Evening star., 1942-02-15
Attitude of Millions of Asiatics
Held Big Factor In Jap Successes
Nippon Overlordship; Importance of
i. S. Loan to Chang
By Felir Morley.

may be explained by military terroriza-
ton. Perhaps, however, 1t r'ee"c that
the much h-advertised Japanese doctrine
of Asia for the Asiatics is beginning to get
results.
In any case, it would be most ill-advised
to ignore the latter possibility, or to
attempt to conceal 1t by the scarcely
accurate and decidedly ineffective desig-
nation OF native leaders like Gen. Agui-
naldo as Asiatic "Quislings."
The program Of Japanese imperialism
is generally enviSaged in terms OF the
Tanaka Memorial, document of doubt
full authenticity which nevertheless rep
resented with at least fair accuracy the
ambitions not merely of Baron Tanaka
but also Of the whole positive" school
in Japanese diplomacy.
The Tanaka Memorial.
According to the version first made
public in China in 1881, the Tanaka
Memorial contemplated the military con-
quest Of that country as mere prelimi-
nary to further expansion. IF we sue
ceed in conquering China" said the
memorial, the rest Of the Asiatic coun-
tries and the South Sea countries will
fear us and surrender to u.s. Then the
world will realize that Eastern Asia is
ours and will not dare to violate our
rights"
In fact, this further expansion, at least
up to the borders Of India and the is
lands that fringe Australia is proceeding
without prior fulillment of the COM
plete conquest Of China. There is effec-
tive japanese control of all the Chinese
ports. the more important cities, the
populous Yangtze Valley, Manchuria and
the part of China proper adjacent
thereto. There is puppet Chinese gov
ernment at Marking as well as in what
is now called Manchukuo. But Chang
Kai-shek still fights on.
The question Is how long, lacking the
effective military support which is more
necessary to them than money, he can
continue to do So For there is real dan
ger now that at least large proportion
OF the Chinese in occupied territory,
increasingly accustomed to Japanese
control and finding any other prospect
unattainable, may come to accept the
present situation
On that outcome, rather than on the
military defeat of Chang Kai-shek, the
japanese seem to be relying. Increasing
economic cooperation from occupied
China is all they need. Indeed the mill
tary occupation of all China would be far
less profitable to them than the energetic
exploitation of their new conquests.
Satellite States Envisioned.
1t is not the political subjugation but
the economic domination of the Far East
at which Japan aims Toxic wants the
Chinese to be customers, not enemies.
Manchukuo provides the pattern for the
empire of satellite states which is en-
visaged.
And, If we are to attain the realistic
attitude which the administration ad-
vises, 1t must be said that many factors
are operating in behalf of japanese sue
cess. Not least among them is the atti-
tude of these inarticulate and wholly
illiterate millions of Asiatics to whom
control by Japan seems merely change
in that foreign domination to which they
have long been accustomed.
Five years ago an American-educated
Chinese, DR.. No-Yong Park, published in
this country prophetic book which at
tracted too little attention at the time.
Entitled Retreat of the West" it was DR..
Parks argument that Western imperial
ism in Asia was even then finished: that
even if Japan did not throw the white
man out, the other Asiatic peoples would
eventually combine to do So
This world-shaking development, DR..
Park concluded, would be accomplished
more by fratricidal strife among the
white nations than by Asiatic aggressive
ness. 1.-THE white men," he said, will
bring about their own retreat by waging
their Christian wars. Because of their
inability to set their own houses in order
and because of their utter helplessness in
preventing incessant wars among them
selves, the white men have forfeited not
only their privilege to rule over other
races, but their inherent right to rule
over their own people"
Possibly the future will demonstrate
that the Far Eastern theater, far from
being a side show, is in reality the vitality
significant part of this world upheaval.
Perhaps the historians will eventually
conclude that the ceaSeless wars which
measure Europe's decadence were merely
the sanguinary prelude to white retreat
from Asia