Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-26
HOW ABOUT JAPAN,-L
BY FREDERIC j. uAskIN

nitely qualified as ,emporary-once b.
Japan and once by the United States
nc former case is that OF nego,,a-
| tion on the antialien land bills, where
Japan dropped the matter with the
stipulation OF rcsum!ng IL later. The
second case is tina, Of Japan's remark
Hblc and unprecedented demands upoo
china The United States In a nor.
OF May 10. 1915. informed both gov.
efninents that this government could
!ni recognize any agreement TO which
they might come as binding, under tho
circumstances II 1; .ncrlnged Amer,
can rights cas- scvcra! features OF the
ne" concessions forced from China
Io}. Ana there The TWO matters rest
Each must be settled somehow IN the
future.
In neither OF these cases can the
United states we'll rcccdc from her
stand. The citizens OF this country
cannot give UP their right TO say
VINO shall and who shall not ente.
iheir territory. Neither can the gov
eminent well consent 10 tho closing
OF tho open door" in CHINA viola
ton OF a policy d!stinc,ivcly Ameri
can, on which all our present inter
csts In tho Chinese republic. as we'll as
the immense possibilities Of our fu-
tar" there. depend. on the other hand.
consider Japan's position.
Tax" the matter OF immigration. or
'h '''''!i' ']H' sFaNon To Japan is
national necessity. With a ponu,a
t!on OF about 5i.00o.oo0, living 3!7 10
! The square mile in islands largely
II on. famous, intonsival: cultivated TO
a nigh degree, the Japanese arc IN
( c.eAFing ~ tn" unhali.vaol. rate -.
q! Almost 100000 year. Not only is
II population increasing. bur the rat.
az Increase IS Increasing also. /, Is
case Of steadily rising pressure II
thcr. is no safety valve. sooner or
later I'll" boiler is bound to burst Aud
wnen Japan turns for relief toward
ne continents whittier her people are
ready and willing 10 emigrate. She
comes Inevitably into conflict with
America.
Ihose continents are North and South
America and Australasia. Whether o.
moi ~ be true, Japan believes that the
y s'at'c exclusion Legislation Of Can
afa ana Australia is patterned on that
o. IN" United States She seems 10 feel
mat In meeting this issue, she has 10
deal primarily with the United States
.rot only does she feel that the Brit
'SA colonies have followed Americas
.rad IN this matter. but che knows
'h,t any attempt 10 coerce those col
ones would DO met by the united
might OF the British empire.
why does not japan colo,ize Z,
asia: The answer is tina, she has
'rirh. and liz still trying has for tho
most part failed. and is likely 10 f,ji
IN IN" future. There is little doub,
mat Japan's Asiatic policy. by which
she acquired Korea and a vIrru,l NO.
tectorate over Manchur!a. was dictated
hy her need for room But when MI,
10 the test, these regions proyed op
httlc use to the Japanese Tbey can.
not compete with the Chinese and the
Koreans. Their fcllow-Orientals ont
work and underline them, even ne thev
them selves NrIcrli,.a
Occidental.
30 Japan turns westward to find
herself excluded from tho limited
States and the British colonies Ther.
Is plenty of wild land left in the world.
but the japanese are moor n,o,anrs
Inc emigrants are in their element
only In small farming or as tho wori;
c'S Oh an organized community japan
| sees America standing before the door
OF what are to her only lands of on.
portunity.
She is attempting to dominate China
'ic plays her cards al time when
all the world except tho United statas
- BUSY elsewhere Whether her DUR
poses In China are imperial, as some
Tear. or whether she is simrIy seel,inc
( |" establish a preferential market for
Nor goods, that she can cor,nete
Win the hettcr-.quippcd Industries of
! :he West. is unimportant She &c try
| ih@ to dominate China. and It becomes
more and more evident that if any
hhtion opposes her. it will have to he
the United States.
Now and again the drift OF world
forces sets two nations into incvita
Die opposition. Such opposition may
or may not lead to actual conflict
americans know how pacifcally thew
themselves regard the issue 1t is
tI,'h"% important however, to know
now the other nation concerned re-
CARDS IT. question which no Ameri-
can can AFFORD 10 treat indiffercntly is,
How about Japan?