The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-23

M4~hinktou 10 lAf NNANfF 49,
s,,ts,e- In siberia. and Japan's part
~. .rr.s. Russian nuentiy, and 70
believed hy many 60 be On. ,,e-t 10
forp,<d American On een"he"
xbsrla and Russia
ny CHAIR rs II. SMITH
Japanese propaganda Is one OF
deception.
That Is the only way u can De
Ac~cr4hed. And Il assumes four prih'
cipai directions
4 The entertainment OF ioi
eixners.
= Newspaper articles.
4 Thru her business men.
a Thru her socialism and so
called labor orreniAs tons.
Nest Foreigners going 70 ene
Orient visit Japan first. IL hey are
men OF any note they are imrne'
dlate,y taken In hand by the Japan
Csc ard sumptuousiy entertained
ira visitor sees what the Japan
ssr wants him 20 see--no more. no
,c~s. when he leaves his hmp'ss'
uions are pro-Japanesc. unless nc o'
u,Vra-Saxacious. There are no oct
ter entertainers than Japanese
JAPS TALK
LOuDEST
, First Impressions are generally
S.tinr. When the visitor TO Japan
reaches China or Siberia he Is I'M
hued with tho idea OF japanese se
pertcrity.
Unless one happens 70 stay In
these countries for any length or
time. one concludes that the Rus
usanx. Chinese and other Nationals
Of the Orient are unduiy preiudiced
N their attitude toward the japan
go. However. II one lives there for
several months opinions VIII radf-
cnlfy change. because an insigh,
into the doubIe-deaiing nature OF the
Japanese invariably Is secured. and
ono discovers that japanese null
tarixm Is poor replica Of the Ger
man plan
Unfortunately, most Of the Amer
icans who have talked the ioudest
about and for Japan are those who
have spent most Of their spare time
being entertained by tho japanese.
Hence the Americans have not. 70
data understood real conditions In
Japan
In her newspaper propaganda
Japan has been extremely success
full Her principal news agency is
the Kokusai News service IL Is
generally accepted as fact that this
agency Is completely under the
thumb OF the Japanese government
The Japanese military has pub
betty bureau in Siberia TO gather
information for public dissemina-
ton Many times this agency has
issued Information to mlslead
HAVE SUBSIDIZED
MANY PAPERS
The Japanese military has. appar-
entity. subsidized many Russian pa
pcrs, 80 that even In Siberia the
Russians themselves do not get the
correct news Articles continually
appear TO the effect that II would
b. dangerous to live In Russia II
the japanese evacuated. Really the
danger is due to tho presence. not
their ahsencc.
Thru their business men the
japanese also have conducted propa~
ganda- These u1cn frequently state
they are not In accord with the mtl
itaristic policy In Siberia. They have
even asked assistance OF other Ma
fionais Ia order. as they claimed.
20 relieve Japan OF the yoke OF mil
itAr1sm- They claim to have In
Japan an organization for the pur-
pose Of combating miiitarism and
its accompanying cvil-graft- Judg-
ing by their actions. their talk
seems to be camouflage TO draw
the attention Of other nations away
from their real aims.
One also hears much about the
development OF socialism and labor
unions in Japan There Is no social.
i0n. as such. and no real labor
unions In japanese territory. In the
main. il Is simply idle talk and
propaganda for the purpose OF de
ccption-
Why7
II the japanese military can keep
to the foreground their apparent
home difficulties, these will serve
as a screen to hide their am
bilious territorial dcsignA
There has been much talk Of the
need OF territory for expansion. but
the japanese have not even made
use OF their own territory. The
northern islands are not densely
populated. and there is available In
Korea and on Formosa room for OK.
pansion- But the japanese are no,
colonizers. because II is extremely
difficult. as a rule, to persuade the
lower classes to leave their native
Islands.
The California, Hawaiian. and
other REPRESENTATIONS problems
are not taken seriously In Japan
They are merely for the purpose OF
throwing dust into the eyes OF the
Americans TO screen Japan's real
Intentions.
And those intentions are to ao
auire over 100000 square miles OF
territory on the eastern side OF the
continent of Asia