Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17

| (COpyrlgnt, 1871, Dy the chicago
Daily News Coz
! CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-two things
hold the Japanese to their govern
ment: Their intense patriotism and
their proud desire to obtain and main
tain a position second to none among
! the powers of the world. These two
qualities animate the foreign agents
of the empire in their relations with
the home government as propagan-
dists or informants. Propaganda,
following our experience in this
country with real semi-real ann mag
mary German propaganda, has be-
| come an unpopular word, but there
is really no word that tells as much
in as few letters, and indulgence for
It's employment here must be begged
| Wherever Japanese aims are to be
furthered, there is to be found prop
uganda 1t is founded upon the Ger
man system, but unlike the ingenious
Teutonic system, it has not that
quality of elasticity of facility of
fitting into the situation that made
the German bureau so effective. Inc
Japanese propagandists are crude, al
|
times, but again very subtle.
Like the German system Of infor-
nation, the Japanese information and
| propaganda work can be traced to one
! central government source. Like the
Germans again, every Japanese agent
going abroad. whether military. COM
mercial student or what not, reports
such information as he believes val
liable to his government; reports 1T
| to one central bureau, whence 1t IS
distributed to army, navy, state or
commercial departments according to
| it's value. Her agents and propa-
gandists are established not only
throughout the east and the
Europe and in the Pacific and
Orient, but in the United States as
we'll. In this country are some per-
sons, supposed to be loyal Americans,
who are consciously or unconscious
ly furthering the propaganda of ia
pan. There even are organizations
in this country designed for this pur-
pose.
Propaganda is Chameleon-like
Japan's propaganda is mobile to
the extent that it is designed to fit
in with conditions, political or other
ployed. In Siberia the propaganda
was monarchistic, in tone, support
ing the monarchists, evik-
always anti-American. In China,
Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, ETC., the
propaganda has taken the form of a
n-Orientalism, favoring the yellow
races against the United States
leaving Europe out of it in this con-
Misunderstanding that the purpose of
the United States having an interest
in China and elsewhere in the Orient
is to gain a grip upon the OrientalS
and upon their resources. In China
it has principally been directed by
the monarchistic or old mandarin
class, who are pro-Japanese. How
ever, the Japanese propaganda, no
matter how valiant it's efforts. has
failed to win young China, Influenced
by the students who have been in
this country for four years or more
as students at our great universities
These young men go back to China
ardent supporters of the United
brain and sinew for great rebirth
of China.
In the colored countries, India,
South Africa, Ceylon, Egypt, rumors
are spread by word of mouth-this
method being used very effectively
among illiterate peoples-that the
United States, even England, is using
measures to subdue the black skin
ned peoples in our own countries.
This is simple. All they have to do
riots or lynchings and magnify and
distort them to suit the purpose.
These rumors always allege cam
paigns of race persecution by Ameri-
cans. Such propaganda serves not
only to make the United States as a
lnation unpopular in these places, but
it reacts viciously against American
nationals abroad. trade agents, etc,
and is a very effective means of de-
stroying American commerce in the
business that is thus lost to the
States is not difficult to guess.
AS to Control of wireless
One very effective means of propa
ganda is the control of wireless sta
tons Japan is building her own
wireless stations throughout the east
and in the Pacific. notably on the Is
land of zap, where she controls
| great wireless station in addition to
operating former German cables CEN
tering on that island. Upon Ameri-
can occupation of Siberia the Amer
| leans took over the wireless static
| on Russian island, eighteen miles
! from Vladivostok.
! The Japanese made strenuous eff
forts to have this plant returned to
the Russians-although she built one
| herself on the same island-so thai
she could acquire it from the Rus
slams. The United States still oper-
| ates this station. On several occa-
sions a land wire running from Vladi-
| vostok to the American station on
! Russian island was severed, always
| at time when something important
was happening in Siberia. This &c
layed transmission of American
press or official ispatches-but Jap
anese wireless accounts of the doings
went to Toxic and thence were ca
bIed to America. These accounts us
ually were different from the lis
| patches that later went cut froT
| American sources. This policy, like
| wise tampering with mail and cable
| matter, works against obtaining true
news of doings in the east by Amerl-
| can newspapers.
There is a certain station in China,
under Japanese control, that has
been of great service to the Jap
anese in intercepting American bust
ness, press or official messages sent
| from China and using them in her
| own press at home in garbled form
| if the information contained in them
| happened too be unfavorable in con
| text to Japan. The Japanese press is
wholly under control of the govern
| ment. Should articles appear that
are detrimental, the newspaper dis
| playing them is closed, it's owne"
fined and all copies of the offending
| issue confiscated.
Describes the "Whipsaw" System j
How the Vernacular press works !;
I propaganda to the detriment OF,
l y