The Washington times., 1938-01-24

nd may be at war tomorrow
lations she considers her po-
ia, Great Britain or America.
Seventy million Japanese be
lieve that Japan is fighting a
righteous war of self-defenSe in
China. and that she must fight
for her life against the white
world which wants to crush her
They believe Japan was attacked
by China at England's instigation,
and that England as well as the
Soviet Union is helping China,
illegally, out of envy and fear OF
Japan.
CHANG ASSAnED
They believe that Chang Kai
Shek, who is about as commu-
nistic as Gen. Iwane Matsui or
the japanese Emperor, himself,
is a red gangster, whose armed
thugs deliberately murdered jap
anese officers and soldiers and
massacred hundreds of japanese
civilians. They believe that II
they had not made war on China.
every Japanese on the continent
would have been slaughtered by
the Chinese.
They believe that America is
an arrogant but pusillanimous u~
ton with a big head, inordinate
greed, a second-claSs navy, and
great fear of Japan. They are
still deeply insulted by our ex.
clusion of Japanese immigrants.
They believe they have already
out-stripped us in OUR only talent,
for applied science, mechanics,
and industry. They agree with
the Chinese that we have no cul-
ture.
They believe that the Yamato
race, as they call it, has a cosmic
mission, to purify the world with
the Yamato spirit. They believe
the white race is degenerate, COW
ardly, pacifist and that it is the
divine duty Of Japan to take that
leadership of humanity which up
until now the whites have exer.
ciSed.
TRULY WORSHIP EMPEROR
Above all, they truly believe
that their Emperor is god and
since he is a Japanese god, peace
and heavenly cont ent m n t
throughout the earth can only
come when his divine majesty
rules all mankind. Sixty-five
thousand police help the japanese
believe these articles Of faith, but
the task of the police is easy. They
have only had to arrest 10000
Japanese for dangerous think
ing" in the last decade.
Around this regimented nation
is a wall so high, so thick, that
not the faintest vestige of a for
eign thought, or information, or
criticism can penetrate. Chief ele.
ment in this wall is the Japanese
language. 1t automatically seals
the vast mass of the population
away from any contact with the
foreign world.
The press is rigioIy censored.
Although the Japanese Journalists
probably indulge in many dan
gerous thoughts" they have no
opportunity to inform themselves
about the true state of affairs
abroad.
Their only chance is by meet
ing with foreigners. For that, as
well as other reasons, Japanese
authorities are bent now upon
eliminating as far as possible all
whites from the country. 1t is
hoped the despised white will be
showed out by 1914.
In 1880 there were $4,000 whites
and in 1884 only $500. Americans
and British are being squeezed out
most swiftly. The entire American
population of Japan, according tt
official Japanese reports, recedec
from 3,640 in 1880 to 2,082 in 1884
The United States has an enor
: nous japanese population in com
: parison, namely 147,000.
, EASY TO KEEP CONTROL
Thus it is easy for the japanese
government to tell the Japanesa
people anything it likes and bt
: confident that SO per cent of thu
! ! population will believe it. Toda!
y the No. l bogey is communism
and every enemy Of Japan is de
nominated Communist. The tern
Communist" is now an epithet
III. r. KnickerbOcker continue
his series of articles in tomorrow
! Washington Times.)