Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-10
JAP PAC|FSTS
OEPLORE IDEA Of
! WAR WITH AMERICA
Defenders of Nippon Declare
War With u, S. Is Impos-
sibIe-Topic Is General in
: Europe
ny rRANK Y. MARrINEK

Copyright, 1921, by T! Chicago
Daily News Coz
CHICAGO, Feb. s.-With the pros
pect Of q complete investigation by
fcongress of conditions surrounding
the killing on Jan. s, last, at Vladi-
[yostok Of Lieut.. Warren H. Langdon,
Iehiet engineer of the U. S. S. Albany
by a Japanese army sentry, there
ha come virtually a demand for
Eshowdown" in Siberian activities of
soJapan and of the United States.
|Euch an investi5~ ton may bring to
u elimination the long simmering
|argument between the United States
Ipnd Japan.
Jingoists in this country. mem
bers of the controlling mi tarlst
party of Japan, and scions of the
old monarchistic families in Cen
trial Europe, have recently been
Keeping astir the public press OF
their respective countries with talk
! of war between the United States
/ land Japan. Prominent American
|publicists have asserted that war Is
ieyitable. The same thing is heard
Frequently in Japan. On the other
hand there are many defenders OF
Nippon in this country, men who as
sert that a war is impossible. Rep
|resentatives of the peace element In
Japan are trying to combat the jlngo
#efforts of the war party in their
own country. In England, Germany,
France, Italy, Russia and in other
|cpuntries the topic is one OF some
what general discussion. In our
sown country there may mbe called
soon an international congress to
discuss a naval holiday. The SEN
ate has already taken action looking
toward limitation of the army to
10000 men. Notes are being eX-
changed with Japan at the same time
6n connection with the Langdon IN
.cident.
i makes Appeal for Preparedness
If war is a possibility, then there
never was a time in the natlon
history when preparedness was more
Essential; not that tins country may
be prepared for battle on land ano
Sea. in the air and under the water,
but that such a war might be pre-
vented. In my three years or SerV
6ca with the United States navy
Eduring most of which time l was
Engaged as, intelligence officer with
khe Asiatic fleet, I have had an
E,nIaue opportunity to gather facts
Relative not only to this undercur-
TENT idea of war, but to Japan's
Actions in Siberia leading up to the
death of Lieut.. Langdon. and the
hctions of the United States FORCES
There from the time OF their occu
patton in 1918 to their eVacuatlom,
April l, 1920, a subject upon Whlcn
The people of this country are large
Ry. ignorant In fact, so Thoroughly
Is the subject unknown or mlSunder-
stood we find Senator Johnson ask
Ing that the whole thing be cleared
3up In. a senatorial investlga tlo,-
have the facts when To-Day shoulu
he generally known that surround
the whole question. and propose
Ia this series of articles to present
these facts to the American people
In presenting this resume OF In
Formation that l have gathered in
nv Investigations as intelligence Oh
Ecer and which. with certain llmlta-
lions. high naval and military author
ties have urged me to tell to the
Seople, I wish it understood that l
I'M not q jingoiSt. am CIVILIAN
low. was a civilian before the great
kmergency came in 1917. have seen
var and have been under the fire OF
Fapanese troops in Siberia under con-
Iitions that imagine are similar to
hose in which Lieut.. Langdon met
his death. l believe as an American,
with the best interests of nv coun-
Ery always at heart. that the time
has come when the people of this
bation should know the facts as l
Gajority Of Japanese Oppose War
Not all of the people Of japan
Vant war. In fact. majority of the
Japanese people are opposed to war.
But, they are in the same position
that the mass of the German peo-
The Junkers were in control, Tor the
Japanese monarchists and militarists
ire in power. We find continual
through the Japanese
press and circulated by word OF
mouth. and in the Siberian, Korean,
Chinese and Russian press; which is
hot only detrimental to the United
States. but which. in the case OF
Japanese domestic consumption, is
preparing the people for a war. There
q absolutely no proof that Japan has
been shipping great quantities or
raw war materials from, siberia.
Kamchatka and the island of Sag
halien; we have found her to be &C
live in China and elsewhere in the
orient with anti-American propa-
kanda. We know that she hampers
american commerce and. American
shipS in her own ports. We nave
bubble indications that Japan would
hot look favorably upon a strict OBJ
Eervance of a naval holiday. although
& has been pointed out that England
serious1y wishes such a cessation of
hawai- construction.