The Washington times., 1922-10-22

| story Of Korea, in which pathetic
land the Japanese began in 1886, by
the convention OF Tientsin, 10 pre-.
pare the way for outright annexation
I'm 1910 even to the extent of chang.
ing it's name from Korea to Chosen.
When Japan has annexed Manchii.
ria she will probably change It's
name to New Japan. x ~,
When, say, that war seems i'm.
/ minent In the Far East. I mean to
point out to the reader the 'slarink
fact that Japan is empowered 10 call
upon Great Britain 10 support her In
any war the Nipponese may under.
| take In Asia BY virtue Of the Anglo.
Japanese alliance. We are altaware.
of course. that the Treaty OF Limited
Arbitration between the United
STATES and England expires next
year--the only covenant which could
keep the British from Joining with
Japan should the Island Empire
ever engage In war with the United
! States. - I.
France and Italy have to date also
failed TO ratify the Five-Power Naval
| treaty, another child born OF .he
Arms Conference. think that IL q
blood test were taken to determine
the parentase OF that ugly child, Il
would be found that the thinking
american people. are, not its par.
ents nor even distantly related to Il.
We must live In hope that France
and Italy may never rntify the treaty
which will mean the scrapulue of
that splendid. all-protectiye. mighty
armada Of the two seas, the, Ameri.
can Navy.
-, Japan's Huge Army.
The Japanese themselves place
their military strength today al 800.
pOO. IL 10 probably much larger. and
as sdch ranks among the largest
standing armed forces In the world.
NO sooner WIS the diet under way
iast spring than the Kokuminto party
introduced a bill to reduce the army
py haif. To the war office this an.
peared to be downright insanity. In
ihis connection IL Is interesting 10
know that, while a premier appoints
ms iellow cabinet members. he does
NOT nave the privilege of naming his
minister or war. The Emperor,
tnrougn the Genro. does that little
p.ece OF work. -. =
Over the proposed army cut, both
great political pafties-the Seiyukai
and the Kenseikai-renained neu.
trai The Washington conference
gave the matter some importance
and a compromise was finally effect.
ed by which the army should be re-
duced $4,000 men and the conscrn-
ton term cut from two years to
eighteen months. This would leave
the army at about the figure I,iven
out by the war office-300, 900! Yet,
the war office succeeded in having
action on the proffered compromise
postponed and to this day II remains
a postponed measure 50 that the
Japanese army remains unlfnpaircd
and ID about zoo per cent arger than
the American standing army.
We should note that the japanese
have issued orders, through their
navy department, for the immediate
with q displacement Of $500 tons to
be built in the Yokosuka navy yard
and to be named the Kinukasa. The
other, Of similar displacement. will
be built in the Kure navy yard and
dubbed the Furutaka. These are the
first warcraft the Japanese navy has
started 10 construct since they aban.
doned fhe eight-eight scheme at
Washington, much against their
wishes. At least they are swift In
making up for what they termed at
Washington, their noble sacrifice"
United States Cabinet Worried.
The statement made recently by
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY shows
to what degree the Cabinet, as q
whole. has been stirred by the Inn.
minency Of war throughout the con-
tinents and correctly expressed the
Cabinets collective view with regard
to the failure Of France and Italy TO
ratify, the five-power naval treaty.
Secretary DENLY found 1t necessary
to explain to the American public
that the only reason the Navy De.
partment was going ahead with the
scrapping Of the battleships Rhode
Island, Virginia, Nebraska. Georgia
and New Jersey, was because they
would have been scrapped anyhow,
although they are listed in the treaty
among the battleships to be scrapped.
There was, you see, the fear that
the public might get the notion that
the United States was SO far de.
luded as to 60 ahead with the scrap.
ping program without waiting for
the action Of the other powers.
In remarking upon the proyen In.
sincerity Of japan and acauainting
ourselves with the fact that we cal,
never truly associate with the Japan.
ese on the same plane Of thought, Il
becomes an interesting commentary
on the subject to quote a brief va ra.
graph from I.afcadio Hearn, the bril-
liant author who knew Japsn SO
we'll. Hearn says In notable pas.
sage that the dead are the real rulers
Of Japan.
Underneath the surface cnane.
ing" he wrote. "the nation 10 deeuls
conservative, suspicious OF all inter.
ference and orfventionality--sil.
lenly seif-satisfied and, above ali,
still as much locked in it's primitive
family system as II was l, 900 vesrs
ago. You cannot be friends with n
Japanese unless you are friends with
his family, and you cannot be friends
with his family unless you belong 10
It, This 10 the deadlock"
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