The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05

prince Inlnk ABOUT after
confidential diplomatic mis-
sion to the United States?
We are able to answer this
question from the notes Of
Prince Fuminaro Konoe, Pres.
ident of the Japanese House of
Peers who had a very eventual trip
to this country recently. In order
not to get the prince in bad, the
Osaka Mainichi, and the Tokyo
Nichi Nichi 1.-TWO leading Jsspanese
newspapers announce thatA they
take full responsibility" fori pub-
fishing the princes views.
Prince Konoe, without any Afan~
flare in the American press. Waited
President Roosevelt, ex-presidA ent
Hoover, Thomas w. Lamont and
Mr.. Anderson of j. P. Morgan b
Co, Col. House, eX-viee- president
Dawes, and many others here who
determine the war policies of Amer
lean imperialism.
THE princes purpose in visiting
1 these individuals was to find out
what their attitude would be in the
event of a Japanese war against the
Soviet Union. He also wanted to
find out what their attitude was on
Manchukuo and the rest of China.
The most important information.
of course, he received from J. P,
Morgan & Co. officials who seemed
to know just where to send the
prince in order to help him line up
American bankers support for jap
anese imperiahsts' ventures against
the Soviet Union.
We quote the prince himself: 4
Thomas Lamont of the Nor
gan company told me that Pres
ident Roosevelt is no expert in
diplomacy and that Secretary of
State Hull is more of financier
than diplomat and is particu-
larry unfamiliar with affairs of
the Far East. He said that DIR.
HOrnbeck has a rather important
say in Americas policy in the
Orient"
DR.. Stanley K. Hornbeck is chief
of the Far Eastern section of the
State Department, and apparently
quite close to Morgan and Co.
The prince got encouragement for
japanese war plans against the U,
S. S. r. in high banking circles in
the U. S. Again we refer to the
princes own notes of his conversa-
ton with eX-Vice President Charles
Gates Dawes, now Chicago bank
err:
Dawes said: If in Mexico a
situation like that in Manchuria
prevailed, t he United States
would surely have gone further
than Japan has,
He said that in his opinion
Japan isn't pushing the matter
boldly enough"
THAT, of course, was before the
vicious war provocations on the
Chinese Eastern Railway against
the Soviet Union. Dawes now
surely must be inspired by Japanese
imperialiSt boldneSs.
The prince was told by Thomas
w. Lamont of Morgan and Co.
that American and japanese inn
perialism should cooperate in the
exploitation and plumber of China.
Lamont, as close friend and we'll
wisher of the military clique in
Japan, criticized the METHODS of
the Japanese militarists as tending
to expose themselves before the
eyes of the world
Regarding these points," the
prince comments, Il endeavored to
explain the truth. In my talk with
Mr.. Lamont, he stated that he
would discuss everything frankly,
In truth, he complained consider
ably of the methods employed by
Nippon, His opinions / brought
back among my many references
on American opinion"
Lamont's considerable complains
ing is IN the nature of self criticism,
as j. P. Morgan g. Co. are heavily
interested in Japan's military VEN
lures financially, and do not want
them to make blunder in the
methods of beginning the war
against the common enemy, the So
Wet Union.
Col. House, Wilson'S war adviser,
told the prince that Japanese i'm
perlalism was playing a dangerous
military game. The Colonel re-
marked that everything Japan does
points toward making her a second
Germany. The world at large 10
at the present involved in sort
OF vast revolution. Taking advans
tage of this, Japan is attempting q
gigantic plot in the Far East"
pRINCE KONOE, who was sent to
the United States to find out
precisely how much financial and
other support Japan could obtain
Tor war against the Soviet Union,
Goes not report precisely on this
point. He sums up his conferences
IN American banking, political and
industrial circles as follows:
The general American sentiment
toward Japan land this, of course,
means the sentiment of j. P. Nor
gan and Co., the banker Dawes,
Col. House, ct ALL. c. is divided,
featuring the contrary feelings that
Nippon is attempting too much, and
mat she should push her Far
Eastern policy more aggressively.
American sentiment seems to be
That Manchukuo is a fat accompli
I'm other words, it's in the bag,
and that nothing now will alter the
situation. It is unlikely, therefore,
tnat the U. S. will positively try to
interfere in the Manchurian ISSUE
In other words, those with "con-
trary feelings" will not interfere