The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-24
THE PLAN OF WORLD
CONQUEST
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THE PLAN OF WORLD
CONQUEST
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The Japanese plans for con-
quering the world are by no
means Of recent origin. They 60
back to the "divinely sponsored"
exploits of the legendary EN-
press lingo, who is credited with
the first attempt to conquer Kor-
ca, the only world outside the
japanese islands known to Jap
anese mythology. And they
were carried forward in the
18th century by Taikun Hide
yoshi, who did invade Korea
and planned TO roll up China
like a map" But the really
serious plans and preparations
for it began when, prompted by
Commodore Perry'S ID | k
ships" Japan emerged from her
century-long seclusion and open
ed her gates to the outside world.
The plans were formulated by
Lord Hotta, premier to the last
Taikun, in memorial to the
Emperor Meiji, then boy. In
this memorial, Hotta laid down
the fundamental p i n p S
which have guided japanese pol
icy ever since, namely:
/. 1t is the will of Heaven that
the Japanese Emperor should
become the Emperor of the
World, which is the first projec-
ton of the Hakko Ichiu princi-
pie.
2. Japan's foreign policy
should always aim at establishA
Ing hegemony over all nations.
3. Japan must arm herself
militarily and economically for
that task.
HOW 1T WAS CARRIED OUT
This policy was put into prac-
tise by swift modernization and
industrialization of Japan which
amazed the world, though the
fact that it rested primarily on
4 large scale armament industry
sponsored by the state was often
overlooked. 1t garnered its first
fruits in the annexation of ad-
jacent islands, which whetted
the appetite for more. And 1t
scored its first triumphs in the
war against China in 1894-95,
' and especially in the war against
\ Russia in 1904-05. In this war,
Japan first matched her proves
against an Occidental world
power and won not only VIC
tory but also Korea.
The next step aimed at estab-
fishing Japanese hegemony over
China by stealth. While the rest
of the world was busy with the
first World War, Japan secretly
presented to the Chinese govern
ment the notorious "TWenty-one
Demands" They fell short of
success because of Chinese and
Western opposition, but they
were the first concrete revelation
of Japan's vast ambitions and
the heralds of events TO come.
These ambitions and detailed
plans for their realization were
laid down by Premier Baron
Giichi Tanaka in another me-
mortal to the throne submitted
in 1927. When first published
in 1881, this memorial was de-
nounced by the japanese as a
forgery. Today, there is no rea-
son to doubt its authenticity.
For the sake of self-protec-
ton as we'll as protection OF
others. Japan cannot remove the
difficulties in Eastern Asia UNI
less she adopts policy of blood
and iron But in carrying out
this policy we have to face the
United States, which has been
turned against us by Chinas pol
icy of fighting poison with poi
son. In the future, if we want to
control China, we must first
crush the United States just as
in the past we had to fight in the
Russo-Japanese War. But in or
der to conquer China, we must
first conquer Manchuria and
Mongolia. In order to conquer
the world, we must first conquer
China. If we succeed in con-
quering China the rest of the
Asiatic countries and the South
Sea countries will fear us and
surrender to us. Then the world
will realize that Eastern Asia is
ours and will not dare to violate
our rights.
This is the plan left to us by
Emperor Meiji. the success OF
which Is essential to our national
existence. The way to gain &C.
tual rights in Manchuria and
Z Mongolia is to use this region a
q base and under the pretense
of trade and commerce penetrate
the rest of China. Armed by
the rights already secured we
shall seize the resources all over
the country. Having China