New Britain herald., 1921-08-29

Nlt dllIy COuCcIIIHS luc lulule OI Od- pan and these issues dealt with Asia which Japan tends to regard as being her own preserves" There was ap- sulting isolation.
 There was dismay at the apparent difficulties found in extending the military pact with England which has ever been considered the pivot of N1ppon's foreign diplomacy and which g-ve to Japan international weight, tecause, 1t meant a working allionce With a great Western empire. It was
 m the prevailing view, the ever pres ent evidence that Japan was now of the great powers of the world and was the effective bridge between the lead
 ng powers of the Orient and a mighty | white power of Europe.
 Many men of Nippon therefore +aresaw a danger of an Anglo-Saxon combination acting to strang1e Ja- | pans political development in Asia q lettering of future Japanese activ- 'ty on the oriental side of the Pacific ocean. Japan therefore accepted gladly the armament discussion be- cause the maintenance and increase of her navy and army are a crush IoSo bul dCh NHlCIl lludHCldlly Slo knows she cannot stand. But she asked the United States to define whot rolitical questions were to be sub mitted to the Far Eastern conference Meantime, she made tentative plans to draw up list of matters she deemed vital for deliberation in con- nection with her own interests and | ia connection with the general aim | of the conference.
 Japanese Of prominence, however, | rejecting the fears of many bur | eaucrats, foresaw in the political con- terence a not-to-be-lost opportunity | of pushing forward the cause of Ja- pan as world power-of demand | ing assured sources for food and raw | material so vital for their country, | of finding an outlet for their increas-
 Ing population and markets for their l manufactured articles on a basis sof
 the most-favored nation treatment
 and, in a general way, of obtaining
 recognition of the principle of equal
 treatment and equal opportunity for l the yellow race.
 These men welcomed the conference as Japan's golden moment They l Were convinced that neither the
 United States nor Great Britain
 would fail to give due consideration to
 Japan's position and world wants | that they would recognize Japan's
 place as the leading oriental power
 and not forget Japan's very presence
 in the Far East entitled her to cer-
 tain rights, as she already possesses | advantages, on account of nearness
 and her close historical and racial as
 sociations with the rest of Asia. They
 believed that Japan would better her
 lot, not make it worse.
 | Manp newspapers drew attention to
 the quick calling of the Far-Eastern 1 conference after the deliberations of
 the British Imperial Council and were l inclined to deduce that American op- l position was the cause of the failure 1 to reach a definite decision on the ] renewal of the English alliance. They
 rejoiced at the calling of the arma-
 ihent conference but they were plain ly disturbed about the general politi-
 ca congress.
 Marquis Okuma, Japan's grand old
 man," who expects to live until the age of 125, who has always claimed
 to be a liberal, and who was Prime
 Minister when Japan presented the | ioiiAOoo oCilld1luO OH 1ulnd III D. was not optimistic in his remarks He predicted danger for Japan and maintained that if Japan's acquired rights and interests in Asia were not respected and assured then Japan
 should secede from the conference. The great internal strength of
 Japan is its patriotic unanimity in the time of crisis coupled with a ten oif never seems to wear itself out. The X opposition parties approved the an, swer Of the government to the United States and declared that the time had 3 arrived to prevent an absolutely united front
 A coalition ministry was talked o1 u to better assure this end, just as ir France before the great war the l grand ministry was formed unde
 Poincare when there was danger 0 trouble with Germany. . The general situation here over ex
 ternal political matters was compli :, cated in an important way internally . by the sudden effort of some 20, 00t
 silip-workers at Kobe to set up a so
 c-alistic system of workmen's contro
 in great ship-building plants, in tha y city. The men demanded control b. ~ an industrial commission formed o ', "orkmen, a six-hour day a system o
 pensions and, generally, better work - Ing conditions This situat tion wa
 partly the result of the high cost 0 !. living, which is greater here than an - place in the world and partly the re
 suit of absorbing of western social ,s ism as recently manifested by Italia e workmen in their attempts tc syndi st | calize Italian factories. The Rob d plants which were building warship et for Japan were shut down and troop
 and bluejackets were called out t