Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-15
JAPANESE SEEKING
PACIFIC CONTROL
Asserted Nation Is Moving to
Play for Powerful Naval
Force.
PROFITS ARE 100000
Nippon Steamship Company
Shows Still Greater Earning
Capacity in Six Months.
BY JOSEPH TIMMoNs.

TOKYO, Feb. 14.-Baron kondo,
president OF tho great subsidized
steamship line. the Nippon Yusen Kali
siia, which in tho last six months had
net profits of 100000, and in the
preceding six months S15.00O,000, is
one OF the noted Japanese whose
fricndliness to America, in America,
ers in finance. trade and statcscraft
The baron was in the United States
rev months ago. on his way home
viewed. He was banqucted. and in
his speeches he took America to his
aoaom.
and Judge Gary get together, Japan
and America are loving twin sisters.
There II not cloud; even as big as
horizon In their friendly converse
such newspapers as do. not forget
r Ko1fa N Mongoia and WHICH
IBERIA, Shantung and Fukien. there
looms looms inc 1,; ninister program OF the Jap.
Asiatica." an Asia dominated by
lniiitarst Japan-such newspapers arc
to these business savants the yellow
press" to be dismissed with "a snap
of the finger.
Makes . Rosy Report.
Kondo announced when he returned
10 Japan that he had seen our lead
ing statesmen and they had told him
had no complaint TO make OF her poll
cics.
views of our Heading statesmen cor
rcctly. they arc satisfied to have Japan
ignore her pledges to the open door
worried that she has slammed the door
shut in Manchuria and frankly intend:
TO close 1t for Mongolia also; that
even thought she restores sovereisnty.
10 China by giving back the lease TO
the Chiaochon Bay region; that she IL
dominating the Peking government and
sncroachinG more and more on the SOW
crciguty OF China; that her program
plainiy includes Eastern Iberia also
hnltc. thoroughly developed scheme OF
militar.stic Imperialism TO make
i,s viii upon Western civilization.
a, home Baron Iiondo Is no Longer
nqe5 Tho for Of is the
rank Intention of himself and his as.
,ocia,cs 10 drive American shipping
%' i.s in TIsy a are aui,e ee1den they
,a0-t,untt. for have not they the ire
Dc1dous advantag &c of cheap wages:
~. s Il, of the \. y x. the
baron made speech. in which no ,ime
vas given to gun about beloved amer
on tho necessity OF cooperation with
british steamship companies.
THE Nippon lusen ha!sha mus io.s
made. n point Of cooperating with
British shipping" said The baron I; and
II intends to do so in the future Dur
ing the war the Nippon Yusen kaisnas
t.,Iropean line was extended TO Liver
nool under special arrangements with
the British shipping companies con-
cerned. ,,,,. ~. main
tenance OF the liverpool service by
the Nippon Yuscn kaisha attcr the
conclusion Of the war, but during M!
tn n
arrangement was entered into with the
British companies concerned, ano the
Nippon Yusen kaisha has ootai ,n tmG
line permanently.
Settled in Japs' Favor. /.
1--WE also were admitted to the ship
ping conference regarding the service
from India 10 New York. and thus two
iinnortant questions have been settled
in our favor. In the future we should
try to make our relations with the
British shipping companies even more
Not word about cordial relations
with the new American merchant ma
rine: just a paragraph about Amer
ica's 100000 tons and significant
reference 10 the fact that now Amer
lea is increasing her tonnage In the
pacific
IF Japan can cut into the former
British Carrying trade for Europe II is
plain as day that this will strengthen
her merchant anti. marine arms ana g to make e
+tasy her complete conquest OF the
trade of the Pacific.
Japan plans to have III the near fu-
turc tho greatest carrying trade in
the world. not second even to Brit
aims. For one thing. building ships
and running them will be "A long step
. toward the industrialiZation of Japan.
1t will bring her great wealth. That
is tho commercial side OF IT. There,
is another side. the militaristic side.
II she acquires such vast shipping in
tcrests she will have to have a great
wealth to support it. If there are no
merchant ships on the. Pacific but
Japanese ships, If after n while Amer
lea has no ships under her flag OH the
Pacific. Japan's naval dominance OF
the, Pacific Will be much easier
So. whether he knows il or not
Baron Kondo is working hand-in-
glove with tho militarist. clique that
as ruling Japan. And thifil he knows