The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Former Emperor Confident
Nippon Would Keep
United States Out.
FAILED TO SEE ALLIANCE
Harden Says Germans Were
Unable to Understand
Far East Viewpoint.
By MACMILLAN HARDEN.

negotiated with Japan and finally
concluded a secret treaty with that
nation.
As I see from the press that this
question has also arisen in the United
States I shall tell what I know
about it.
Japan and the Japanese were so be
loved in Wilhelm lis Germany tina,
1t gave them the highest title it be-
AsFed It to be in its power to confer
and called them the Prussians Of the
Far East" But it did not prevent
our politicians in league with the
French Republic and CzaristIc Rus
sia, from attacking the peace Of
ShimonOseld. which cheated Japan out
OF the fruits OF her victory over
China. deeply embittered her and
drove her into an alliance with Eng
land.
Were Ignorant of Jsps.
Hardly any one here knew the land
of the hIkadO, its history and the
consequences Of the revolution that
broke the facade Of its feudal system.
Under the SamUrai. one imagined ia
pan a powerful "Junker." old Prussia
and the fact that in the lockers of
japanese workmen in German indus
tries one found exact drawings OF the
our captains Of industry the highest
conception of the thOroughness Of
those people.
On May TO- 1925. in the Beach Hotel
at ChefOo. Russian Admiral MakarO1
indicated with a red pencil on map
the region which the japanese must
restore to the Chinese. and when the
yellow men hesitated with their answer
he threw his sword on the map and
demanded. Yes or no"
Nine years later the mine laid by
the Japanese prepared the end Of
MakarOf. and his admiraIs ship
PetropavIovsk. The shame Of Chefoo
was atoned and revenge on Russia was
enjoyed in cold blood.
Mistaken Diplomacy.
Germany on the Moroccan coast
that would have meant endangering
England's wheat road and would have
placed the feeding of the United King
dom at Berlin's pleasure. An English
statesman could just as little idly
await the development as a Russian
bOuid the creating Of a ''CaHphate Of
Berlin" or German rule over Islam.
Damascus. TangieT. AIseCiras and
A=adir were steDs on the way to the
Triple Entente Common fear and
common Tistrust had allied England.
France and Russia. And as EnEIand's
ally, Japan, willingly or unwillingIy,
had to make friends with this alliance.
the strongest known until then
Wished Nippon to War on [. :.
But one counted on the Prussians
of the Far East. Supposedly they
were grateful not only for military
and industrial tuition. but also b.
cause we had quietly looked on and
watched their victory over Russia.
Furthermore. their future plans
could be carried out only if the
rapidly growing German world
power placed no obstacle in the way.
What plans?
OF course the plans to gain su-
premaCy in the Pacific
Our miIitarists SwOrc that war
would soon break out between the
United States and Japan. Many even
wished it would come aboUt-npI
from hatred of Anne rica. but because
friendly American yacht owners in
the KicI week-and perhaps also the
exchange profess ssOrs-thawed out BY
His Majesty's sun. told him so. But
those Germans wished for war in
,The hope Of exploiting the difficult
position into which England would
get in course of the struggle be-
tween Japan and the United States.
In 1916 and 1915 England and Amer
i-t showed that. without militarism
and without COnsCriptiOn, except in
case OF necessity. one could stamp
lnl-hty armies out of the ground. arm
them quickly and train them for the
modern industry Of war.
Before this it was deemed certain
that Japan's tried military power
would. in the beginning at least, b.
II
victory quickly before the Panama
Canal opened and before America
could comfortably operate on its two
oceans.
HOIhenEoIIerns Plotting.
Then my hour will strike" said
Wilhelm. aroused against his wise
T-nc.e Edward who knew his nephew
all too well. After Japan's first vic
tories England as an ally must make
up her mind. II she supports Japan
even only with money and ships she
will bctrav the hOIiest possessions of
Tho white race and therefore act
aEeInst my admOritiOn. Then she
will lose Canada. and in addition. the
rr-7ert strlI accorded 'Perfidious Al
hiCn' and its MammOuism in our
Christian world.
? The Berlin theory therefore. was
that grateful Japan needs US and
will never undertake anything
against Germany. WiIhelms pose
and admonition to protect Europe's
h0Irest possessions" was meant for
EXPORT only. For the colOred race
to ally itself against the whites
--zs d deadly sin only for England.
not for Germany. In August. 1914.
in Berlin's streets. the japanese
we're acclaimed and embraced by
women without prejudice. The
Iars. at least, will stick loyalty to
MS was the popular impression.
The doubterS heard from gen.
erals and admiraIs the answer:
Never will the japanese cooperate
in weakening Germany militarily.
n,r her navy. They are not so
stupid For if only England and
America had big war fleets. the
~, need only come to an under
s+andIng and Japan's dream Of the
Tuturc would burst like a soap
bubble"
Then came the ultimatum from
-TokiO. the demand to clear out of
TsinCtau-Japan's revenge on the
German empire.
BEFORE giving the answer. to be
shown in my next article for The
herald. to the question regarding
,sporiations conducted with Japan
si1ce then, this brief retrospect
seemed necessary to me.
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