The Washington times., 1921-11-19


only to have II changed on him, over
might, TO Pax vobiscum."
The result of al this is that Japan
has two choices. for the eyes of the
world are on her and are now filled
with suspicion. She can play hor
old game of follow my leader. re-
adjust her ideas once more. and
again become the star pupil OF the
world. Being careful to remember,
of course. that nothing IL no detest-
able to teacher as a scholar who
KNOWS as much as he does!
Hoped for Peace Gains.
Back of Japan's attitude lies very
real situation. II ID not only that she
resents the assumption Of superiority
by the white over the yellow race.
Not only that she In somewhat drunk
with power. Not only that she II q
slavish follower of Europe, as she has
known 1t. Not only that she demands
pay for keeping the Pacific sea lanes
open during the war and for going be-
yond her treaty In sending destroyers
| TO the Mediterranean. Her services In
| the war were real enough and valu-
able enough to seat her In high
place among the white nations here
and at Versailles. and she has de-
served that recognition.
II is not pertinent that she had
picked the winning side as hers, for
there came a bad time when she faced
The possibility that she had made q
serious error and picked the loser!
And, for that matter. why should
she not have picked the winner II she
could? The love pacts OF nations are
always marriages of convenience. and.
<o~ xAox vx.at<~~ Tanan the achniar r.
had not been noticeably the teachers
pet Of the world.
But Japan came to the peace table
Of the world with one great hope.
She wanted gain. II gain could be had.
and she was willing to accept graft
tude for what she had done. which
was not a great deal, but was more
than she had promised. But what she
wanted almost wistfully was a recog.
milton Of equality. and her protest
against the color line was ignored.
As a matter Of expediency. the
failure of that protest was a mistake.
What has happened Is that to her
physical requirements demanding that
she have room to expand. Japanese
psychology has now added the demand
that she be recognized N an equal.
Failing this recognition. II In not
unlikely that she will eventually en-
deavor to impose her equality by
force. agreements on disarmament not.
withstanding.
Not 30 much that this recognition
would bring peace, as that II might
avoid a future war. Is an argument
for It, Back OF all the over-reaching.
increasing armament and er-assump-
tion of authority In the Far East that
has made Japan an object of fear and
suspicion has lain and still lies her
refutation Of the white mans claim to
racial supremacy.
That is her physical need.
The Penalty Of Peace.
| It is possible to deny her claim to
equality. 1t is right and needful to
curtail her dream OF self-aggrandize
ment at the expense Of other nations
But in the interests Of peace 1t ID
absolutely necessary to face the
problem of room for her enormous and
increasing population.
This is not pleasant reading for
many people. The Interest Of the
anti-Japanese will resent II. But II ID
not an argument for the Japanese.
but an acknowledgment of a grave
problem Of the worlds peace. The
population In as irresistible at q tree
that grows and bursts q rock. And
the methods by which Japan had
hoped to grow shesis now forced tc
abandon.
Nations expand IN three ways: By
the purchase or cession Of territory tt
them; by acquisition through force
and by peaceful penetration" Sincs
the problem OF Japan's expansion tc
allow for her population must be faced
her situation is as follows: She will
not be permitted to gain territory by
capture. except by a war which woult
defeat it's own ends, a war against al
the great powers. She has not sue
ceeded in her campaign of peaceful
penetration, has indeed found II q
failure. Therefore Ia left only cessior
by consent of the powers. and soms
such cession may be proposed at THU
conference.
The peaceful penetration method hal
worked out very badly for Japan. TIL,
experiment has. IL is true, not beer
extensively tried, for less than thre,
million Japanese have been scatte-e<
outside of Japan in the last fifty years
But certain curious discoveries hav,
followed that experiment. One is tha
the Japanese laborer cannot campet,
successfully with the other yellow
races. Scales Of living and standard
of labor being the same. he fails. N
witness what has happened in Korea.
Where the standards Of living ar,
higher, as among the whites, he car
and does compete successfully. Hi
personal demands are fewer, and hi
hours of labor, IL he is working fol
himself, are longer. He ia apt to pros
per 1T the expense of a community
Il and at the same time to give that com
munity nothing in return. For he Il
first, last, and always Japanese. Ii,
may assume citizenship, but his rea
fealty Is always to Japan.
As an economic and protective
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