New Britain herald., 1921-11-08

considered by Japan lar greater menace to her than she is to them, Japan, however, Is confident that no western nation has any designs upon her independence,
 These facts, though do not end the argument against Japan Her persistent dctractors, in their process of piling on the agony inform their hearers and readers of the plan Of militarlst Japan to take control of China and organize that country's millions into 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 Am erican attention from the war in Europe. No one realized more clear ly than the Japanese themselves that such a project is utterly unattain- able.
 Tn the first place. we Japanese should come in conflict with the several European nations that hold established positions in China. We should then be required to dominate, control, and ultimately organize the Chinese. This would be an achieve ment such as no country has yet been or will ever be able to accomplish. Human nature isn't that way; a sub ject race is generally a greater bur den than help in time of war; and Japan is not looking for war. Japan needs peace, is willing to pay a price for peace, and believes that that priNn lNn af l,,t profitably paid,
 But from China we Japanese be- lieve we have right to ask the priv ileges of equal opportunity and the open door. We are not so richly en- dowed as America with wealth, terri tory, and raw materials. Here you have everything. You are self-sus- taining. But we are like the Brit ish Isles. We have a population ap- proximately, of sixty millions, with territory the size of one of your me- dium- sized states. Our supplies of raw materials must come from abroad, and the markets for the goods we manufacture must likewise be foreign countries. Without sup plies from over the seas and without
  ship lines, we cannot live. The neighboring undeveloped Asiatic mainland has an abundance of the necessary raw materials and also af- lords an important market. We de- sire the rights and privileges of trading on this mainland on equal terms with any nation, near or re- mote; and in turn we are willing that any other nation shall enjoy, in fair competition, equal rights with ourselves There is trade for all in these vast territories, more extensive and probably as richly endowed as the United States.
 But here is an interesting point: To the United States the materials and trade of the Asiatic mainland are only source of added wealth, while to Japan they are a necessity of existence. We ask only an ap- plication of the policy to live and let live.
 Tn this connection let me state some facts with regard to Shan tung-which Japan has been charg- ed with taking from China. When it became part of Japan's obligation in the late war to drive Germany out of that area, she assumed only part of the rights which that country held in Shantung. The leased terri tory of Kiaochow, which the Jap anese captured from the German garrison, contained not forty million people (which is the estimated popu- lation of the Province) but fifty or of Nrho 1oJ gathered there to trade with the Ger | mans and continued to reside there | and trade with the Japanese. The | leased territory of Kiaochow covers about 200 square miles, less than half