Evening star., 1925-07-05

! bloody suppression, denial of human
| right, exile. How could they have
what we should term a normal psy-
! chology? How could. they be expected
to feel anything but terror and enmity
with reference to those political and
! economic systems which, in their inn
! agination, resemble the regimes of the
czars? May they not really believe
that we should enslaVe and exploit
! them If we could, and that conse-
| quently passion on their part to eX-
! tirpate us is a righteous passion?
II am not answering these ques-
| tions; l am asking them. | do not
understand bolsheVist mentality. But
l never try to understand anything
without a sympathetic exploration of
! It's background. My idea is to seek
cure for the destructive pathology
of bolshevists; not by Withdrawing
! from them, but by cautiously and pru-
IDENTIFY endeavoring to establish an
educative intercourse with them. Non
bolshevist nations, l need not say,
| have no wish to wrong Russia. but
every wish to see her orderly, prosper
ous and content, and to have her take
her place in the feacefui concert of
| civilization"
Progressive Forces in Germany.
do you know of any national gov
ernment or organized movement with
aims prejudicial to Japano American
friendship"
Not now. China gave some evil
dence of such a disposition at the
time of the Versailles conference, but
/ am aware of nothing of the sort in
any quarter at present"
rs any part of Japan sympathetic
with the reactionary elements in Ger
many?"
mo. indeed"
DO YOU anticipate any reactionary
revival in Germany from linden
burg's election?"
NO. My belief is that Germany
will persist in the path of democracy
and peace"
"Is Japan satisfied with the princi-
pie of the open door in China?"
That principle cannot be too
strictly enforced to suit u.s."
TT gives you natural advantages? ?"
1T gives us great natural advan-
tages. Besides 1t accords with our
idea both of justice to China and of
! the universal welfare. International
grasping for selfish advantage in
China would threaten humanity with
an unreasonable disaster"
Labor's international Interest.
"Is Japan free from the menace Of
| internal subversive agitation?'
Not free from it, but, l think, not
seriously threatened, nor more threat
ened than any other great state. Gov
ernment everywhere, of course, is be-
set with new problems in our grow
ingly complex modern political and
social existence. For instance, inter
national labor attractions are a fresh
concern of government. For the first
time in Japan we have had a delega-
tion from Japanese labor visiting the
foreign office to protest against our
measures for preserving order and
protecting the rights of our nationals
| in China. Our reply was that we
were not interfering in the strikes as
economic struggles but as develop
ments dangerous TO life and property.
/ 1t is a new thing with us-this sign
/ of local labor unrest without the
/ faintest practical local interest. But
we are not alarmed over it. | merely
mention it as an illustration OF the
| increasing weight OF pGblic-order
| burdens in every part of the world.
Friendship of the Pacific Powers.
| Our last words-the last words of
an interview that had occupied the
| best part OF two hours-were relative
to the Pacific. AS we shook hands at
/ parting, | said to Baron Shidehara:
Il may state that Japan values ex-
/ ceptionally an entente with the prin-
! cipal occidental Pacific powers?"
! You may state that with. every
assurance of accuracy. How highly
! personally reckon an entente with
/ the principal occidental Pacific powers
is reflected in my pride that l had
part in drafting the fOur-power treaty
at the Washington conference"
! Baron Kijuro Shidehara, born in
/ Osaka prefecture. aged 54, was grad
uated from the college of law of the
! Toxic Imperial university. Entering
| the foreign office in 1896, he rose rung
| by rung until he became foreign min
! lister in June. 1924. His diplomatic
career has been long and honora BILE.
In various capacities he has served in
Washington, London. Antwerp and
| The Hague. From 1915 to 1919 he
was vice minister for foreign affairs
From 1919 to 1922 he won his great
popularity at Washington as japanese
ambassador to the United States. His
! barony was the reward for his serv-
/ ices in the great war.
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