Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-12
PEACE MOVEMENTS
DISCUSSED IN JAPAN
Essays by Prominent Off
cials Are Widely
Published.
"RELIGION BIG PART"
Declare War Should Be
Made an Impossible
Thing.
"RELIGION BIG PART"

TOXIC, Feb. 12.-Two commentar-
les on the war, one 10y Viscount Ken
taro Kaneko, of the privy council.
and the other by Dr. Sanae Takata,
minister of education. have been Civ
en- considerable publicity in Japan
and have been printed in THE Japan
Peace Movement" the organ OF the
Japan peace society and the American
peace society of Japan.
Niscount kaneko, who went to the
United States in "a Seml-oiilclal ca
pacity during the so-Japanese war.
discusses the subject of international
organization after the war. lie sub
mits his conclusion that the expert
ences of the present war have been
so bitter that when peace is restored
the nations of Europe will be morally
and economically compelled to devise
some means of international cooper
alton to prevent the recurrence
of such conflict. 1t seemed
to him, he writes, that IN
bringing the different races and
nations into fellowship and mutual
the element of religion
must play an important part. lie con-
ceived that religious organizations
need to bring their spiritual forces to
which keep the nations apart
Was Educated Here.
He said: when | was student
in the United States many years ago,
used to spend my summer vacations
in the country and there | saw at the
village church the humble people and
the millionaires from the great cities
kneeling together side by side. with
out any feeling of separation. 1t isl
in the region of these higher moral
spiritual ideas that people of differ
ent races and civilizations must find
a common meeting ground. Here the
main thought is not what each can
get; it is rather that of sharing with
each other and helping the weaker
and more backward peoples in their
struggles for development and enlarge
ment of life.
my work is in the field Of politics
and craftsmanship, but | believe that
there is n power above the sphere or
staesmanship which will make for a
higher sense of international brother
hood than the world has yet seen. |
am glad to see men giving themselves
unselfishly to educational and religious
work with the great idea OF lifting
people TO higher planes Of living,
where the barriers OF language, race
and social position disappear in the
true oneness of the human race This
is the true hope for humanity"
Hour Has Struck.
Viscount Kaneko concluded: Even
while the great war RACES. men of good
will and worldwide vision should be
giving time and thought to the far
distant future. The nations ought not
to he allowed to drift on in ways Of
life which will again deluge the world
in blood. The hour has now come
to think definitely on plans for a
world in which international good will
and cooperation will play a larger
part"
Minister Tallata in his contribution
seeks to apply to his own country
lessons derived from the present war.
To his mind the principal reason for
the outbreak Of the war was the exist
ence of racial prejudice. If one wished
to secure the future peace OF the
world and receive the blessing Of hu-
manity, the first important problem to
be solved was how to weaken and des- |
troy the power of racial prejudice.
Japan. he said, had tasted the bitter
experience of falling into a difficult |
position on account of the racial pref |
udice of the white race. But to Of
fer violence for violence, and prejudice |
against prejudice was no way to bring |
about the cessation Of struggle and |
Would Help Japan.
playing our part in the |
world stage in the humanitarian spirit |
Of love, righteousness and friendship. |
The ascendancy of mlitarism, ag-
policies and racial prejudice |
leads to world confusion At the same |
time. 1t will tend to place Japan in a |
difficult position in the world"
To Doctor Takata. the attemept to
remove the prejudice OF others while |
prejudice oneself was the
limit of inconsistency. And he frankly |
Looking at ourselves, we
Japanese cannot say positively that |
we have no racial prejudice. From
one point OF view we have a tendency
to look at ourselves blindly as the |
select people Of God, as the Germans
do. There seems to be too much self
in us. Then, the self-confi-
dence Of the Germans Is general, while
that of the Japanese Is restricted to
Confidence.in our ability to
make great achievements in science.
art, commerce and industry seems
And then we have not per-
sonally experienced the full measure
Of wars cruelty. BY the favor Of
heaven we have been victorious In the
past and have no experience Of defeat.
From a certain point Of view. there
fore, this conception seems to be very
dangerous for us. This Is the point
to which we give the deepest consider
alton. Whether 1t be during the war
or after the war. the japanese nation
should strive earnestly for peaceful
achievements in commerce and in
dustry."
So II Goes.