Evening star., 1925-08-12
JAPAN SKEPT|CAL
OF j. s. DIPLOMACY
Policy Proved Unreliable,
Toxic Editor Tells Politics
Institute.
BY the Associated Press.

Herald of Asia, said in an address at
the Institute of Politics here today.
Speaking on American foreign dlplo-
macy in the Far East, he said also
that well informed japanese did not
believe China'S proposal for abolishlnS
eXtraterritoriality was in line with the
regeneration of that country.
Mr.. Zumoto said the American
people were Influenced more by the
sentiments of American missionaries
and cultural workers in China than
by the views of men with economic
interests at stake. He recalled incl
dents in recent diplomatic history
which purpOrted to show that the eN-
ecutive branch of the United States
Government lahored under 'unfortun-
ate constitutional handicaps' in form
ing proper foreign policy.
Japan Sympathetic
I'VE Japanese warmly sympathiZe
with the Chinese in their fight for the
recovery of the judicial autonomy, he
said. I'VE are ready to help them To
the best of our ability. The people of
Japan. no less than their government.
have shown in a manner not 10. be
mistaken deep sympathy with the
new spirit of nationalism which is
stirring the Chinese people, especial
lY the younger generation. But we fail
u ste any iOSltdi tpIiltCllOI p6lNeSf
consular jurisdiction and the internal
disorders in that country. To be per
fectly frank, China s malady is more
fundamental. Ii is in the people them
Relves. 1t is in their history and their
civilization. They now are beginning
10 realize that something is wrong
with them. There is. however, reason
to doubt whether their diagnosis of
their own trouble is really accurate
enough 10 insure the adoption of a
right remedy.
AT all events what they now pro-
pose is not likely to prove efficaCiouS.
For how could the abolition of con-
sular jurisdiction prepare the way for
China'S political and social regenera-
ton, which is what is really needed?
Speaking from our own experience, If
the Chinese are really alive to the
need of their national regeneration
they will find in the existence of eX-
traterrtorial jurisdiction a standing
stimulus of great potency to urge
them in their eXertions in the cause
of reform.
Awakening Real.
"China's awakening is real; it no
longr admits of any doubt. But the
movement of the new spirit is i'll a
stage where it requires not only SYM |
pathy, but wise and judiciOus guild
ance. Otherwise it Will be in danger
of running amuCk and creating trou- !
BILE that may cost China dearly.
China undoubtedly now needs and |
deserves sympathy on the part of her !
foreign friends But what is even !
more badly needed is Il careful and |
dspassionate survey of the situation |
with a view 10 the adoption Of a COM !
mon policy of sensible and wise as
sistance TO China on the part of the |
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country"
To illustrate what he termed the |
indispensable character of American
diplomacy, Mr.. Zumoto instanced IAN |
important diplomatic arrangement |
which had been functioning TO the |
satisfaction OF the Japanese and |
American governments, and which !
was terminated without notice. He !
did not specify the arrangement He |
continued:
Proposal Ignored.
"A plan whereby joint high com !
mission appointed by the governments |
of these countries was to investigate |
questions pending between them was |
revived by group of citizens of the !
Pacific coast of the United States. !
The Japanese government gave ii ten |
tative approval, but the proposition !
received no encourag cement at Wash |
ington. In contrast with this, the |
United States invited the Mexican /
government TO settle recent questions |
arising from Mexican land legislation |
through a similar high commission.
Secretary of State Knox in 1910 |
proposed that the control of the South |
Manchuria Railway be taken from |
Japan and placed under an interna-
tiOnal body. Yet Japan had just won |
the railway in the hard-fought Russo |
Japanese war. and America would !
have resented a similar stand by ia
pan with the situation reversed"
East PerpIexes [. S.
The Far East offers the most per-
picking field for American diplomacy,
Prof. George II. Blakeslee of Clark !
University said at the conference
which he is conducting on the recent |
foreign policy of the United States. |
He mentioned the growing nationalsm |
Of China and the problem of immigra-
tion. The white Australia policy |
of that country, he said. aimed to eX- |
clude laborers coming from southern |
Europe as we'll as from the Orient.
Between the United States and |
Japan there are still two racial issues |
discrimination against Japanese inn |
migrants and discrimination against |
Japanese residents in the United |
States" he said. IF Japanese eXclu- |
sion is regarded a at least temporarily |
settled the people of the Pacific Coast |
will be willing to remove anti-Japa- |
nese legislation and make every effort |
10 treat resident japanese with friend |
liness. There is good reason TO be- |
lieve that if no agitation is made to !
do away with the statutory exclusion |
of the japanese the people of Cali |
fornia will begin at the very next
meeting of their Legislature to repeal !
the discriminatory laws against |
Oriental residents"
Mexican Masses Dissatisfied.
tThe masses of the Mexican people |
are convinced that they have been un- |
Justly dealt with and are determined |
TO secure larger share of the national |
wealth, DR.. Lee S. Rowe director !
general Of the Pan-American Union in |
Washington, said at the round table |
on American problems.
The basic error of the Diaz regime |
was in cOnfOunding national wealth !
with national welfare. He failed to |
see that while the national resources |
of the country We're being rapidly de- |
Neloped largely by foreign capital the |
condition of the working classes i'm |
proved but slowly, and in the case of (
agricultural laborers remained prac- |
ticaliy stationary. 1t was this fact /
which brought on the upheaval of |
1910 and which has given rise to the |
difficult and delicate problems now |
confronting the United States in her !
relations with Mexico.
Future Is Brighter.
"The agreements recently reached |
for the adjustment of claims of the |
Trit tot nirS