The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-08
Seem Japs at Night

mans, and Mr.. Willard throughout his
book draws a parallel between modern
Prussian militarim and modern Japan.
Only in the matter Of propaganda, he
quotes aLJher writer, the student has sur
passed the teacher. "And it is in
America, where the japanese propaganda
has been most active and where, SO far
as we can judge, it has been marvellously
successful" The Ishn mission to Amer
lea, Mr.. Willard says, was not to pro-
mote a better understanding between
Japan and America, but, on the contrary,
ITO prevent Japan's purposes from being
understood there" The entire western
world, according to Mr.. MiIlard, has
@given Japan blank check on its cred
uity, and allowed the Japanese to fill it
out for themselves. Japanese propa-
ganda has done that"
After reading Mr.. MiIlard's book and
believing all you read, you might al
most say that Japan has not only imi-
tated the Germans In their propaganda
methods, but that Japan has been Hmade
in Germany" and is truly German even
to its professors He says:
"Born almost exactly at the same time
with modern Germany, modern Japan,
in adapting itself to western civilization,
has eonformed almost exactly to the Ger
man political system, the German thesis
OF statecraft, the German military or
ganization, the German conception Of the
great game Of weltpolitik. A
majority Of japanese military leaders
were educated in Germany, the Japanese
army is organized after the German
model and conception Of discipline, and
a majority Of Japanese modern medical
practitioners, and many leaders In the
educational and scientific life Of Japan,
were educated in Germany"
Mr. MilIard describes the Japanese war
policy as purely one Of political expedi-
ency, which has swung with events as the
weather vane with the wind. He divides
Japan's war policy into almost as many
different periods as the President made
Points for the peace discussion. Thus
after China's entrance into the war, Mr..
MiIlard says Japan's chief concern was
10 get free hand in China, and have her
"paramountey" and special position"
recognized. But if Japan has been what
Mr.. Willard calls adaptable, the same can
be said of China If ever nation showed
a willingness TO be corrupted" it would
seem to be China. Mr.. Millard publishes
nearly six pages of japanese loans in
China But he makes the excuse for the
Chinese that after the Lansing Ishii notes
had been published, they believed that
the western allied Powers had thrown
China over, and her only hope was to
make the best possible terms with Japan.
III.
Mr.. Millard discusses Japan's "pene-
tration" Of China, and the spread of Jap
anese civil administration until the Shan
tung Province is little more than a Chi
nese colony. His book was, Of course,
written before the japanese made their
demands at Versailles, regarding the i'll
heritance of some of Germany's rights
in China, which were granted with neat
ness and despatch, but readers may easily
imagine his emotions. He also makes
special plea for the Coreans, who are as
much entitled to consideration as the
Jago-Slavs, he says; he describes hiir
condition as serfdom.
His book must be read by all those who
want to accumulate q first class "hate"
for Nippon. He has what he calls So
luton in his final chapter, in which he
presents Chinas "points," eleven of
them, the most important Of which seems
to be the abolition of extraordinarily
in China. One thing, however: is crafty
ing about Mr.. Millard's book He does
not pretend that he is unprejudieed. To
the contrary, he says in his introduction
that writing from "deep conviction he
must be prcjudiced against japan and in
favor Of China. He has SO much to say
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