude of the United
States, and now that any expansion on
'N' poiA pOllllS lO"dlO Il tldSli Will puI
country; war with the United States has
become her chief aim.
Mr.. Grow has shown rather conclusively
hat although Japan's menace is a real
one still the danger to us, as nation, is
essened by her disastrous internal con.
iitions.
Theodore Roosevelt in his manifestation
IS nimrod, rather than in his manifesto
ion as a litterrateur. is disclosed in "A |
5ookloyer's Holidays in the open"
,Charles Scribner's Sons, New York; The |
book is rather quantity named
In his preface, the doughty Colonel !
cts forth good principle: THE joy OF |
wing Is his who has the heart TO de-
nand II. Youth and strength, he holds, |
IRE requisites for the man who would /
adventure into the waste places of the |
arth; still he himself proves that men |
Sho have arrived at maturity, in years at |
east, need not forego the yearnings OF |
onth for grand emprise.
His papers, several of which ave never |
'efore been printed, and others of hlch |
ave been considerably augmented since |
eriodieal publication, take the / ader to |
ne Grand Canyon OF Arizona, Chill, Pata- |
'onia, Brazil, the Navajo Desert and |
ther places. A cougar hunt, a Hopi In
ian religious ceremonial, adventures with
-~SSt AAoils anu clcpnallS, DDN . lOI the
ls game hunter-these are the far-rang- |
hg subjects that are treated in the new
81 Roosevelt book. The style is more |
Faphie than philosophical. but Mr.. Roose-
Ell does not hesitate to restate one or
'her OF the eternal verities when Oc-
aston prompts. Here, as otherwhere, he
an Individual blend OF st. Paul and ST. |
ltus' Action predominates over gospel.
oweYer' in this book.
An alert and keen observer OF the course
human events through a long lifetime,
lyman Abbott has written volume OF
"reminiscences Qioughton Mifflin Com
ahy)' which Is of exceptional interest and
alae Since his youth he has seen many
aanses IN customs. manners, attitudes to-
ara political, industrial and religious
uestlons, and he has himself taken an
ctlVe part, as clergyman, journalist and
.tlzen in public affairs and in discussion
problems of social import. The impress
6 mas made upon his time Is not slight,
US book of recollections Is much more
lsh an autobiography It is a record OF
'elal progress in the last half century |
4a more. 1t Is rich In anecdotes of the
uehofs S contemporaries, but rich also In
oftrayal Of contemporary history as
isnifested both in thought and action.
is richer still in It's humanity sympa-
lstle and courageous spirit, with respect
olh TO the authors inner experience un-
'iaed in its pages and to his attitude
ward that democracy for which he has
ls highest hopes and expectations.
Among the books soon 10 be published