Evening star., 1939-08-28


been that events '''''$S -
were drawing the David Lawrence.
United States into position of ma
tural enmity and possibly ultimate
war with Japan would appear to
be groundless henceforth.
Japan's determination to cut loose
from European power politics, and
make friends where she can, places
her back where she was before some
of her militarists became enamored
of German intrigue. The same
reasons which for decades past
caused the Anglo-Japanese offensive
and defensive alliance to be main
tanned are now operative again.
This alliance was terminated in
1921 only because the United States
together with Japan and Great
Britain and six other powers agreed
on a treaty of mutual consultation
on affairs that might arise in the
Pacific.
Today it is possible for the United
States to hold forth the hand of
sincere friendship to Japan and to
ask in all earnestness that Japan
return to the famous nine-poWer
pact as a basis for new setup III
the Far East. Clearly there is op-
portunity now to recognize Japan's
sphere of influence in China and
vicinity, but this does not mean
that China's territorial integrity or
Japan's economic opportunities
therein need be in the slightest
degree impaired.
Needs Economic Partnership.
What Japan needs is an economic
partnership in the world. British
and American capital can furnish
the sineWs of such partnership,
while Japan can furnish the admin
istrative aid that is needed to indus
trialize and develop Chinese re-
sources. The United States, Great
Britain, the Netherlands, France and,
at times, Germany, have heretofore
acted in a sort of economic alliance
In regard to China's resources and
the interests of all concerned, in
Guiding those of China, have pros
pered thereby.
Japan today is under the severest
economic strain of her history in
attempting to digest her far-f1ung
operations in China. The time has
come to adjust Japanese economy
to new circumstances, and one OF
these might we'll be termination OF
the war in China and the negotia-
ton of peace treaty in which eco
nomic factors will be taken fully
into consideration SO that the eco
nomic outlets sought by the original
Japanese adventure in China may
in part be realized through policy
of peaceful understanding.
If peace comes in the Far East, ii
Japan and Great Britain and the
United States draw closer together
the expense for naval armament
both in Washington and Toxic, can
be reduced and the taxpayers of both
countries greatly relieved. But this
reduction in cost cannot be realized
until America and Japan revise
their naval limitation treaty of 1921
which expired in 1881. This might
be the subject of new conference
on affairs of the Pacific.
The fact that Japan and the
United States no longer need look
askance at one another might per-
NIT the withdrawal of a substantial
part of the American Fleet for patrol
uses In the Atlantic Ocean, thus add
Ing to the balance of naval power
of the democratic nations in waters
between America and Europe. This
circumstance alone would have hao
q material effect on European events
these last three years, but that was
the very reason why Berlin tried
to stimulate Toxic to keep a British
and American fleet occupied in Fal
Eastern waters through a series o1
provocative incidents.
But now all this is changed anc
Russia becomes menace to Japan
knowing that no Germans will cross
Russian frontiers in Europe. Ber.
Inns policy heretofore had beer
aimed at worrying Russia in Europe
in the event of Russian-Japanese
trouble in the Siberian area. The
logical move for the Japanese now
is to ally themselves with the British
group of states.
With respect to domestic currents
the Russian alliance car
have many interesting effects. Fol
one thing, Communists within the
United States will no longer find any
sympathy on the left wi g or liberia
side nor have they had any friends
anyway on the conservative side
Nazi attacks on Jews for alleged
Communistic sympathy will soune
hollow; in fact, the whole bottom
drops out of the anti-Je 'ish cam.
paign so far as the theme of Naz
propaganda in countries outside o1
Germany Is concerned. Unquestion.
ably much Of the anti-Semitic feel.
ing stirred up by Nazi agents ir
America has been generated by tn.
argument that Jews are Communist
and want to drag America into wal
to help fight the battles of Com
munism.
Assumption Again Refuted.
Today this assumption, which ha
been again and again disproved, ha
been clearly refuted by the Rus
sian-German alliance. AS for tn
minority of elements in Catholi
circles who have been carrying OF
anti-Semitic propaganda somewha
identical with that of the Naz