Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-04


versity and he admitted that he
owed much 70 America for what he
waA. He has been a resident OF this
country continuously for twenty-five
years and he IL returning to Japan
this month for tho first time since
he left It
Critioixss che japanese.
Those who expected to hear stout
defense Of Japan In her relations
with China and Korea, because the
speaker was O Japanese, were dis
appointed. DR. Minakuchi frankly
admitted the blunders Japan had
made and the crimes she had COM
United In relation to China and
Korea. In the Japanese bmperial-
istic form OF government with the
military party In power he sees a
menace to the future peace and well
fare of Japan. Tho militarfstic
party has been in control In Japan
long enough. he declared.
Japan's chief mistake, he said,
with relation to China was In fol-
lowing the example set by European
countries OF acquiring territorial
rights and concessions In attempt
ing the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF Chinese
territory. II was European nations,
and not Japan, he pointed out, that
first acquired territorial rights in
China but that Japan, following the
example set by these nations with
relation TO China, played the game
as it was being played by others. In
so doing Japan committed crimes
and made serious blunders. She
adopted, he said. the European policy
OF secret diplomacy and alliances
out OF which grew the British-Japan
pact that took Japan into the world
war and put her in possession OF
Shantung.
Puzzle for Japanese.
az do not believe" he said, "that
Japan or any other nation has any
right to control any part Of China"
He pointed, however, to Russia,
which, he said. controls a million
square miles of China. England, he
added, controls as much or more,
France controls $4,000 square miles
and Japan something upward of
100000 square miles.
With relation to these territorial
controls, and methods by which they
were acquired, he said that what
puzzled the japanese mind was that
European nations could commit al
most any crime in China and not be
but for every move Japan
made in China there was a great
uproar.
rs it." he asked. that European
nations can do no wrong?"
1t was in Korea, the speaker said,
that Japan did a grave wrong by at
tempting to nationalize the people
by force of arms and the effort
proved a failure and a serious mis-
take.
Demands and Shantung.
DR.. Minakuchi said that Japan,
because of changes that have since
occurred in the Japanese govern
ment, does not expect China to COM
ply with the twenty-one demands
that Japan made of China in 1915.
L USSe dtIIldliS IL SltCu q wa
wide sensation.
Japan, he admitted. needs more
territory. She has 55,o0o,0oo people,
he said, and is cultivating 100000
acres and is forced to import very
large part OF her foodstuffs and
much Of her raw material.
AS to the Shantung problem, he
said that Japan Is not to have any
territorial rights in the Shantung
province but only certain civil and
economic rights.
What Japan wanted, he added,
was joint operation with China OF
the Shantung railroad, which. before
the war, was operated by Germany.
She wants China to police the rail-
road. Japan wants certain coal and
iron mines on the Shantung railroad
because Japan is short OF coal OF
the right kind and iron.
He gave 1t as his belief that the
future peace Of Asia rests with
China and Japan and that japan
fully expects to return the rights
she acquired in Shantung to China.
DR.. Minakuchi is an interesting
and at times eloquent speaker. He
was frequently applauded by the
audience which was somewhat
smaller than usually attends Search
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