Evening star., 1932-12-30
DEBUCH| PREDICTS
j. S-JAPAN AM|ll
Purchase Of American COTTON
Will Help Relations, Says
Ambassador.
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has been changed and some 60 pei
cent OF the japanese needs foI Inc. ths
cotton industry are supplied by ING
United States. With the rapid develop
ment OF the cotton industry in Japan
and especially with the use of finer ana
better machinery, the Indian cotton Is
no longer useful and must be replaced
by American cotton. 1t is for TIM
reason that I believe the relations be.
tween the United States and Japan,
which have been strained for the last
IL months. must and will improve"
No Economic Conflict.
"The fundamental cause for wars be-
tween nations is economic competition"
added the Ambassador. and the eco
nomic relations between the United
States and Japan are not in conflict
with each other. On the contrary, they
complement each other. The japanese
silk market is dependent on the Ameri-
can silk manufacturer and vour cotton
market is more and more dependent on
the japanese cotton manufacturers.
Some 10 per cent Of your silk is bought
from Japan and I hope that within a
comparatively short time the same
amount OF American cotton will be pur-
chased by Japan in this country.
The control Of the Manchukuo mar
ket by Japan will considerably increase
the demand for raw cotton in my coun-
try and your South is going to have the
full benefit of that increased demand.
Inc American cotton producer and the
japanese silk producer are the real am
hQ dnrQ ~ uyt1 hat
countries and no diplomat or diplomatic
action can Illustrate their work for coll
laboration and peace"
Mr.. Debuchi who is bubbling with
optimism and believes that his term as
Ambassador to the United States. which
had been rendered somewhat difficult
in the last nine months by the develop
ments in the Far East, Will end by
bringing about closer and friendlier re-
lations between the two nations He
admitted that some further military
operations In the Far East will be
necessary in the near future in order
to avoid the danger of a Chinese at
tack" These operations will take place
in Jehol, which lis a part of Man
chukuo."
The increased number OF japanese
soldiers in Manchuria was explained by
the Ambassador as "a wish Of the mill
tary. but that it had not passed the
Diet yet
Sees Better Relations.
On the whole, Mr. Debuchi thought
that there had been distinct improve
ment in the Japanese American rela-
tons In the last few months. since
fighting had stopped in the Far East,
and he did not think that the police
operations in Jehol' would bring new
strained relations between the United
States and Japan. Sober thinking men
in Japan are convinced that the rela-
tions between the two countries must
remain cordial and Premier Saito is one
OF the Stanch advocates OF such a poll
icy" He spent several years as
young lieutenant commander in WASH
ington and Is quite sentimental when
he thinks about the boarding house on
Thomas circle where he spent many
happy days while he was here. Premier
Saito also was the chief Japanese naval
delegate at the Geneva Naval Confer
ence in 1927 and the American dele
Der with pleasure the support he had
given them during those trying days.
"Of course" the Ambassador admit
ted, there are still a number Of jingo-
istic newspapers and other organiza-
tions which continue to criticize Amer
lea for her stand in the Far Eastern
analrS, but even among the military
there are many at present who see
. good possibility of resuming friendly
relations with the United States"
The Open Door Policy.
The Ambassador seemed to have no
doubt about the good faith of his coun-
try In regard to the principle of the
open door policy. This principle will
be solemnly observed by the Japanese
people" he stated. and when reminded
that the Manchukuo government Aad
Just issued statement to the effect
that retaliatory economic measures
would be enforced against those ma
tions which do not recognize the ex-
iStence OF that new state, Mr.. Debuchi
replied that he did not consider that
statement very important and that,
after all, ''it is through Japan that
American cotton is sold to the 10000 900
Manchukuans, In the same way as some
40 per cent of the total American ex-
ports into China proper are marketed
through japanese middlemen."
Japan has been haId hit economi-
cally like most other countries by the
wave of depression but there are dis
tinct signs Of Improvement" he stated
in discussing the interior situation Of
his country. I'm certain districts there
is a very distinct Improvement. This
Is due to two factors. One is that the
government has allotted certain sums
OF money for public WORKS such as
roads The other and the more impor-
tant one Is that the japanese arSenals,
the private ammunition factories and
the navy yards are working full time.
The manufacture of war materials is
IN full swing in Japan and that helps
not only the munition and arms fac
tories but every other branch Of the
japanese industry. The japanese gov
eminent harbors no secret desire to
wage war on any country, but our
stores of ammunition have been de-
pleted by the Manchurian and Shang-
hal campaigns and the government Is
at present busy replacing the wasted
material and bringing up to date the
war material so rs not to be behind the
other nations. The japanese war ma
terial needed modernization and the
government has decided to do this now,
during the present depression. in order
to provide work for our industries and
for unemployed The manufacture Of
war implements requires great activity
in q number of indirectly affiliated in
dustries and consequently the febrile
activities Of the Japanese ar5en2ls and
munition factories must not be inter-
preted as japan preparing for var but
merely as means to help the suffering
industries"