New-York tribune., 1919-10-15

the German islands north of the
Equator. He asserted that the United
States, despite the efforts of Viscount
lshii, had not acquiesced in the Japa-
nese policy toward China. In this CON
nection he quoted from Secretary Ian
sings testimony before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee:
Ishii said he thought that Japan's
special interest in China should be
recognized in any agreement we might
make. | said that of course the United
States recognized that because of geo
graphical location Japan had peculiar
interest in China, but that the danger
of putting it in any agreement was
that 1T might be misconstrued and
therefore objected to it. I further
told him if he understood Especial in
terest" meant paramount interest" l
could not discuss it further.
"1shii suggested a "Monroe Doc
trine" for the Far East. | told him that
the Monroe Doctrine did not give the
United States a paramount interest
over any nation in this hemisphere.
And ! thought the same principle
should be given any other nation with
regard to China. Ishii maintained
silence!'"
Corean Policy Contrasted
Senator Lodge contrasted the Japan
ese policy in Corea with the American
policy in Porto Rico and the Philip-
pines. He said:
THE Senate should not only keep
fully in mind the aggressive measures
taken by Japan from 1894 to the pres
ent in order to note the strides thai
she has made and what may be antic-
pated in the future; not only should
they note her methods of unscrupu-
lous disposition. but they also should
not lose sight of other acts of hers
which will enable them to Judge of
their effect upon people that falls
under her control. There need be cited
only two matters. Americans know
! from the spirit with which We have
| administered Porto Rico and the Phil
ipplnes, what our views are regarding
the influence of a stronger nation upon
weaker one, more backward in mat
ters Of modern economic and political
devcl lopment. Late revelations of the
Japanese policies in Corea, begun with
the murder of a Corean queen and the
| force exercised upon the Emperor and
his ministers at the time of annexation
and ending with the brutal torture and
killing of the unarmed and unresisting
revolutionists in the spring of 1919
showed the difference between Japanese
and American ideals. Do we wish to
have Japanese methods applied in
Shantung? And We should not forget
that there are many individual in
stances of similar methods having been
applied in Manchura to the Chinese
where the Japanese have been in con-
troll"
Opium Traffic Cited
After accusing the Japanese of de
| liberate fostering opium traffic in
Shantung and inserting two reports or
this subject delivered to the Foreign
Relations Committee, Senator Lodge
said
"Such has been the course Of Japan
steady, relentless, aiming to get ultimate
control of the vast population and great
territory of China. AS it has been in
the past so will it be in the future in
regard to Shantung. Japan is steeped
in German ideas and regards war as an
industry, because from war she has
secured all the extensions of her en-
pire. She is power armed and trained
confronted by an unarmed and peaceful
people. She means to exploit China anc
build herself up until she becomes q
power formidable to all the world. II
is not merely that she will close the
markets of China and obtain enormous
commercial and economic advantages
She will use ultimately the practically
unlimited man power OF China for mill
tary purposes, just as Germany anC
Austria used in their armies the man
power of the 26,000,OOO Slavs, who were
utterly opposed to German domination
to promote their schemes of conquest.
Japan will be enabled to construct
in that way power which will threaten
the safety of the world. 1t seems in
credible that Senator'S underst tandinl
this subject and looking out upon the
future should pursue q similar policy
toward Japan. that we should be Sc
shortsighted as actually to leave Japar
to become peril to America.
More Decisive Reason
"But there is one other reason ever
more decisive to my mind than this [
is great wrong, this giving of Shan
tung over to the control Of Japan
Morally it is indefensible, and it is ne
answer to say that we failed to objec
to the German seizure of Shantung. A.
q matter Of fact, the open door polio,
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