Evening star., 1931-12-27
TOXIC "MONROE DOCTRINE"
BACK OF .JAPAN'S POLICY
Rivalry of Russia i'm Far East Seen
Factor in Effort to Dominate
Manchuria.

churia." 1t will be mainly commits
sion of economic and political studies
very much like the Rockefeller Com
mission which studied the Balkan situ-
alton before the World War. Its ac-
tivities will extend probably over a pc
riod of years and the report is likely
to be a series of interesting volumes
dealing with the general political and
economic situation of China.
Won't Annex Manchuria.
Japan is determined, of course to
take advantage of the fact that the
principal nations Of the wcrld arc at
present busy with their own troubles
and establish its permanent influence
in ManChuria.
According to the Toxic foreign Office
Japan does nct in,eld TO annex Man
chulia; tie Chine-e e population Is much
too .arge and likely to be troublesome
If the japanese government were to
adopt toward Manchuria a policy sim
liar to that adopted in Korea. The
plan Of the japanese government is to
oust all the Chinese generals and high
officials who are known to have anti
japanese sentiments. establish local
governments with Chinese administra-
tors who are willing to remain in
Japans pay, and have them controlled
by japanese officers who are going to
be permanently detailed as assistants
to the Chinese governors.
japanese troops will be maintained
in Manchuria for a while and the Jap
anese military administration will en-
deavor to organize an efficient national
guard Differed by japanese officers and
/ Inon-commiSSioned officers to police the
country. When that body is organized
,,l tl.N ID,,h olNo
their loyalty, the japanese army is 60
ing to be completely withdrawn frcm
Manchuria
This procedure the Japanese claim
has been adopted by all civilized pow
ers; the French are doing it in Indo-
China. the British in India and Egypt
and even the United States In Mica
ragua.
The japanese government admits
quite candidly tnat this system of or
ganizing a local government in Man
churia means to have at the head Of
the various Chinese provinces in that
region men whom they can trust: the
/ Toxic government does not even object
OF calling them puppet governments
since 1t is obvious that the Chinese gov
ernOrS who have to work under the
control of japanese officers cannot be
independent But the japanese main
tain this is the only way to have de-
cent and honest government. which.
while working for the japanese inter
ests, will BE- compelled to act decently
toward the inhabitants of that country
Oppression and corruption will thus be
eredicated.
Chang Tso Lin.
Manchuria, the japanese claim, has
| been suffering for years because OF
the depraved and venal governors or
! dictatorS, who with no authority what
soever have been squeezing the Chinese
and the other nationals who happened
| TO live in Manchuria.
The case of Marshal Chang Tso Lin
is typical. That famous Warlord was at
one time an ordinary brigand During
! the Russo-Japanese war he acted as
a spy for Russia, but, being a cunning
man. he felt that the Japanese were
! going to win the war. He Immediately
offered his services to the Japanese
| general staff. They were accepted and
Chang built huge fortune and power
for himself. This fortune was not built
by stock exchange speculation or work.
ing of certain concessions; it was built
merely by ruthless oppression and acts
bilious and that cost him his life
His son, Chang Hsueh-Liang, in
herited from his father not only
huge estate but also the over
lordship of Manchuria. At least he
felt that this Sinecure should come to
| him after his fathers death. The Japa-
Eese tolerated him for a while but
when he started playing with the Ma
| tionalist government az Nanking, and
began double crossing the Japanese,
they decided to get rid Of him and by
. fh-,, InI in
| getting him out of the country
| TIE japanese, who ere now organizing
Manchuria to suit their own purposes,
| have decided to have governors who
will be paid handsomely but will not
be permitted to bocome Overwhelmingly
rich, for unduly rich Chinese governors
become ambitious and get out Of hand
easily.
| A beginning was made last week,
when the Toxic government appointed
Gen. Chang Tso Pin, former chief of
staff of Chang Hsueh-Liang, as COVER
nor of Mukden: another former friend
of the ousted war lord is going to be
appointed shortly governor of Kirin
and the famous Gen. Nah is ready to
accept from his former pals the gover-
norship of Tsitsihar.
Merely Police Measures.
Manchuria is going to be exclusively
under japanese control, whether the
other powers like it or not. Nothing
short of a military demonstration can
GUST the japanese from that province.
which, they claim, must be closely
supervised" by them because of their
special interests there.
Neither the Kellogg pact nor the
nine-power pact has been violated,
Toxic asserts. The Kellogg pact has
been kept intact because the military
operations in Manchuria are not an
aggressive act of war, but merely po-
lice measures against organized brig
andage" The nine-power pact has not
been violated, according again to the
Toxic diplomats, because Japan does
not intend to annex Manchuria. II
merely establishes Chinese govern
ment friendly to Japan"
In this manner China's integrity
remains inviolate and everybody should
be happy.
Machiavelli died in 1927, but "his
soul is marching on"