The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Taking Food Out of China.
Japan's Treatment Of Other Races
and Her Proposals to America.

40 THE NEW YORK HERALD: You
printed on September 2S an Associated
Press cable despatch with Toxic date
line to the effect that Japan would
open China to get food"
In view OF the fact that those parts
OF China accessible to means OF trans.
portation are moro densely populated
than Japan It may well be asked how
the japanese expect to get food out Of
China In addition to this tho export
OF grains. particularly rice. is abso-
futely forbidden by Chinese law, ana
II was only az the result Of military
pressure that japan induced China to
make q special treaty permitting the
export annually of 100000 bags Of rice
from the Province OF Fukien to Japan.
It II ridiculous, therefore, for Japan %
pretend that she hopes to get food from
China except by robbing the Chinese
population and leaving them to starvA
which was the cause Of the recent fam
inc in the Yellow River valley.
This curious article quotes q contrtbu-
ton by Premier Hara to the Diplomatic
Reviep in which Hara declared THAI
Japan will force the discussion at WASH
ington Of the necessity Of opening the
world to all races. This article quotes
Premier Hara as declaring $50 long an
one race looked down on another or
raised unwarrantable barriers and gave
discriminatory treatment 1t can hardly
be said that the cause Of war has ceased
to exist" mo race" so Hara says.
Should adopt methods calculated to
cause the suicide Of another race"
How can Japan propose to discuss
such principles in the face Of their treat
ment Of the Eta race in Japan itself. Of
their barring from Japan not only Chi
nese laborers. farmers and artisans but
even Coreans and Formosans. who are
japanese subjects. while their treat-
ment OF the Corean Is practically driv-
ing the corean race to suicide? In this
same astonishing article the Premiel
declares that Japan is faced by .
gloomy future in which the whole efforts
Of the nation must be devoted to Oh.
tanning food 20 that no energy will be
left for the advancement OF civilisa-
tion."
II the Japanese farmer raised as
much on his land as the Chinese farmev
they would have twice as much food In
Japan as they have. ana IL the Japanese
were not so busy keeping a great army
for the enslavement Of the Corean, the
conquest Of shantung and Siberia. they
would have released million able bod
led young men for productive purposes.
The most astonishing of all is Ja-
pans gracious proposition to cease for-
tifications in the Pacific II the United
States will dismantle its Notifications IN
Hawaii and refrain from fortifying the
Philippines. And this In the face OF the
fact that she has endeavored to conceal
from the rest OF the world that she has
In the last Ave years built practically
impregnable fortresses at Tsinanfu. the
capital Of Shantung, $50 miles inland
from the sea, and at Hankow. which n
nearly 500 miles up the Yangtss River.
Does Japan expect to deceive any one
by her protestations and ridiculous pro-
posais?
Since writing the above / have re-
ceived copy Of the Pekin Daily Ne,os
from Pekin dated September /. showing
how the Japanese are attempting to ex-
port 100000 tons of wheat out Of Shan
tung In violation Of Chinese law. And
you must take notice of tho fact that
this Is the identical territory afYiicted
by the famine into which our Americans
have been pouring grain for famine re-
lief.
It would not be surprising II much Of
this Identical wheat or other grain that
the Japanese now want to export was
some OF the stun bought with American
money. GUY M. WALKER.
NEW York, October 8.