The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-31

N"'l ~ events since the issue
pros ttn,I,au invitation TO the
.o' r.,,crs and China 10 attend
nav r.nrc of Washington mas
,i,irly demonstrated that So
u" t.. question Of the limitation
10 ..I arlmcnts 80 concerned,
d H., .,r'gin. II Is patent that
I.u,h as we'll as the French
w, Italians nrr In no mood or condi-
~" % A. p..tlOipatc iu race FOR naval
W. .,., II Is equally plain
~, th,rI is no feeling IN any one
Nd. countries which would pro-
% race with the United states.
-. f,t az Europe Is concerned
~ ,r turupr Great Britain as the
s,,.. naval power, Is the drci-
s ~. t,rtor. friendship for the
,t.t,.d states quite az much as
,,areial conditions AT home, argue
g.. AN agreement with us, whirh
r.,u Eliminate naval expenditures OF
icons size Nor is the Japanese
o,,Hattou on the financial side diff
go NothinE is clearer than
~ larau cannot afford TO mako
|, N. race with us in the construction
~ ships and as n consequence, IS
,.o,,,rod ~ meet world views and
American views on this subject
II is when one turns to the prob
,,ri Of tho Pacific. that the sky is
isss clear The situation here is
s,mply put. To begin with: Three
srrfcs4ful wars have given Japan "a
no,i'.on in the far east wholly COM
parahIp 10 that achieved on the
Continent Of Europe by Germany,
,hat Is hy Prussia first and Germany
iat,r. as result Of the three wars
she provoked I'm the last century.
Today Japan has nothing TO fear so
FAR As h,r position in the far east
ia concerned, save as she may be
t,r,d either by the United States
alone. or by the United states as
one Of coalition OF nations, all
pursuing common policy.
But 10 is Of utmost importance 70
understand what the Japanese posi-
zion is II Np are to approach the
aucstion of the Pacific intclligcntly
\ Hro one Is confronted, not as IL
Haggpstod by many commentators
WITH the issue Of pure imperialism
o. NJ more militarism. but by econ
omic issues, which are Of far gravcr
character II is not fundamentally
question. SO far as Japan is con-
ccrncd Of pursuing power, whatever
may be tn. element OF ambition in
the situation. The fact is that to
live, Japan must dominate the far
east commcrcially--and to dominate
It commercially involves military
questions.
Crowded Area.
AZ the present moment over co,
000 00O japanese live on an area
less than two-thrds as great as that
which was occupied by moro than
6j0000O0 Germans at the mom/nt
the World war broke. Roughly
speaking this area is l50 900 square
miles, three times that OF the state
of New York In addition Japan
has acquired the island of Form osa
from China and annexed the King
dom OF Korea. but these two rossos-
Sons, with combined area OF less
than 100. 900 square miles have n
native-non-Japancse population Of
more than 20,000,O00 that Is, they
are more denscly populated than
France.
Now this enormous population
cannot be maintained on the land.
japan, Ike Great Britain, like Ger
many, can only feed lts home popu-
lauon by sending abroad manufac-
tur"f articles 10 pay for the food Il
must import Each year japan,
alone, adds three quarters of n mill
lion to i's homo population ana as a
consequence. each year the problem
becomes more and more acute.
Ihis mcdsurcably was the situation
Of Germany before the world war.
The question of immigration so
much discussed is only relatively i'm
! poriant Jaran could not, in any
V''nt send her surplus population
~ the United States The question
~ Japanese immigration in the
United states is morally vital. be
'aL''. as we refuse japanese !mmi-
grants while admitting those coming
rom other nations We csta blish a
alScrim'nation which is obviously in
oltr1hie to a proud people, grown
nluohaIly scif-conscious by reason
" great achievements in recent
years.
What Japan must have. II she IL
w ."htlhur as a great power, II she
a. nni % D." stiflcd by her own in
tr,,' ease In population, is n sure mar
a'| IN reality she must be the fac
Tory for tho Far East. She can orly
ue 'h'' II She is able to establish
Gch,u MAINTAIN special position In
niha and in Siberia, but China Is
sF lar the more important. Given
supremacy in the Chinese marker.
M"ich must In the next half century
IIua'rfn an enormous extension.
growth
seek Economic Advantages.
Np" 'ohceivably her geographical
'onNgulty TO China and Siheria
n.,s,l enable Japan to compete sue,
usS'u'iy on an equality with the
"es,ern world, 90 far as tariffs are
,.,u,ye'hed. But the japanese do not
1--we thls and all their policy In
s'e iar east is predicatcd upon III,
athi1lS'uon ~ political privileges
"',h VIII enable them to harvest
o"oinlc advantages. This ha,
,ru me objective of Japanese pol!cN
.oT many years. It will remain. so Ia,
~, o.s can s'". the goal Of japanese
..oreoYer, Americans must not
Mo- me fact that we have to deal
I,,. WIN a japanese purpose. alone
~ WIN japanese achievemout
s, tntee wars, wi IN Japan ha,
y,,,L lI'y Wagod in recent wears
r|, | NINA, with Russia and Cor.
i"y ron tho far east. while IN,
r,, 4''s'a au'o5 attending thS las.
NJ - ""'''a Japan, while the rcsr
I s,rr,.,, "'f'l was absorbed in It,
ny tss,e ,s,e with Germany. to extenl
h ACNE ,,.,'th'e until today one faces ar
na,inn, ,'''s"ca TACT, Japanese don't,