The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-01
HOW JAPAN CAN KEEP THE PEACE

territory. Will she explicitly In
clude herself in that pledge and
thereby guarantee for all time
the territorial integrity and ad-
ministrative Independence Of her
own nearest neighbor? That
would be a true Monroe doctrine
and America would heartily well
come the application OF the great
principle by Japan to the Far
East.
Moral vs. Physical Force.
VIII Japan, interceding for
Great Britain. for the United
States. and for France. seek as
zealously to protect their CONNER
cial rights as her own7 Only in
a clear answer to those questions
lies a solution OF the problem OF
japanese paramountcy In the Far
East. something which by care
full diplomacy Japan can win much
more easily than by military
demonstrations or the militariza-
tion OF her people for the physical
assertion of her influence.
This war Is a supreme test Of
the respective values of moral
and physical force among nations.
BY crushing German militarism
now and demonstrating the flu
tility OF amassed physical force
we shall teach the lesson that
peace hath victories much more
lasting than those OF war. ia
pans decision to send commits
sion to the United States COM
mends itself to Americans be-
cause that is the American way
of trying to settle controversies
face to face, with gil cards on
the table. man to man, and mind
to mind. What we cannot by the
rule OF reason convince our
friends that we deserve to have,
we shall not reciprocally expect
them to demand of us by the rule
OF force. This view must fnd
echo in Japan. 1t Is so admira-
bly, expressed by a japanese, To-
kiwo Hokot, parliamentary
leader, that an extract from the
article he wrote for a European
magazine recently may be quoted:
Must Crush German SIIIItnrIsm.
III the war ends in a victory
OF the allies, as we trust 1t shall"
writes Mr.. Yokoi. then liberal
ism is assured OF an unhindered
growth in its far Eastern home
of adoption. But suppose for a
moment that the great struggle
ends in draw, which would
practically mean a success for
the central powers, will not that
at once galvRnize for a new lease
of life the gradually dying sys-
TEN OF bureaucratic government.
whose advocates in Japan would
persistently point to Germany as
a glorious example to be more
earnestly followed by Japan?
German kultur and military des-
potism will be held up to the
skies by their enthusiastic de-
voices, OF whom there are not a
few in Japan. as the only thing
which will save Japan from pre-
mature decay.
81 asked my Senatorial friend
OF Washington how he would like
in view Of mis- expressed desire
for the premature ending OF the
war ana Tor league Of peace
the sight Of a powerful military
empire rising up in the Far East,
which in all probability would
work hand in hand with the CEN
trail empires OF Europe in the
carrying out OF their imperialIstic
ambitions? No, Japan has COM
mitted herself so much already
to the cause OF liberalism that
she cannot afford to see the mill
taristic autocracy win the day
in Europe"
The above paragraph epito-
mixes the whole Far Eastern sit
uation for the United States. We
must crush German militarism.
We-Japan. alongside the United
States, Great Britain, France,
Italy, and Russia-must win this
war for liberalism. for democ-
racy, for world peace.