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that they admire German mill
tarism even while their present
interests would seem to require
denunciation OF It. and that this
admiration could conceivably
lead to imitation should German
arms emerge triumphant in the
great war. Thus can the Ameri-
can be understood when in the
privacy Of his gatherings he
opines that by the entry OF the
United States into the European
conflict, a war with Japan has
been truly averted.
In other words, his reasoning Is
that militarism in Japan could
sooner or later have led to a
clash with America. We have our
own militarists who doubtless
might have contributed not a
little onward the embodiment OF
our peoples over any or all Of the
disputes involving national honor
commercial assertion. or the pro-
lection OF weak peoples, like
China, disputes that catch the
Imagination OF bellicose minds.
So the situation today may be
thus summarized. America be-
lieyes the defeat OF militarism IN
Germany will mean the doWntall
of that system the world over.
During the tendency Of the strug-
gle America will be found super
sensitive and unnaturally suspi
cious. This can and must be re-
moved once and for all. Japan
can do II. 1t can be done In only
one way-by giving the American
people a demonstration Of Japa-
nese good will and good faith
such as has never before been
vouchsafed to us. That II can be
accomplished by so acting that
the United States will never again
have cause to worry about Japan
But how? America is absorbed IN
a tremendous undertaking. II ia
nan were the kind OF a nation
some people would have us be-
lieye she Is, she would take ad-
vantage of our outflow OF energy
to Europe to press for a recogni-
ton Of her special position in the
far East.
May DIssIpnte Suspicious.
II Japan is the great nation so
many OF us believe she Is, she VIII
forego temporary advantage In
the far East and not only throw
her military resources whole
heartedly into the war, but II that
is not feasible, she will announce
her intention to see to II that the
rights OF the United States, of
Great Britain, France, Russia,
Italy. and her friends generally
do not suffer the slightest
Arrangement. either apparent or
real. during the course OF this
war
The world would be compelled to
dismiss rs imaginary thereafter
any suspicion OF japanese imperial
ism. China's fears OF Japanese
ACKNOWLEDGMENT also would be dis
sIpated. China would no longer
gain a sympathetic ear in Europe
or the United States to the cutlery
that Japan is about to gObble her
up-for certainly II Japan intend
ed such a thing. II could be fore
IDLY argued, she might easily
have done II while the rest OF the
world was busily at war.
Expressed or uneNpressed, I'M
piled or unimplied. America I'M
derstands that Japan wants a
leadership in the Far East an
alogous to that OF the United
States in the Western Henri
sphere. EIt we on our part have
put ourselves plainly on record as
desiring no territory or even COM
mercial preference in Central and
South America. We stand in re-
lation TO the republics to the
south OF us in the same position
that we gladly would have Japan
stand toward China. We decline
to take for ourselves anything
which we would not gladly let
other nations share with US. ia
pan has announced many a time
that she does not want any
third power" to obtain Chinese