Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-23
DR.. e. r. FULkERsoN, FORMER
CONSUL TO JAPAN, RIPS
INTO ADMINIsT RATION.
LACK OF
POLICY DOING GREAT HARM
Allowing Japan to Seize Shantuns'
He Says, Has Caused China to
Lose Confidence in United States
Siberian Expedition Was Serious
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BIunder, Or. Fulkerson Says.

I,
wears in China, Japan and Asiatic
!, russia, and having served as tnteo
states consul in Japan during ne
most critical period Of that country
history, DR.. f. r. Fulkerson, OF the
board of foreign missions of the
Methodist church, sharply critiCizes
the present administrations lack OF
a foreign policy. Only with SOUND
foreign policy, and it's strict enforce
ment. can America retain the respect
and the confidence Of the Asiatic
countries. and recover the place she
held in the diplomatic circle IN Eu-
rope. Dr. Fulkerson said. when IN
teryiewcd on the eastern situation.
Favors League With Reservations.
81 am IN favor Of a league of ma
tons. but with reservations" he said
The countries of Europe have stat
ed that they would accept any rea-
! sonable reservations we would make.
and the world will not be broken
hearted if we do not accept the trea-
ty as it stands today" he added.
He believes that unless this coun-
Try takes = hand in the affair. back
ed by a strong foreign policy, Euro
rean powers will never be able to
accomplish that for which they
fought He is of the opinion that me
| United states is the one nation lnat
can direct other nations with clear
conscience for it is the only nation
of the allies that did not gain some
territory after the war.
yellow Peril" Propaaanda.
As to the so-Called yellow peril,
that is all propaganda radiating from
the city of Toxic. DR.. F'ulkerson said.
It is camOuflage, to keep the
minds of America from the fact that
Japan is continually anneXing new
territory.
I'VE need have no fear Of Japan so
long as we do not try to interferr
with her program of expansion" said
Dr.. Fulkerson And, like England.
Japan has found it necessary to ac-
ouire more territory When the Unit
ed States found it necessary to take
the Hawaiian islands. in order to
protect herself she did it, likewise
with Cuba anu the Philippines
The Shantunq crap.
Al the end of the war. ENGLAND
obtained almost a clear title to
I Egypt. and took over German pos
nssionS in Africa. Italy. after bit
or fight acquired more territory. anu
ven France managed to annex lit
r.. japan. thinking it was q grab
when-the- graDh ng sgood ga m 9,
look Shantung. populated by 10000
9CO Chinese. and thought she WIS
justified.
The other nations. said DR.. Fulker-
ron. could do nothing to stop this
because they were guilty Of the same
pTensC. but the United states. had
she had Il policy strong enough, ana
] with an admnistrat on to enforce u,
should not have permitted Japan to
take the Shantuug province,
Before that time, he said. China
had the utmost confidence in the
United States.
Came When We Asked Her.
EVERY one Of the allied powers
said DR.. Fulkerson. had asked China
to. ioin the allies in the war, but she
] had refused. When the United
states entered and extended to China
an official invitation to side with the
allies. she did. She had confidence
in the United states and did not
have confidence in the European
powers. But after the present adj
ministration's attitude and handling
OF the Shantung question. China IS
beginning to doubt this country,
which if confidence is not soon re-
stored will mean millions of dollars
Of trade lost to tho United States
The fear that if Senator Johnson
of California, should be elected TO the
presidency. the relations between
this country would become strained.
is ungrounded, according to DR.. Full
kerson.
"A man like Johnson he said.
who has a strong foreign policy and
will enforce it, is just the man to
| handle the japanese situation.
The Siberian BIunder.
The japanese like TO banter" he
continued. You can not dilly daily
, along with that race, for II you do
they will take no heed and continue
on their own way. But, if told what
the consequences viii S1 e thy cofi-
tinue in the way they are going, and
are made to understand that any
policy stated by this country will he
carried out they are the easiest
people on earth to get along with.
THE greatest diplomatic error this
country ever made, in my opinion.
he went on. was the sending of
American troops into Siberia. We
were not at war with Russia, and we
gave the Japs q chance to stand back
and wait until we vacated. They
then went in and took possession.
What most fear now is that the
Japs will gradually eat farther and
farther into Siberia. and if govern
ment is set up in Russia, will spread
propaganda among the natives that
they have been i'll treated by the
United States and the other allied
powers
Japanese Competition.
''The biggest problem the United
e mas to face today said ID.
Fulkerson, lis the problem of COM
peting with Japan commercially.
They can undersell and underbid us
in every thing they manufacture.
Since the war they have built some
of the largest factories in the world.
Their men come to this country. get
educated and carry OF prizes for
scholarships, return to Japan and
enter the manufacturing game
To-day they are using China as the
dumping ground for their manufac-
tured articles. emma is Inhabited by
one fourth the people on The earth,
md Jnpafi Is finding that country nm