The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-04
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1920.
JAPANESE SENTIMENT.

To those who listened to the hOneyeC
words of the japanese lecturer from
the Chautauqud platform here some ex.
eerpts from japanese editorials vii
have an interest. The Yorodzu speak
ing of the hopelessness of permanent
peace says:
SIN the midst of widespread unrest
America is plotting and intriguing to
realize her economic ambition and for
this reason Japan is unable to enjoy
peace. The world is left at the mercy
of DEVILS"
Again it comments with bitterness
upon the action of our government in
regard to Northern Saghalien and
adds:
Of late the attitude of America is
too aggressive, too arrogant. If we lis
ten to every claim of America she will
eventually swallow the whole of Asia.
Japan does not intend to occupy Nor
thern Saghalien permanently but she
need not make a declaration to this
effect to America. 1t is high time that
the japanese showed a firm determine
ton regarding American actions. The
peace of the Orient shall not be dis
turbed by America. Japan viii not suf-
fer herself to be regarded in the same
light as Mexico.
The Tokyo Mainichi on the same sub
iect says that whether the American
protest is due to geographical misun-
Outstanding or not it is strange that
America associates the japanese occu-
patton with aggression and deliberately
tries to bring about international com
pIications. 1t. explains the situation as
follows:
Seven hundred japanese officials and
people were massacred in Nikolaievsk.
and as there is no government with
which Japan can negotiate, she has ar
ranged to occupy "a certain area TEN
porarily. How can this procedure be
improper2 1t is unbecoming of Am
erica, the avowed protagonist of jus
tice and humanity, often to make pro-
tests simply for the sake of protest
ing.
After careful deIiberation the Japa-
nese government has carried out the
temporary occupation of part of Sag
halien. Whatever objections may be
raised by the American government,
there can be no alteration of the Japa-
nese policy. Even Viscount Uchida, the
foreign minister, who breads "foreign-
ers as if they were so many tigers, -
Will not consent to modify the policy.
The only thing which Japan can do at
the present moment is sincerely to *
plain the situation to America.
The Niroku reviews the Saghalien
situation as follows:
They say America has protested to
Japan regarding the occupation of Mix
olaievsk: If this is true, it must be
due to Americas misunderstanding.
Let us point out that Saghalien is not
American territory, nor was the treaty
of Portsmouth concluded between Ja-I
pan America. The other party to the
matter is Russia which is disintegratedl
and which has no government. This
state of affairs was fundamentally re-
sponsible for the Nikolaievsk incident.
What If the victims at Nikolaievsk had
been Americans2 Is it not the duty of
Japan toward humanity to occupy the
territory in question and maintain
peace and order until a perfect Rus
sian government has been establishes?
This paper says in conclusions: eff
America does not realize that she is in
the wrong, all the mankind of the
world will have to cooperate to des-
troy her."
"Hochi'' sees England and Ameri
ca in league against Japan, too. If
this is so, it says, seventy millions
Japanese, crowded into a small island,