Evening star., 1933-08-06
Japan SEES WAR CERTAIN
THOUGH EAGER For PEACE
How to Resume Position in the Interna.
tional Concert and Retain Advantages
Gained in China Is Problem.

war is also considered partly as retail
alton for Japan's desertion Of the
League.
Speaking editorially, the Miyako says:
"It is a matter of regret that the United
States Is bent on increasing her Navy,
which seems to the japanese adequate
for the needs of the moment If the
new construction of the United States
puts Japan at disadvantage at the
1896 conference we shall have all We
can do to counteract the situation. The
United States is not menaced by any
country. 1t is wealthy and can frus-
trate any aggressive designs on thc part
OF any country.
President Roosevelt says that the
present building program has for its
object relief for the unemployed 1t is
hard to believe it. The present program
Is part Of plan for American don1i-
nation OF the world. One cannot but
be pessimistic about the outcome Of the
Disarmament Conference, while lead
ing nation, one of the sponsors Of the
meeting, is piling up ornaments.
Britain and the United States are
putting pressure upon Japan, the one
IN the field of economy and the other
in military direction The difficulties
oesetting Japan are great But we are
sure that the government and the peo-
pie will rise to the occasion"
In otner quarters Great Britain IS
seen as the root of Japan's worries.
Even after a decade resentment still is
great over the abrogation of the Anglo
japanese pact. Then Japan was led
to believe that 1t was American pres
sure that caused London to abandon
her wartime alliance. Now she knows
Inherently. Consequently, many i'm
portant leaders are demanding that
Japan go the limit to win American
friendship. The Hokkai Times of Sap.
pore says:
Though it feigned a pro-Japanese
attitude at Geneva, Britain BETRAYED
Japan's confidence at the eleventh hour
thereby greatly angering the entire
Japanese nation. Then Britain directed
Its anti-Japanese policy to the trade
and commerce between Japan and In
ola, and caused the Indian government
to abrogate the Indo-Japanese Trade
Convention. At Britain's instigation,
furthermore, India has imposed pro-
hibitory tariffs on japanese imports.
1t has thus become quite evident that
Britain is trying to kill two birds with
one stone in chastising Japan, which
| severed relations with the League
against Englands will. While pressure
is being brought to bear upon Japan,
British commercial interests in India
are being made supreme. The situation
is too much for Japan to bear"
The Hokkai Times then argues what
many other Japanese newspapers are
urging. namely, the cultivation of
American friendship
IF Japan finds it impossible to enter
into close relations with both the United
States and Great Britain at the same
time, and must choose between them, it
| had better turn to the United States"
says the Times. Great Britain has been
welding power for three centuries, but
her star is now declining Though she
Will net be ruined during the next
decade or two, Britain has passed the
height Of her glory. Britain is like
woman of more than go years No mat
| ter how she decorates herself, she will
have trouble in attracting men Amer
lea. like girl in her teens, has vitality
and rosy future"
Immediate negotiation of an arbitra-
ton treaty with the United States is
advocated by ASahi, the most powerful
newspaper in Japan, which has a repu-
tation for making and unmaking cab
lnets. Premier Viscount Saito, head of
a national cabinet" also favors such
a pact as soon as possible Viscount
Ishii has instructions to make such pro-
| posals to President Roosevelt at the
proper moment. However, since Japan
| heretofore steadfastly refused to accede
to the Bryan treaties, or accept the
Hague Court protocol calling for COM
pulsory arbitration, her present sin
| cerity is certain to be questioned. De-
claring that Viscount Ishii will shortly
enter into negotiations with, Secretary
of State Hull, Asahi adds: 1T is easy
| to imagine the nature of the treaty -
it will be something along the lines of
the Japan-American arbitration treaty
of 1908, subsequently allowed to lapse.
and the Bryan pacts for maintenance
of peace which were concluded between
the United States and more than 80
| countries in 1913"