The Washington times., 1921-03-20
JAPAN BUILDS
PACIFIC BASES
Fortifies Caroline Islands As
Strategic Key to Hawaiian
Coup.
CONTINUED from First pase.)

The Togo Kisen Kaisha line is prepar-
ing to secure fuel oil from Mexican
Pacific ports It's ships have been
taking on full capacity OF California
fuel OIL enough for the round trip,
but from Yokohama to San Francisco
they burn coal. Evidently they leave
the surplus of fuel oil in Japan--very
probably IL goes to the navy.
/ have just returned from the Ha-
waiian Islands, where / spent five
weeks in investigation of Japanese
domination there. In the course of
that inquiry there came to me bit by
bit the information / have stated
above concerning Caroline and Mar
shall Island fertilization, submarine
base and fuel Oil. My informants,
engaged in trade with the Orient.
cannot permit the use Of their
names. But without exception they
told me they had formally reported
matters to departments at WASH
ington. If Senators and Congress-
men and the Administration diplo-
mats will ask for these reports from
the proper departments possibly the
Uchida blanket denial will be less
convincing.
Besides. it seems inevitable that as
the troubles of the League Of Nations
multiply IlS IucHuCT ndtiOnS Wlli pc
permitted to take over and incorporate
and colonies and states over which
they now hold mandates. II America
objects she will have to fight Japan
to make her objection other than q
vain protest. Once the Caroline and
Marshall islands and the Island of
Yap are hers in fee simple, she
can and doubtless will proceed openly
with their fortification.,
STOPS AT NOTHING.
Now, in addition to making japanese
of the Philippines doubly
certain, this Japanese Marshall Islands
base helps to make conquest OF the
Islands easy. Hawaii in the
possession of japan would give her
control of the Pacific and put her
within striking distance Of the Pa
cific Coast.
Japan's basic demand is for recog-
nit ion OF racial equality that will
carry with it the right OF her crowded
population to emigrate to the Pacific
Coast. Nothing else will satisfy her;
she will go to war for that II she
can see a chance for victory, even
though we had given way on all les
ser considerations. such as the Cali
fornia alien land law. This can oe
proved by the utterances of virtually
every distinguished man of Japan. IL
Japan Is actually contemplating war
with America in the near future, as
her hectic preparations indicate, she
s doing 1t in full knowledge OF our
weakness on the Pacific and in the
belief that after she had struck with
lightning speed and taken the Philip
pines. Guam and the Hawaiian Islands
America would -hrink from
the sacrifices necessary to .,econquer
them and would make peace Oh terms
favorable to Japan. ..
THINKS YANks POLTROONs.
or course that belief is wrong, but
well-informed travellers
from Japan, long resident there. tel
me that Is the Japanese psychology.
That psychology has fed upon British
and French unwillingness to admit
that American soldiers and arms were
a big factor in the allied victory as
well as American wealth. japan has
gone back to her pre-war conception
that America is a nation of money
poltroons, unable to stand
against the Incompatible prowess and
valor of her army and navy. She
htsitdtcS ohty DCCdust VI OuT wealth.
In materials and money and her pow
erty in them.
1 went out to Hawaii believing
that, even though the islands had be-
come Japanized in population, at least
we had a Gibraltar" there. What
learned to the contrary made me sick
at heart and fearful of a near-future
war that, before, 1 had thought only
possible. 1t Is obvious that
details Of our inadequate defense Of
the island of Oahu, the port of Homo
lulu and the Pearl Harbor naval base
should not be discussed in print,
though japan knows every last one
of those details. II Senators or Con-
yressmen are hugging the deiusion
that we have a Gibraltar" in Hawaii.
who have personal knowledge of the
situation about IL. o."
/ found many other things exist ent
n the Hawaiian Islands which the
people of the United States ought to
know and of which by a sort Of con-
,piracy they have been kept in ignor-
,nce. Many Of these should be given
yravest consideration by the people.
md in Washington in connection with
he present onslaught against the
Effort of California to hold our from
ler againsts a peaceful penetration
hat would inevitably submefge our
civilization.
RULED INVISIBLY ny JAPAN.
Hawaii Is a menacing outpost of |
Japan, ruled invisibly by a carefully |
organized government that functions |
and whose mainspring is |
n Tokyo.
1t is Buddhist province, SUBJ ,
merged in Japanese Buddhism; and |
hat means japanese Shintoism as |
veil as Indian Buddhism. OF approx |
nately 10000 japanese in the islands |
'ut $500 even profess to be Chris
ians. and by their own confession the |
christian missions have been losing
'round. or the 10000 Japanese in |
mainland America the Christian
hurches claim but 1000. Practically
Ill japanese in Hawaii and on the |
mainland who are non-Christian are
definitely under the influence of
buddhism and japanese nationaIism.
In addition to religious control from
'apan, priests of the Buddhist sects
ire under control of the bureau of |
'eligion of the department of the in