The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-09-13
Japanese Magazines
Devote Much Space to
Armament Discussion
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japanese magazines give limitless
space to the forthcoming Washington
conference on limitations of arm.
ament, Pacific and far eastern ques-
tions.
The DiplomaticReview which is sup.
posed to lean toward imperialism, is
sued a special number of double size,
so important did it consider the pro-
posed discussions. The magazine
touches lightly on the extended form
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, which
brings it in harmony with the League
of Nations without insisting too much
on the chagrin felt by many Japanese
over the failure to renew the pact
definitely.
Purposes Fulfilled
"Bluntyly speaking, the Anglo-Jap-
anese alliance has fulfilled its mis-
sion in its first stage" the magazine
said. Now that the League of Ma
tons has been formed and a treaty
of general arbitration made among
the principal powers in the world,
there is hardly n country against
which Britain and Japan are likely to
be called upon to act by the treaty of
alliance. As regards the United States
which is not a member of the league.
an understanding has been reached
already between Britain and Japan
previously TO the formation of the
league. This being so, the formal re
newal or non-renewal of the alliance
is not a question of such urgency as
it is supposed in some quarters. In
diplomatic relations, however, it goes
without saying that the traditions of
tha ,nant r-1yt, I,@.1I l.
sincerely respected"
Although we may. for the time be-
ing, survey quietly the progress of
the alliance problem, the suggestion
for disarmament, newly made by the
American government cannot be trust
ed in the same way. In principle, no
state objects to disarmament, for it is
a principle recognized by almost all
the world, it being one of the funda-
mental principles of the league of ma
tions. But the gravity of the pro-
posal does not lie so much in the sug-
gestion for disarmament as the pro-
pOsal for discussing all questions
bearing on the Pacific and far east"
In view of the process by which
the new consortium for China was or
ganized, the editor thinks that it is
not difficult to guess at Americas at
titude toward Japan's special inter.
ests in the far east, despite the fact
that they have been clearly recogniz-
ed by the Anglo-Japanese alliance and
various other agreements between
Japan and the United States and Jap
an n France, and especially by the
lshii-Lansing agreement.
Open Door Principle
AS regards the principle of the open
door and equal opportunity in the far
east the Diplomatic Review declares
that the same principle should oper-
ate not merely in China, but in all
the rest of the world. The principle
of opendoor policy and equal oppor-
tunity should be carried into effect
as much in America and other coun-
tries or their dependencies as in the
far east. AS the United States claims
the Monroe Doctrine for America, so
may Japan claim with squal justice
the Monroe Doctrine for the far east.
If the United States can discuss China
problems and claim special interest
in Siberian questions, what is there
TO prevent Japan from discussing
Mexican problems and claiming spec
ial interest in questions relating to
Hawaii and the Philippines? These
are CldlDlS not III the Interest VI jap
an, but in the cause of justice and
humanity and agreeable TO the voice
of God promoting the common welfare
of mankind. For this consideration
the conference proposed by the Am
erican government is to be received
with complete satisfaction; it gives
Japan a great opportunity for pro-
claiming and insisting OF the necess-
ity of demolishing all artificial and
irrational barriers-economic, racial,
political legal, religious and social
which have been erected on the face
of the earth. Japan is inspired with
the idea of pushing aside all dis
elimination and all inequality through
the entire range of time and space"
Must %Relinquish Much
The Oriental Economist, which is
paying a great deal of attention to the
conference, laughs at the dismay with
which the government and the nation
received the proposal, which was fore
seen long Ago.. Were it only an out
slider, it says that it would only say,
Serves you right" 1t suggests, how
ever, that if Japan is prepared to give
up everything the conference will
prove beneficial to the country.
Suppose that Japan abandoned
Manchuria and Chanting, d~iscontinu-
ed every pressure which China is be-
lieved to be subjected to at the hands
of Japan, and granted freedom to the
Koreans and Formosans-then both
Britain and America would be reduced
30 an extremely distressing position"
il says
With Japan acting alone on so
liberal a principle, it would be imposi-
sible Tor them to maintain their moral
position in the world. In that case
CHINA and other waek nations would
bow to Japan in confidence. India,
Persia Egypt, Haiti and other pos
sessions of great powers would rise in
a body, demanding freedom for them
selves as Korea and Formosa had
gained the same from Japan. In this
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