The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-31
DEGREES TALK
OF WAR FANS
NO Cause Has Arisen
That Diplomacy May
Not Avert

TOXIC, July s.--Ex- Speaker sn.
ouro Shimada Of the house of repre-
a"ntatives. who. because of his ora
torical powers is often called bv
japanese the Wendell Phillips of
Japan is contributing sories OF
articles to the Nlchinichi Shlmbun
on relations with the United statoa.
IN which he deplorcs and decries
talk Of war, The distinguished mr.
liamenthrian holds that II the aliua-
ton between the two countries ia
Wudiod from broad statcsmanllke
h'tltnde such talk VIII become mean
inElcsa.
Iic says: Possibly there are no
japanese who seriously think that
Japan Is able TO attnck America
across the Pacific as there viii be
no Americans who dream OF an In
Naslou of Japan, Some think that
thr immigration question VIII prob
ably furnish casus belll between
Japan and tho United States. while
others are OF the opinion that tho
scramble for rights and interests will
Icad the two countries TO war. These
questions are not Of such nature
az TO be solved by an appeal 10 arms.
American Misunderstanding about
Japan may be dlspcllcd by the ef-
torts OF diplomats who can explain
the general tendencies Of the world.
ana Japan's position, plainly and
fcarlessly. Immigration IL no more
n question with America than with
Great Britain, which Is Japan's ally.
Su'h a problem can be solved with
the progress OF civilization and mu-
tual understanding II is not the
whole American nation that objects
TO Asihtic i'm migration on racial
gruu ndH. America IL free country.
whore any sort Of an opinion can be
"Hpr"sscd with perfect freedom. II
ls not SIrprislug, therefore, that
from the japanese standpoint some
or the arguments In America about
Japan may seem to bold and reck-
less. II is a mistake to think, how
ever, that these views represent pub
lie opinion in America
Tho questions pending between
Japan and the United states at pres
'nt are likely 10 be solved with the
passage OF time. 1t ls truo that
thcro are some Americans who arc
not satisfied with Japan's doings in
CHINA and Korea, while there are
other Americans who perfectly un-
dorstand Japan's position.
Japan IL not without faults. Dur
ing the progress Of the war Japan
concluded with emma what ls known
AS military agreement, by which
Il was undertaken that Japanese Of
nrcrs should he engaged as instruc-
tors lu the Chinese army and the
common use OF arms by tho Japa-
uesc and Chinese was sdpul1tCl IN
the agreement. This, not uunat-
urnlly gave rise 10 the suspicion
among the DcclIouttls that Japan is
attempting the Japonisltiun OF Chi
ma Ia the sume way ar Germany con-
tTivcd thc Communication ~ Turkey.
Tho q demands presented by Japan
10 CHINA arc also potent cause Of
misunderstanding OF Japan among
Europeans ana Americans, In tho
siberian Intervention, America pro-
posed that similar numbers Of troops
should be dispatched 10 siberia. but
whereas America sent only 1000
mon. Japan dispatched as many AZ
10000 This aroused the suspicious
OF America as to the real intentions
of Japan. Japan's failure in Siberia
RS clear from what has followed since
then.
"But really educated thoughtful
Americans do not believe in such
a thing as war between japan and
America"