The New York herald., 1921-11-09
Subsection of China Never
Intended and Always I'M
possible, He Contends.
NIPPON WANTS EQUALITY
If Great Powers Are to Have
sOpen Door, Islanders Should
Share, Is Argument.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Nov. S.-What-
ever the problems Of the armament
conference an agreement for limita-
tion Of naval armament ought to be
q comparatively simple natter" says
Ambassador Shidehara of Japan, one
of that country's delegates, writing in
the current issue OF the Harvard
Crimson.
The Ambassador bases his state-
1nent on the conclusion that the war
left only three great naval Powers,
each on different continent and with
''none of the real interests of one con-
fiicting vitality with the others
At the same time the Ambassador
takes opportunity to outline Japan's
case at the arms conference. her re-
lation to China and the Far Eastern
situation. as well as her place in the
world. He writes:
''The Japanese delegation comes to
the Washington conference confident that
the nations assembled there will achieve
substantial measure Of success and
that valuable understandings will result,
enabling the several principal nations to
live in future with less suspicion and dis
trust, and consequent armament. This Is
the least that can be expected. ->
But we Japanese are hoping that, as
President Harding said at Yorktown on
October 10, The time has come when
there must be recognition OF essential CO.
operation among nations. devoted, each
OF them. In it's own peculiar national
way, to the common good, the progress,
the advancement of all humankind
"NavaI Limitation First.''
1--WE Japanese are primarily concerned
as America Is with a limitation of naval
armament. and it Is on this matter that
speak with confidence. What agree
ments can be reached for the Limitation
of land forces Is more difficult for me
TO estimate. But as far as the eeas are
concerned an agreement ought to be a
comparatively simple matter, for the OBJ
vious reason that there are but three
great naval Powers left In the world and
that each Of them belongs to different
continent. separated from the others by a
great ocean. and with none OF the real
interests of one conflicting yitally with
the others.
For these reasons 1t seems to me that
only a most arbitrary attitude on the
part of one or another country can de-
feat the main purpose of the conference.
and none will be arbitrary. for the peo-
pies as well as the Governments Of all
three most earnestly desire agreement
Intelligent and well informed naval
men in every country know that the
great war left the United States proper
absolutely unassailable. No Power in
the world is in a position to attack your
country without bringing grave distress
upon itself. For more than one hun
tired years you have lived without a
hostile foreign soldier within your bor-
ders, and to-day no nation in Europe
would Dare attack you even II any had
tho vii, TO do so. Yet Europe Is only
1000 miles away, while Japan Is twice
as far.
But the baiters OF Japan are not
content with that argument, They de-
clare that Japan could take the Philip
pine Islands In the same category
they could include Hongkong and the
extensive British possessions in East
Asia. and also French Indo-China and
other European possessions in the Pa
cific.
"These facts. though. do not end the
6etractors in their process OF piling on
the agony inform their hearers ana
readers of the plan of militarist Japan
TO take control OF China and organize
that country's millions Into a yellow
peril. The phrase was first launched by
the Kaiser Wilhelm and was used Sub
sequently in the United States by his
agents in an effort TO distract Aneri-
can attention from the war in Europe.
No one realizes more clearly than the
Japanese themselves that such project
H. utterly unattainable.
"Snbiect Race n Burden"
'rn the first place we japanese should
come In conflict with the several Euro
pean nations that hold established POSI-
tions in China We should then be re-
quired to dominate, control, and ultt-
netely organize the Chinese. This
would be an achievement such as no
country has yet been or will ever be
able to accomplish. Human nature Isn't