The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-05
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921
U. S. FRIEND OF JAPAN

There is not the slightest reason for any ire tion between the United States and Japan. The United States has no ambitions that con flict with any legitimate Japanese interest. The United States envies Japan neither ter litorial expansion nor commercial develop mcnt. Whatever success Japan can attain through her natural resources, the energy and thrift of her people, the soundness of her eco homie policies, or the encouragement of her government, will be as pleasing to us as toI them It was the United States that induced Japan to abandon her isolation and this coun try will rejoice at every evidence that our act was beneficial not only to the rest of the world but to Japan
 There are some things, of course, in which we could not silently acquiescc. We could not without protest, permit Japan to cncroo'h upon our rights growing out of the victory over the Central Powers in the great Furor can war. We played our part in the confIict-a part far surpasSing actually and relatively anything that was done by Japan: We have sought mo special advantages as a result of the war but we do insist upon recognition of those rights in the Pacific which Germany conceded to all the Allied and associated nations, without dis crimination.
 We do not pose as the dictators of inter- national ethics in the Far East We do not set ourselves up as imperial judges ov"I the acts by which Japan has claimed certain rights in China Our opinion of her course + mot exclusively our own. II k the opinion shared bv all honorable men everywhere.
 Japan needs additional territory to relieve the congestion of her population. We shall be glad to see her acquire additional territor- iaI rights through agreements entered into ny nations acting without durcss of any kind. There k an abundance of mdrvriop"d terri tory in Asia To which the energy of the .jap- ancsr people could br applied with results equally beneficial to Japan and to tine regions now neglected Let Japan turn her efforts to expansion in accordance with such policy and success will undoubtedly crown her Iabors without giving oftcmSc or breeding ntogm- ism.
 Japan desires larger privileges in the matter of emigration to the United States but this Wc| cannot conccdc. In the attitude we have talk cn, we are not setting up special exclusive ness of our oWn-Wc are merely adopting the policy universally upheld by English speak ing races wherever the question of Japanese immigration has arisen.
 All these are facts within common lnowcd@r| wherever international relationships are stud fed. We are not impcraIstc. We have mol ambition for world power. We do not covct the possessions of any other nation. Reluctant ly we went into conflict with Spain which threw upon us a burden which We could not honoraby have rcpudiatcd when fate put us in possession of the Philippines. It is our de- sire, our hope and our expectation to dcvelopI the Philippine Islands and their people toI the condition which will assure a stable self government and we shall then set them free we did Cuba.
 All this being true and known in Japan to be true, there is not the slightest reason, so far as we are concerned, for any i'll feeling between the United States and Japan. So far as dangerI of American aggression is concerned, Japan could safely disband her army and sink the last of her ships of war.