The Kusko times., 1932-03-05

long passed the stage where they can compete on equal terms with the Chi nese in tilling the soil. Chinese have been pouring into Manchuria by the millions and there is no room for the Jap colonist. All Japan wants there is control of mines and other raw ma- terial; an unhampered hand in ex- plotting resources. Labor can never migrate to countries having an over supply of their own, especially when the wage scale and level of living is lower. Japanese cannot go to Siberia for geographical and climatic reasons, and the impossibility of holding the country against Russian attack from the west.
 "Well, what then? It has been sug- gested nlanYstimes than Japan wants the Philippines, but here the China and Manchuria objections apply. The islands have all the labor they can use at just as cheap wage. The Japanese do not want the Philippines.
 'In the countries of South America where Japs could thrive, there are re- strictions, and Japan cannot use force without running up against the Mon roe Doctrine.
 "So Japan is shut off in all direc- tions and she rightfully regards Uncle Sam as holding the lid on her boiling millions, but knowing that the pot will boil over some time soon, she intends to burn Uncle Sam's hand as much as possible when the explosion comes. So she expects war with the United States and has been prepar- ing for the supreme struggle for years. Foreign residents of Japan will all tell you that there has been feverish preparation, both on land and sea, for a great war. She is now armed to the teeth, and for whom There is not the remotest possibility Of q European country invading Ja- pan or seriously disputing her Orien- tai activities. Then why has Japan almost ruined herself financially to build a navy equal to ours, and land force far superior?
 "Japan's present subjugation of Manchuria and Shanghai, and even war with China, would not justify her immense military preparations, and especially the naval, for her old strength of the Russian wartime would be more than adequate for any Chinese or Russian trouble. Japan's indifference to our protests now; her flouting of the League of Nations, and disregarding other treaties, is ev- idence that she intends to undertake still graver operations than any that could arise in China. What intent is she hiding? There can be but one conclusion-an expected war with the United States.
 "Now just tack look around the Pacific ocean and see what large sec tion of land has the most to offer Japan, that she could easily take and hold indefinitely. Just one-Alaska!
 "For years l, and other Alaskans who have given the matter thought, have wondered why Alaska was never mentioned as a possible price for Ja- pan. It must be just one of those un- explainable oversights that. our na- tion is ever guilty of. But not Japan! l believe she has had her eyes on Alaska for years as the one holdable objective in war withe U. s. But Japanese statesmanship has led the American scare of invasion to every other spot but the one she really in tends to grab. To seize the Philip pines would be getting hornets nest, costly and of no permanent value to Japan To take Hawaii would mean the loss of many war vessels -------------------