The Washington herald., 1921-10-26
U. S. MUST YIELD
OR FIGHT JAPAN,
OBSERVER SAYS
Declares Only War Can
Make Open Door a
Reality. ;.
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dent of the only real republic in
China, told me he thought the
Washington conference would lead
to war. Tho only way out. he said,
was for America and the other pow
ers to recognize his government in
China and let him deal with the
japanese aggression.
You must use us Chinese to fight
Japan or do II yourself" he said.
Now with words or later with
bullets"
He pointed out how the versailles
conference led to wars and said that
the delegation that was going tc
Washington from China did not rep
resent the south and he would not
recognize any agreements made by
them. He had not been asked to
participate in the conference. He
pictured Picking as filed with trait
ors and the government there as
under the thumb of Japan.
This Is hardly a good basis upon
which to build a new understanding
about China.
China will not be liberated" but
will be kept open and developed
because the. nations need her mar,
ket snd her vast stores Of raw ma
terisfs. II Is a question of approach.
automatically speaking, will
America and Great Britain permit
Japan to carry out her we'll laid and
partially developed expansion in
Manchuria. Mongolia, Siberia, and
the old middle kingdom, or try TO
drive her back to a new start with
fayors equalized?
Open Door . Dangerous Game.
In reafirming the traditional
American policy of the open door
and territorial integrity for China
and in announcing that the Ameri-
business into the Orient and that
would compete for trade in all
seas. President Harding and the
administration spokesmen have let
themselves in for a dangerous
game which the people should un-
derstand. We have been drifting
in a vague way with vague phrases
and the drift has been toward war.
Japan has not been drifting but Is
acting by plan.
In seeking the new expansion OF
American business in the Orient
we are coming into conflict with
the japanese obsession that they
must be masters of the Asiatic Pa
cific trade. They consider II q mat
ter Of life or death for Japan as a
first rate power.
From Shantung to Eastern 81
IBERIA Japan can find everything to
realize her ambitions.
Japan Means to Hold On.
She appears to be determined to
hold on to the 100000 square miles
of land and the 1000 900 miles OF
sea that she has acquired In one
way or another since the Japanese
Russian war OF 1903. The Japanese
point of view Is that America is
the chief obstructive power to her
policy and that for America to sue
coed means suicide for Japan.
Japan's guns watch the coast Of
all Asia and at her door lie in
exhsustible and uncnarted natural
resources. an undeveloped market.
the greatest in the world, and an
endless supply of docile cheap
labor. In an even competition she
might not be able to get what she
considers necessary for national
safety. So the cards are stacked
for her in Siberia, Shantung. Man
churia. 1t Is thought by some OBJ
servers that to Yield would be as
dangerous as to stand firm for a
new deal. for there is the posi-
bility OF the absorption and mill
tarization of China and endless
trouble for the next generation.