The Arizona copper camp., 1920-03-13
THE JAPANESE POINT OF VIEW .

some of the Siberian people speak ill
of Americans before us and abuse us
before Americans.
when we travel in Siberia, Rus
slams along the railway lines chant
the praises of our people. They talk
of our army as excelling Siberian Cos
sacks in valor. They admire the chiv-
lalrous spirit of our people. They
maintain that, as Russia is separated
only by narrow strip of water from
Japan, they should keep up the clos
est friendship, and then pour forth
various complaints of the Americans.
Some of these are, for instance, that
American soldiers stationed in Siberia
lack discipline; that in every branch
Eof American movements in Siberia
they carry on propaganda only, talk
ing big and doing nothing in sincere
assistance of Siberia; that America
despatched it's army to Siberia for the
primary purpose to expel German and
Austrian prisoners of war and prevent
the invasion of Bolsheviks, but they
are often found some Americans who
laid Bolsheviks; that Americans in ST.
IBERIA are entirely different from other
peoples in being vulgar and in yaluing
money above all other things. Rus
slams even go so far as to insinuate
that the purpose of the American ac-
ltivities in Siberia is to secure a
means of investing surplus capital in
Siberia which has been derived from
war rather than to render assistance
to the Siberian people. l am led to
believe that in your presence they
likewise admire America and abuse
Japan in every imaginable way.
"The above, however, refers only to
certain local people with insufficient
moral sense, and most of the Rus
slams are certainly far from being
lsuch people. I can fully recognize
that they are even striving at the sac
Irifice of their blood for the recovery
Iof their former national power, but
that the actions of such unscrupulous
people undoubtedly constitute cause
of a growing gap between the Japan
Iese and Americans in Siberia. 1t may
be mentioned in passing that a SINH
lar thing is, 1 believe. happening also
i'm China. Such being the case, what
claims our foremost attention must
be the establishment of closer rela-
Itionship and mutual understanding
between your nation and ours.
Unite to Help Russia and China
II think that there are not a. few
people even among our own country
men who, in their eagerness to obtain
private profits in China or Siberia,
Iact contrary to the honest intentions
Iof the majority of the Japanese ma
Ition. In this epoch, however, when
Ithe peace treaty has been signed and
international affairs are to be settled
with reference to justice and human
|ity, such base actions can never meet
with the approval of the greater por-
ton of our people. / am convinced
that the earnest cooperative assist
|ance of America and Japan is indis-
|pensable to rehabilitate Russia from
the present state of chaos and to en-
able its people to enjoy their life in
peace and comfort.
1t is highly necessary for the ben
|efit of the people of the world at large!
that China, which was once the CEN
ter of oriental civilization and has the
oldest history in the world, should he
$50 developed as to be able to exploit
its inexhaustible natural resources
with its population unequaled in num-
Der. We, the Japanese, especially de-,
sire this for the advance of the Far
East; and l firmly believe that the
immense financial assistance Of Amer.
,ica should be called for in addition to-
our sincerest and most sympathetic,
aid, to attain this aim. All these.
works must be carried on under the