Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-02
RAW MATERIALS l BEING SOUGHT | BY. JAPANESE
Delegates Will Deny Over Population Basis of Ex- pansion Policy-Find Tits Needs in China.

s..as fs P 4 ] Washington, Oct. 31.-+The first disclosure of the policy to be pur- sued by the Japanese delegation at 1 the conference on the limitation of armaments is that Japan will not plead population as a neces- sity for; expansion on the Asiatic mainland.
 The necessity of obtaining the enlarged supply of raw materials and other resources that will enable Japan to become an industrial nation will be put forward in explanation of the extension of Japanese power in China and of the measures adopt ed as the means to the end.
 In taking this stand the Japanese have cut the ground from under their American friends who have been contending for years that Ja- pan is crowded to the point of suf- location, that Japan, therefore, must be allowed to spread to the main- land, and that the more Of an out let Japan finds for her population in China and Siberia the less will be the pressure of Japanese emmi- gration to America. t! i.,.s..,
 The trouble with the theory is that it failed to stand up under z scrutiny of the facts. The destiny of population, it appears, is no Igreater in Japan than in England and Belgium and with Southern Manchuria and nearly 20 years, fewer than 50O,000 Japanese have Iemigrated thereto.
 True it is that the arabic land of Japan is densely peopled. Sur lpuls population, however, is not at tracted to the mainland because the Japanese are unable to compete sue cessfully with the Chinese and Ko- reans. Hence Japan must find some other solution of the surplus population problem. .a
 To transform Japan from chief lily agricultural to chiefly indus trial nation is the solution to which the Tokio government is now ad- dressing itself But Japan is poor in coal, iron and other raw mater ials needed to build up an industrial nation. China is rich in such re- sources and to China Japan turns for these necessities. ; ,I Of course, it appears from the , views of the Japanese it is mot | e. oI1t orio oI,, i in the ordinary course of trade. Concessions to develop mines must be obtained and also political control of such districts for otherwise a iconcession granted by one, Chinese government would be abrogated by Ianother or local disturbances will Interfere with operations.
 In obtaining political control of of protecting the development of resources Japan falls foul of the numerous pledges to preserve the Territorial integrity of China, which, she, like other powers, has given. That will be the stumbling block to lthe Japanese aims in the confer ence In the 21 demands Japan was found to. have designed to make a political dependency of China.
 To what extent also Japanese Iaims trench upon the open door principle is another question that will engage the attention of the .conference. Japanese operations in Manchuria already have aroused much complaint on this score.
 The Japanese delegates are ac- lively defending Japan against charges of autocracy and miltarism.
 "We must ask observers of Jap anese affairs to take careful note of lthe fact that Japan is a constitu ltional country which is under the administration of party cabinet, " said General Eanaka. Tt is ire quently alleged that the militarists exercise predominant influence over the ministry. This, however, is an accusation quite contrary to facts.
 ''It is true that the Japanese con lSClCullOH reserves tue lnuepeuueHCe Iof the command of the army, but as the national policy is solely un- der the control of the cabinet. which is responsible to the throne, the actions of the army command are strictly confined to purely military matters insofar as they are cOnsist- ent with the general policy followed by the government"
 | "A fair and unprejudiced study of the diplomatic histories of past wars in the Far East will show be- lyond doubt the truth of the de- fensive nature of Japanese arma- mnets," said Vice Admiral Kato "If it is supposed that the Japanese armaments of today are based upon so-called militarism-in other wards, upon the conception of the armed man lording over the unarmed to achieve his own ambition'-it would be hopelessly impossible to enlist the support of the nation for any war.
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