Evening star., 1920-02-01
PEN PICTURE OF JAPAN Z
AS NEW WORLD POWER
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| still fresh in the japanese mind. Why
should Japan, it is asked, the nearest
| to China and the most needful Of her
| resources, fall behind other nations
| in possessions there? The record OF
| other nations in China is of such inn
portance as to merit treatment IN an
| other article, but certainly the pres
ent course of Japan in that country
is not without abundant precedent.
Hope I'm League Of Nations.
The natural inquiry is, What OF
these facts which make for an inn
perialstic policy in Japan? Will this
latest and most remarkable entry
among the great nations prevent the
Inauguration of a new era so much
hoped for as the result of the recent
war? Has Deutschland a successor
in Nippon, except that the latter has
a more promising field of action anu
more valid excuses? Will japan be-
come a. threat to the worlds peace!
Much will depend upon the accep-
tance or non-acceptance of the prin-
pies enunciated in the proposed league
of nations. If weaker nations are to
be the prey of the stronger, if terri
tor ial adjustments are to be deter
mined by the might of armies, then
the spirit of Imperialism will continue
to have free play, and there 10 no
country which has opportunity or ex-
cuse equal to that of Japan. 3,
1t must be said that since her eman-
cipation from a policy of exclusion
she has shown unprecedented capacity
for adopting from other countries tho
best features of their national life.
In diplomacy Japan has manifested
a disposi to conform to the meth
ods and ideals of the most advanced
nations. If the other four nations.
England, France, Italy and the United
States. which held the principal place
in the attempted settlement of world
affairs at Paris, should unite in a
policy of self-abnegation for the sake
of peace and equal opportunity for all.
it does not seem possible that Japan
would be out of line with them. Most
effective of all would be the restora-
tion by Japan of the foreign policies
in China and elsewhere repeatedly
asserted by her prior to and during
the RuSso-JapaneSe war OF lS04-190b.'
Will her people learn the lesson from
the downfall of Germany that over
weening ambition eventually over
reaches itself. and that a policy OF
amity with all countries and mutual
is best for herself! II
is to be sincerely hoped that the recol-
lection of a frightful war which was
won against Imperialism by the dyna-
mic force of righteousness may not
fail to shape the course of all nations
in the orient and the occident alike.
I cannot dismiss this subject with
out expressing the conviction that the
insertion in the peace treaty Of pend
ing propositions relating to the Mon
roe doctrine would be a grave error.
Manifestly our assertion of exception
al regional rights will AFFORD an ex-
cuse to other nations more ambitious
in their designs to assert claims or
special interests far more advantage
Gus to themselves than any possible
application of the Monroe doctrine
could be to US, and that, too, In q
manner injurious to our welfare and
threate ming to world peace. This
statement by no means applies to
Japan alone.
Copyright. 1929. by the New York Times
(Note-The second article in former
Senator Burton's series will appear in
the Editorial Section of next SUNDAYS
Starr