The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-03
JAPAN AND GERMANY


dulging in the fear than Japan may make alliance
w.. Germany. They think it quite reasonable to as
sumo that JAPAN being a weI-traned military, is i'm
pressed by the German drives and will be quick to juml
to the other side if the German armies should defeat tn
allies in the west The question whether Japan
templating an alliance understanding with German
addressed to Count Terauch the Japanese pre-
mier and with true Oriental courtesy he took time t.
answer the question.
No affirmation Of Japan's good faith required
The allies know that they can depend on JAPAN as sh'
can depend upon them. Germany is the deadly enem!
of them all, and is especially hstie toward Japan
Nothing that Germany has done in this war; from thu
first moment of ruptured honor in Belgium to the --latest
aerial bOmbardment of hospitals has met the apprOva
Japan but on the contrary has demonstrated npms
takaby Japan that the peace of Asia is insecure unit
Germany is beaten.
First and foremost among the why japan
will not take the bloody and perfdous hand of Germany
ans faith and honor are pighted to the allies
through her alliance with Great Britain. When in
stance of violation of her promised word be cited
against Japan it will be time to distrust her Until that
time unsafe to presume that Japan will trample
down and destroy the teachings sacred her hel
religion which forbid violation of the national honor
Japans pledge having been given there thought
her part Of breaking it. The suggestion always comes
enemy ignorant sources.
Another good and sufficient reason why Japan will
not make any bargain with Germany is that Germanys
pledge is worthless Assuming that Japan were free to
would suddenly turn from the path of caution and wis
dom in her foreign policy and enter into agreement
with high contracting party who has given notice in
advance that agreements scraps Of paper be
torn up whenever they prove bothersome Japan would
not only be giving everythng-honor, good faith,
plete performance of her obgatonsand getting moth
ing but treachery but she would be calling down upon
herself the of the whole world outside of Ger
many. If it were imaginable that Germany and Japan
for material could make compact and stick to-
geher the prospect before them in that case would be
perpetual war with mankind, continuous combination
of powers determined to carry the fight until such
dangerous enemies of the worlds liberty had been de-
stroyed.
The Western world makes much of German perfdy
honor wildly presented Japanese eyes as to those
of Occidental nations. Germanys boast of ruptured
faith constitutes barrier against any possibility Of an
agreement between Germany and Japan but in addition
it constitutes the only danger that conronts Japan No
other nation threatens the Asiatic smpre Any ques-
ton of difference be adjusted with any nation ex-
cept Germany because all other nations be depended
Al
perfdious
The encroachment by Germany into Russia and ST.
IBERIA is direct threat against the life of Japan The
allies will stop that march somehow before this war ends
If the Russians stepped in stupidity that they
believe the lies of Germany and throw their home land
away they have just DONE is evident that they will
be stupid enough to oppose Japan Germanys
ton Therefore Japan should not attempt at this time
go sngehanded to the protection of Siberia and per-
haps japanese troops should be sent into Russia un-
der any circumstances But not Japan then the other
allies must head off the Germans utilizing if possible,
the unorganized strength of Russia.
Japan is not in the slightest degree mised by the
apparent progress of the Germans in attacking the west
allies The Asatic military men, thoroughly fami-
lar with the German school, and intimately posted
gardng conditions in Germany know very well that Ger
manys war wachne is being overdrven in the desperate
hope of achieving victory before breaks down. japan
lis one of the few nations whose military commanders
have handled great bodies of men in actual warfare
These commanders have unanimously reported to their
government that Germanys shrinage of man power and
the steady increase of allied power are the compe
ing for the present attempt of Germany to break
through the encircng lines before defeat becomes ap
parent and the structure of the German empire coapses
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