The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-27
JAPANESE METHODS IN FAR EAST SHOW MUCH VERSATILITY; CREATE
 UNDYING HATRED WITH S|BERIANS

times ShreWdneSS deals With an ecO- homie and commercial phogram. This method has assumed a particularly high form in Manchuria, and par tieularly low form in, China, as is well known. The policy of stieing d weight of debt around the Chinese neck and then using the power a creditor possesses in order to obtain concessions is merely a form of ex- tortion Chinese experiences with Jap anese loans is well known. .4-
 However, in Harbin. Manchuria, is illustrated the real 2shrewdness of the Japanese business man. Appve- ciating the various circumstances that have attended other commercial policies and undertakings the Japa- ncse have undertaken a campaign of friendship in HarbiH This has work ed most effectively, too. The Japa- nese have gone into Harbin with the avowed purpose of making friends as the easy way of obtaining a fOothOld. They realized that with the bitter feeling of both the Russians and the Chinese. and without military assist ance, they could get nowhere un- Hess they made friends. So casl- paign of making friends was put un- der way and carried to such an extent that the Japanese, in case of differences, invariably admitted he was wrong and his business rival WIS light. This camapaign of Friendship I, toI orv,tftonpta irC SC rewards for the Nipponase until to- 1 day their holdings reach such pro portions that it, is .ssid they own the whole city.R a'ss i.fr
 Versatility of Method
 1 The method in Harbin, Manchuria, offers a striking contrast to the ac- | tivity in the neighboring country of Siberia, as we'll as an illustration of | the ability of the Japanese to attack different problems with variety of procedure. w
 The versatility oi She Japanese method is seen in still other direc- i tons in the plan to extend the busi- ness and commerce of the nation The home government is a, strong be- | lieyer in subsidies and offers excek lent financial assistance to industry policy with which we have no quar- erl but when this industry becomes so eager to hold it's business that it falls back on policies of discrimina tion against competitors one realizes the full effect of Japanese monopoly. ilIt is a we'll known fact that Japanese ! interests do not hesitate to discrim: mate against the business operated by outside concerns, so when Japan controls railroad in Manchuria, or port in Korea, or a province in China, there is small hope for others that they will get square deal. And now Japanese publicity. All of these methods have the as- sistance of system of propaganda vigorously if often unintelligenuy presented. The Japanese understand thoroughly the power of publicity. In fact they are experts along this line The military has splendid support by press either subsidized or in fluenced to such a degree that in- stances Of unfavorable criticism are far too infrequent for the good of the military itself
 The Tokyo government maintains a censorship of publications which forbids publication of certain news +events or dictates as to how they are to be treated When it becomes necessary to confuse issues or justify policies or turn the public attention from any particular event the editors of the country are given the word, the whip is cracked and the editorial drum fire resounds throughout the land. =,
 Press Controlled
 There is no more control of the press in Sapan than that exercised by Postmaster General Burleson," an editor-told me.
 He had forgotten that he had drawn drawn a deadly parallel. The United States at war, admittedly and necessarily autocratic, compares ia vcrably with Japan at peace! a,
 This is not to say that all criti cism is forbidden in Japan. There | are few newspapers that do not share the same views as the govern ment and they frequently utter opin. i ions of their own. The Siberian pol icy, particularly. has drawn editorial | lire, but 1t is noticeable that never | does the criticism of Japan reach the |