The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-30


normal conditions Tho difference
between Japan and Germany lies Ia
the fact that what Germany
dreamed OF doing and was unable to
do, because OF British veto the
japanese have done to- an nstOnlsh o.
ing degree, Germany never got be-
yond the stage OF plans. Japan Is
tar advanced upon thp road. 10 was
the dream that Britain wrecked for
the eGrman, 10 is the half achieved
TACT that We are challenging IN the
case of The japanese.
Now pcrhaps the moral advantage
Is all on our side. in any case we
assume that it is with quite az much
ease as the British assumed II in the
case VI Germany ~ is truo that
we DO not want to- replace Japan in
dominating China, that we do not
dnNe the rcmotest desire to possess
.errllory on the mainland of Asia.
we nave no so-Calipd lmpcrlalisl.C
aspirations insofar as these asbira-
tons are expressed In territorial or
political ACKNOWLEDGMENT Ne we
want nothing that We are not will
ing 20 allow everyone clae. But the
trouble Is thai the japanese have got
something We haven't and to them
our pOllcy rests upon the purpose TO
take from them something for which
they have struggled sacrificed,
iabored for many many years.
Moreover, q fact too little Craspcd.
equality OF opportunity Is not oqual-
lty. GIVEN our Industrial supcrior-
ity. II we have an equal chance we
nave II handicap, Unless The other
iellow has some allowance. we are
bound to win.
Ilr trouble with the thing Ia
That no ono II undertaking to give
uuc consideration Ia the japanese
point OF view. The Engli,hman
said that the German could nor go
10 war because the mere idca Of
war was unthinkablc. given the
utter ry'nSOnahlcnCss Of the Brit
lsh pNltCy. The American con.
tnucs to itcratc and rCitcrRtc the
declaration that We want noth,uq
Tor ouGTcIEcs and are prepared To
allow the japanese every adj
vantage we ask for ourselves, min.
some vague advantage due to his
proximity Ia China But to the
Japanese all this seems an in.
tolcrablc W,umptiOn of right 10
mCddlc with his affairs.
Take the situation as il wouId h,
II We rrfralned from asserting any
poHcy with respect OF Asia. II w.,
stayed In the American hemisphere,
II we restricted our Pacific iutstcs.l
70 IN" things we possess. then tn.
Japanese supremacy in Asia wouls
he beyond all challenge. There IL
no other country which could inter
tere. The British would have to ar.
oept the position Of the Junior
partner. In tho far east. because
England cannot fight another wa.
FOR many years 20 come and a war
india. Russia is paralyzrd France
powcrless, Germany gone, Holland
does not count az "A military or nava'
torce. Italy has no locus standi" In
the Pacific.
Uncle Sam--,hc Traffic Con.
We and we alone have the power
to .rhHllcnCe Japanese policy and
purpose. This is the Old Anglu-Ger-
man situation over again And we
do challenge just as the British do
WIN the same tones, the same ac.
cents, the same supreme reliance
upon the reasonableness and right
ness OF our own view, But every
Japanese must perceive that the
fact for him Is that between his
country and that goal toward which
II has been struggling for many
painful years there now intervenes
only one obstacle. the restrai ming
arm OF the United States. We have
crossed the Pacific and taken on the
attitude OF tho traffic policeman.
Had sc stayed away all was finisher
achieved, complete.
But instead Of staying away we
came, We invited all the rest OF tho
world TO attend conference and at
that conference We propose 10 dis
cuss what? The japanese Pacific
a. l IA %. atsF Z Ia
enCe upon the other powers. they
are our dcbters, they would be
debtors for still greater amounts.
they fear our hostility more than
that ~ Japan. they have far greater
advantages to be served by support
ing us than Japan. what can Japan
offer TO CouuterbulanCe our re-
souTces2 Nothing commensurate
obviously II Is as II Japan called
"A conference In Toxic TO discuss
American policy In the Carri bcan
and at the Isthmus and invited all
the great powers concerned In tho
question Of the Panama tolls to at
tend,
I, follows, then, that from the
outSCt the atmosphere of the
Washington conference must h.
tense. We are dealing with the iS-
Va Hs' eiNl - Nliillut
relation between Britain and Ger
many developed into one Of the
most terrible conflicts IN human
history. II we are Ia avoid war
with Japan wc can avoid II Ivy
very frank recognition that Japan
has vested ri"hts or II one prefer,
has Nc ted wrongs, which can only
IN challenged AZ tho cost Of war.
The open door in the far east Is
an AnaChrOnisIn. The door t. shut.
The integrity Of China II n phrase,
the fact Is That China has bccn
parutioncd and cannot bc restored
completely.
Something Of this fact begins 20
be felt In Washington already
Through the press dispatches and
correspondents article begins to
creep the suggestion that Japan is
nearer Asia than California and
something must be conceded As a
consequence. But what2 Man
churia and Mongolia, We are 10 in
sist upon the integrity OF the IS
provinces. the return " Shantung
but We are, at the same time 10 con-
ccde that Japan, having Munchuria
and on the march for Mongolia
shall be permitted To hold and OK
pand there In an area which will b.
conceded iacitIy as her sphere Of
influence,
Wen, this is something but it is