The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-07
JAPAN'S LEADERS
 APPREHENS|VE OF
 PRESENT OUTLOOK
People Have Awakened to New Spirit of Liberalism and Demand More and
 More From State
Ky Associated Press

Ky Associated Press
 Washington, November 6.-Japan enters the week of the opening of the armament conference with a critical political situation at home. with national economic situation that is causing her leaders apprehen- sion and with her relations with for eign powers. particularly the United States. Great Britain and China, viewed by her foreign office as at least open to improvement
 Many of the ablest Japanese are now either in Washington or in other parts of the United States engaged in the task of helping their country find it's true place in the world.
 The present situation is frankly att tributed to the fact that in her rapid absorption of western civilization Ja- pan has not realized the inevitable eff feet of that civilization upon her own countrymen who have awakened to a spirit of liberalism and are demand . ing more from the state as individ- uals. Developed into an industrial . nation from an agricultural one, Ja- q pan. more and more dependent upon her industrial workers, is finding them almost unsuitable and recalcit- rant at time when the cost of 1iv- ing Is higher than in any other country and when the coun- try's manufactured products are with difficulty finding q world market in competition with those of other coun- tries where labor is cheaper. where thrift has become a habit and where the workman's efficiency is greater. The industrial situation in Japan is believed to be cause of the prevail ing unrest.
 Arrangement Realized
 In foreign political relations the Japanese people, as a whole, are en- tirely dissatisfied with the trend of affairs between their country and the United States Everybody seems to realize the vague estrangement that has developed since the epoch of the Russo Japanese war when the Jap anese felt that they enspyed the sym patty and approval of sthe American people.
 One great cause of that estrange- ment, Japanese explain, is the fact that 1t was the United States which constantly protested as Japan from time to time made political moves in connection with her expansion in the Far East. The effect of this was to produce upon the Japanese mind the impression that Americag and Amer ica alone. was becoming jealous of Japan's swift ascendancy in the world and was attempting to check it. This idea is frequently voiced in the press of Japan, where politicians claim that Etheir country has done no more than K other nations in the past
 4. There Is reason to believe that the coming of so many representative Japanese to the United States repre- sents for one thing a sincere effort to get in touch with the west, because Japan, associated with the Occident for scarcely more than half a cen tury. has come to the realization that her knowledge of the Occident and all that it stands for is insufficient She is ready to submit her case frankly to the representatives of the powers assembled at Washington . The Tokio correspondent of the As- sociated Press has been assured by responsible spokesmen that however much war talk may be indulged in by sensational Japanese the real Japanese knows the necessity and ur- gency of removing any feeling of es- arrangement and of returning to the earlier days of friendly cooperation.
 Business leaders, during the voyage across the Pacific, en route to Wash ington, said:
 War Is UnthinknbIe
 War with the United States is un- thinkable for us. For one thing our lack of natural resources would make 1t impossible" Others frankly referred to the absurd ambitions of Japanese chauvinists and said that they were so insular that they judged all world problems from the stand |. point of Japan alone.
 The leaders insisted that the motto of present day Japan was that ex- pressed recently in Tokio by viscount Makino. minister of the imperial household. when Crown Prince Hiro- hito returned from Europe, namely, that the recognition of the interna- tional nter-dependence of Japan must be her guiding principle, and that Japan isolated and aloQe could not prosper. The third matter of con cern is the failure of British states men to agree on a renewal of the al- liance with Japan The old agree ment continues automatically until renounced by either party but both have agreed that whenever it's terms are not in harmony with the cove nant of the League of Nations it is the covenant and not the alliance it. self which shall prevail. Japanese publicists already call the alliance "a dead letter" and consider that pow erful prop has been removed from under Japan.
 Japans relations with China have not materially improved and China, In it's state of disorganization. Is be- lieved by Japan to be a vital problem before both as great oriental powers. The Japanese delegation has spent the last days in organization for the serious work of the conference There are indication that the tragic death of the premier. while causing tempo rary panic, will not be permitted to interfere With the spirit of unity, pa ,tience and perseverance which al- ' ways characterizes the Japanese ywhen confronted with crisis.
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