The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-28

per cent, the latter applying to Del
 gium, aas , IAE s4sa
 Japah, however, declares that all
 of her habitable land, is habited.
 But it isn't There is considerable
 land on, the mainland that is either l not cultivated or poorly cultivated,
 owing to the Japanese persistence in
 trying to raise rice where the climate
 is not favorable Other crops could
 be grown in. an abundance in these places. Japan has plenty of room
 in the rich HokkaidO but the Hekkai- do is only partially developed It can easily support .12 millions of people, but it's present population is only millions The Japanese do not like to live in that section because the winter weather is too severe. There \ is plenty of room in Formosa but the 1 Japanese will not go there because the summers are too hot. There is no restriction on the Japanese emi grating to Manchuria, but there he would have to compete in farming with the Chinese and this he cannot successfully do, which experience ha clearly shown. In petty trade the Chinese are so successful that the Japanese must look to preferential ! treatment. Neither i5 there any law against the Japan ese colonist going ! to Siberia, but there the winters are cold and he cannot stand such se- were climate. = ! The fact is that the Japanese is not successful icolonist that he is town dweller by instinct; that he is ,averse to taking up his home in foreign lands except under the most favorable conditions and where he can earn large profits with ease and rapidity. Unlike the Chinese he can not work successfully in the extremes of climate.
 Doesn't Populate New Territory
 Japanese expansion in Asia has often been justified by the need of territory for an excess of popula- ton, but it is significant that while Japan has ruled Korea for 15 years yet she has today less than 100000 people theres -Or B. net increase of about 100000 since the Russo-Japa nese war. During the same period the Korean population has increased some three millions and it is esti- mated that with the present rate of increase the land will be as densely populated as Japan. Certainly Shan tung with its millions of natives of fers no room for the Japanese over spill, nor has Formusa. where the Japanese population remains station ary. Furthermore, there are only about 100000 Japanese. equal to about one years increase, living abroad. f5H
 Population does not present any problem so serious that we must turn over to Japan vast expanses Of territory. Whenever the world is on the verge of so doing, let it look to China where the increase for 20 years, since 1900, is estimated at 63 millions, an increase in excess of Japan's present population. China is gaining in population so rapidly that it is. estimated that by the mid dle of the century her population will be 500 millions. There is a real serious problem.
 i There are other interesting sta [ Hstics, however, in this connection. that Japan has prepared for us. There is the death rate of Japan placed at 21.41 per cent, higher than ] all of Ja2an's competitor nations, and , higher even than most European countries with the exception of Ru- mania, Hungary and Spain. It is a l distressing fact that of every 1000 deaths 400 are infants under years { of age.
 ] There is another consideration that we should not lose sight Of In 1989' 13 the annual increase of .p0pula- 1 tion was 1478 per 1000, but in the period of 1914 to 1918 the increase declined to 12.O6 The Japanese mar riage rate has steadily declined since 1908 and the birthrate has decreased since 1911.
 Thus as Japan has prospered ner 1 increase of population has declined.
 All of these facts tend to show conclusively that while Japan is congested. she is not over-p0pulated. and, furthermore, there is no need for territorial expansion for plr- poses of colonization.
 1 Must Retain Manpower
 As we consider the future policy and~ the future needs 6f Japan it must be apparent that if there is to be a successful naturalization of the country there must be a retention of it's manpower. Certain agricul- ture districts in Nippon have snf- fered from . labor shortage. The tea crop year ago faced a serious situ- ation because 1t seemed impossible to
 get sufficient workers to harvest it.
 Japan needs her men, women and 1 children. all remarkab1e workers. for industrial and agricultural req
 sons that deny any statement of tho | existence of an overflow population.
 It is interesting to note that Japa.
 nese editors. likewise, deny the claim
 Of an excess population. At the time