The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-25
SOVIET sUNION is
STRONGER THAN
U. S,,i:SAYS COTO
Jap ViscoSunt for Close
Relations with Russ
Continued from page y


20, 1925, was signed, the Japanese
chauvinists ragged and made frantic
efforts to put obstacle in the way Of
practical execution of the agreement.
However as they met with wide
spread national, movement in Japan,
which approved OF the soviet-Japan.
csc convention Just concluded, the ST.
tuation gradually took change for
the better, and the influence Of the
chauyinists grew weaker.
A Superannuated Belief
At the present time, their influence
is vacillating. However, It will vanish
altogether and the chauvinistic coun-
ter-efforts against a closer rapproach-
ment between Japan and the Soviet
Republics will disappear only when
Japanese ohauYinists land, for that
matter, the chauvinists of all coun-
tries) completely cease to believe
that the Third (Communist) Interna-
tional and the Soviet government are
one and same thing which belief, ad-
ded the prominent Japanese states
man, was as unwarranted and absurd
as 1t was, SO to speak, suDerannuated.
Until now,9r continues Viscount
Goto, Il thought that it was only in
Japan herself that there still existed
obdurate chauvinists who believed or,
perhaps, protested to believe, that
relations with the Union of Soviet So
cialist Republics would spell ruin to
the Japanese people. Now, my obser-
walton among the Japanese population
residing in Manchuria have shown to
me that here too, there are people
who seem to be afraid Of official rela-
tons with the Union.
scvIets More Stable than U. s.
Such views are deplorable, and l
feel indignaDtrat them" declared the
viscount emphatically, "the more so
that Soviet Russia has a stronger and
more stable government than Eng
land, the United States of America,
or other countries"
There would be no obstacles to
economic cooperation between japan
and the Union of Soviet Republics,
if it were not for those unnatural
fears OF would-be Bolshevist danger.
However, stressed the viscount, as all
such apprehensions are built on sand
and are absolutely unwarranted the
ensuing suspicious ought to be dis.
missed without further ado.
What is, however, of more con
sequence, in the viscount's view, is
that the japanese businessmen seem
to have no clear, idea yet Of the real
situation in the Soviet Republics, nor
any very definite information as to
the Soviet laws on trade and industry.
"Therein"-he says-"lies one of
the main reasons why the Japanese
capitalists are still preserving an ex-
peetant attitude and keeping in the
limits of preliminary talk. This gap
should be filled very soon now. The
barrier Of lack of reciprocal know
ledge about one another will certainly
fall, so that one is entitled to expect
that with a fairly short time there
will disappear one of the big obstacles
to the adequate investment Of Japan.
ese capital in the exploitation of ma
tural resources Of the Soviet Far
East"
In reference to the relations be-
tween the Chinese Eastern and the
South Manchurian railways, Viscount
Goto volunteered the opinion that the
unfortunate inimical policies of the
two enterprises were due mainly to
lack Of mutual understanding and
even acquaintance. The viscount yo-
iced his regret at the present unfriend-
ly developments, which, he admitted,
were detrimental to both parties con-
cerned.
True Friend of New Russia
Il wish It to be known in Moscow"
concluded the eminent statesman
that remain, as before, a true
friend Of new, Russia" The yiscount
remarked, in this reference, that he
appreciated very much the Moscow
press, which was far superior to the
Hardin papers. as the latter, perhaps
with the exception of but one or two,
were apt to distort the true facts
about Russia and Japan--thus pre-
JUDGING the canse of rapproachment
of the peoplessef the two great coun-
tries.
viscount Goto made some courte.
Gus and friendly remarks about the
letter he received from Ambassador
karakhan, which had given him much
pleasure. The ambassador OF the
Soviet Union, he said, had--in spite
OF his being so busy, found a way
to send letter TO viscount Goto,
greeting the latter at Hardin and vo-
icing regrets at not being able to well
come him personally at Picking, where,
l..