The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-12
japan at the Controls

l. ganize powerful mainland empire in Asa7'
Here's the way figure it out. If there are any
holes in our reasoning we'd like to know about them
On the North China 'front.' Japan's armies are pro-
ceeding practically on schedule. Chna's best troops
are fighting around Shanghai Up to now, the wide
spread suspicion that Stain is too
weak at home to fight-witness
A'e0 u "O"e the continuing Russian executions
lis substantated by the rather solid fact that Stain
hasn't moved to stop Japan yet And 1t is expected
that the Chinese will let the japanese get down to the
Yellow River before Chinese resistance the northern
fronts stiffens.
If japan does thus extend its Chinese empire to the
Yellow River with line ending little north of
SHANGHAI if not at Shanghai Japan will have gained
control of about 1OOO00,OOO people. 1t already
controls about 100000 in Manchukuo and Jehol,
about 100000 in Korea and from 100000 to 500O,-
900 in Mongolia.
These people are among the hardest working most
resourceful and most intelligent people in the world.
They will work in cases for ten cents day. and
up to fifty cents, as against the far higher wages
charged by American labor.
Japan will also have acquired large of cheap
iron and coal and oil, three things Japan badly
needs.
Japan knows how to make as good ships anybody
in the world and good guns, and good soldiers.
With material and labor costs cut far below Western
v-,, n. levels, Japan will be able to build
enough merchant ships to grab most
of world carrying trade.
With its Chinese empire working for it, Japan will
probably follow the immemoria habit Of conquerors
by setting out to conquer more terrtory-probably
China below the Yellow River first, and then-well,
you guess. Our guess that Japan will call for show
down fgh against all or important parts of the hated
white race
That Japan can organize conquered people has al
ready been demonstrated Manchukuo grabbed in
1882 isn't paying dividends yet But the Japanese
Mn,,oh,L,,o have great hopes there They have
49, V~~.~ found the local Chinese doce and will
ing; rather relieved, indeed, to have
only regular stated taxes to pay in place of the tribute
formerly taken from them by every rowing war lord
who happened along
In Korea-made independent" of China by the
ChneseJapanese War of 189495 Russians kicked COM
pleely out in 1906 formally annexed by Japan in 1910
the organization work is proceeding smoothly The
farmers kick in with their taxes the gold and silver
and copper and lead mines operated by foreigners
pay good royalties to Japan and altogether the Japa-
investment in Korea can be taken as forecast
of what Japan do far larger scale throughout
North China all China.
That we should fight to prevent world history from
taking this turn to be unthinkable to most
Americans at this time. 1t may go being unthink
able no matter how many Chinese
Stop EN- NOW, women and children are killed by
Or Try Later? Japanese air raiders and battle
ships.
But we think this is legitimate subject for debates
Shall we help China indirectly by making it easy for
China and hard for Japan to get supplies from this
country7 It's the other way round now Shall we,
indeed go step farther than that, and in concert
with the British navy impose ongdstance blockade
Japan to cut off most of the imports by which Japan