New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-22
Japan's National Defence Board.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In an article appearing in to-day s
Tribune under the caption Peace Has It's
Arnolds, Rea Answers Accusers." Mr. George
Bronson Rea accuses several japanese, in
GLIDING myself, Of skifuly trying to deceive
the American public by conceaing vital facts
from them. As a concrete instance in support
of his assertion he quotes the Japanese denial
Of the existence of National Defence As
ISOLATION which was described as the author
of book entitled "A Dream Story of the
War Between America and Japan
As far as | am concerned, his accusation,
may be permitted to say, is entirely base
less. I have very carefully read and conf
pared the book in the original with the al
legged translation, and I DO not hesitate TO say
that stand for every word wrote about the
matter, as follows:
Latest tperhap,l is the awful disclosures % certain
uewsp4pe-s o. tle Fast Middle Wes, aid Pacific Coast
his-y saadrfirg Count okuma Baron kato Count
Yanano,o and the leading japanese admras and generals
the authors Of took written by Toxic reporter
telling "a dream story Of between America and
Japan" The japanese BeulharL" they called It. The
took cheap lingo AFFAIR the publisher Of which Invented
organization which he called National Military Assc-a
on" bait hook buyers. and named the author
Now such organization exists the statesmen. soldiers
and sailors had OF course. nothing TO do with the book
An examination Of its showed It vsnslorious
story EFFORT bu. that three fourths Of the thngs Of
cnse 20 American dSency which the papers printed
quot atoms fabricated IA the put forward tha,
Of the translator of whom is American who has 10,
IN japan long enough 70 understand japanese and
other Chinese His story has lost credit. II should
though u has IN all prot ability served the yellow papers
material that can be played up"
1t would appear that American residents in
Japan view the matter differently from Mr..
Rea The following from The Japan Daily
Map of December II is an excerpt from an
address by Mr.. J. Med. Gardiner. president
of the American Peace Society of Japan:
To be practical there two things that we must do and
oars. satisfied wrh what have done
First must apply ourselves TO problems that con
front We have still 20 be yigilsnt fhA,
not misunderstood here and that fellow country
men al home do not misudse Japan. And In this
ton severely condemn and deprec4e the CON
tnual activity Of one of fellow countDmeu residing
he recently did IN pretending give them an accurate
translation Of an unimpoftant japanese book with hxi
sounding Title pupos 10 have the approval lead
Ing men IN the government circles OF Japan
For Mr. Rea's information may say that
IN my article, written December and pub
shed in THE Evening Post" of December
%. specifically referred to the National De-
fence Board" in the course of discussing the
relations of the United States and japan? II
did not seem necessary to me TO explain the
function of the National Defence Board,
which felt sure was pretty well understood
by .he world at large, since there Is no score,
about 1t CHUGO CHIRA
New York. Jan. 10. 1916.