The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-22

House immigration committee will investigate the 1908 understanding with Japan relative to the control or Japanese immigration to the United States. The committee has resolu. toned asking the State Department to furnish all diplomatic correspond ence leading to the agreement.
 TOXIC, July 22. Ex-Speaker Saburo Shimada of the House of Representatives who, because of his oratorical powers, is often called by Japanese the Wendell Phillips of Japan, is contributing a series Of articles to the Nichinichi Shimbun on relations with the United States talk of war. The distinguished par liamentarian, holds that if the sit nation between the two countries is studied from a broad statesmanlike attitude such talk will become meaningless.
 He says: Possibly there are no Japanese who seriously think that Japan is able to attack America across the Pacific as there will be no Americans who dream of an Am erican invasion of Japan. Some think that the immigration question will probably furnish a casus belli between Japan and the United States while others are of the opin- ion that the scramble for rights and interests will lead the two countries to war These questions are not of such a nature as to be solved by an appeal to arms. American misunder- standings about Japan may be dis pelled by the efforts of diplomats who can explain the general ten dencies of the world. and Japan's position, plainly and fearlessiy.
 Immigration Question.
 Immigration is no more ques- tion with America than with Great Britain which is Japans ally. Such a problem can be solved with the progress of civilization and mutual understanding. It is not the whole American nation that objects to Asiatic immigration on racial grounds. America is free country, where any sortS0f opinion can be expressed with perfect freedom. It is not surprising, therefore, that from the Japanese standpoint some of the arguments in America about Japan may seem too bold and reck- less. It is a mistake to think, how ever, that these views represent pub lie opinion in America.
 Solved with Time.
 The questions pending between Japan and the United States at present are likely to be solved with the passage of time. It is true that there are some Americans who are not satisfied with Japan's Bdoings in China and Korea, while there are other Americans who perfectly understand Japan's position.
 Japan is not without faults. Dur ing the progress of the war Japan concluded with China what is known as a military agreement, by which it was undertaken that Jap dneSe OHlCeTS SUOulu uc cuSd6cu dn instructors in the Chinese army, and the common use of arms by the Japanese and Chinese was stipulated in the agreement. This not un- naturally gave rise to the suspi cion among the Occidentals that Japan is attempting the Japanization of China in the same way as Germany contrived the GermanizatiOn of Fur key. The twenty-one demands pre- sented by Japan to China are also potent cause of misunderstanding of Japan among Europeans and Ameri- cans. In the Siberian intervention America proposed that similar num- bers of troops should be despatched ed to Siberia, but whereas America sent only 1000 men, Japan despatched as many as 7O.O0O. This aroused the suspicious of America as to the real intentions of Japan. Japan'' failure in Siberia is clear from wha' has followed since then. fsFas'
 But really educated, thoughtfu Americans do not believe in such g thing as war between Japen ane America"