The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13
nv STEPHAN DONsAL

,.As Sew YORK Times
@ge arc talking population In
,r,.bl1gtau today IA a rate that
r,nid nave pleased tho late RobcTt
porfar II the census tno one had
.,y doubt what the middle "I'
.,ood furj and Malthns IL mentioned
gls,uanily as the "Babe.' Last
a.. talked about the picture
..i.s r california and today by a
-s1uv naturally biological sequence,
y, rrerarptlon Tor the Pacific con-
,.-1rr,. AN our thought is cngrossod
,rtb the pressure Oi Japanese
ralalItl.
T1is world phautesm, In It's mod
..a ,b,e. al least. WIS started by "a
,o.irfy nf wise men in Toxic, almost
.,,usiyrN soCiUluEiNS, OF course,
..h, SOME Elk years ago announced
,bai Ir i5U wears the population OF
-, world would be 10000, ,O0O, 600
,,d ,Urt iu the next % years Japan
-I.f frd room for its 25.00O,OOO
.r.4.a. and the disturbing question
,s frankly put where will Japan
1-5 room FOR her children? Where
,,,I fhc pcnt-up millions expand p"
Re,onuy the million a year in
.,csse which these aaEcs aacribcd
IN their yir'le and prolific race has
tssn reduced In conservation ctrles
d, 500 600 aud there are Indications
,bai fbu figures of the 1920 Japan
$50 census. that will be available at
tbe conference will reduce that iig-
pre us.derablN. The facts In the
.sse aoam 90 be, from the informa-
,or al hand. that the Japanese react
a. their new surroundings and the
,su world conditions just as other
nTnnHhnn
,ber, ON the thorny path. with the
increased cost OF living the ratio
~ Japanese natalitv il decreasing
with some rapidity and there is rea-
sop 10 believe that when all tho fig
rres Of the Japanese census are
available IL will be found that their
,ncreasa In the last five years when
. ihe influx Of immigrants TO our
shores has been limited by war con
5Hlons. does not exceed greatly III
Al ali, our own increase. In the
last three years the ratio OF births
has decreased and the ratio Of deaths
has increased very strikingly, and
upless the still incomplete figures
M the census are misleading the pop
ula,ion of the Japanese Empire has
been barely augmented by million
In the last three years.
II these provisional figures arc
verified, the greatest task before the
Pacific conference will be immense
,v dmpliNed. We have all enjoyed
seeing the Japanese grow up. but
now that perhaps the resulting IN
convenience proves TO be temporary
h must he admitted that they have
grown too fast and at times in
directions and along lines which We
al ay,1 nj tV
disapprove OF. II the Pacific and
,be disarmament conferees do not
have to provide growing space for
an Increment OF million japanese
every year their task will be easy.
Markets and raw materials, It Is
admitted, Of course. Japan should
have and must have. but the way to
secure them on lust and equitable
terms Is not to excite the enmity OF
the noighbors who could with mu-
tual advantage provide them upon
Just and equitable terms.
China Also Oycrcrowdcd.
n the und oubted fact that Japan
csc scekin: means of livlihood are 20
BE- met in considerable numbers all
along the East Coast OF Asia indi-
eates surplus population, and the
need OF an outlet for the overflow
Ing thousands Of even millions. az
some imaginative statistiCians have
! Ii, how shan we interpret the fact
IN all these regions, with hardly the
exception OF single locality the
Chinese are also to he found seeking
their living In still greater numbers
Il Is conservative to say that what
ever else il may mean this phenom'
enon does not indicate China as a
place where the Japanese may ac-
oure vacant lands and needed
economic engaged in the stern strug-
&Ie for existence outside OF China
proper outnumber the overseas
Japanese ten to one, the primitive
argument so frequently used In this
connection would seem 10 indicate
hat the pressure of population IN
China Is ten times greater than II Is
In Japan and consequently China
cannot be regarded as furnishing the
outlet desired by some of the Toxic
economists. or course. the truth Is
there are considerable districts In