Show THE AMBITION OF THE JAPANESE assuming a a fact that needs no proof that the japanese demands au have grown as a consequence of UK empires success in the war thamas F mallard in an article ii ners proceeds to recount sonn of the subtle insidious work of ilu propaganda in preparing the japanese people as well as the rest of tte world for the imperial ambition tho greater newer japan with more territory on the mainland than in the is ands themselves looms up before as the clearly defined aim of 9 fe y ambitious japanese statesmen H bays speaking of public opinion ai w japanese capital 1 I have noticed colored cartoons 1 the shops couched in the same spirit of vainglorious pride that the war prints outlining the new japan which will be the result of ita war delineated in map form chest cartoons make a very pretty geographical composition calculated to stimulate to the utmost the rising tide of japanese imperialism they embrace that part of siberia east of the amur including the of Sag hallen the eastern halt of manchuria or the liau tung proper somewhat extended ana the whole oi corea this converts as a glance at the map will show the sea of japan into another inland iaea politically speaking it is truly a vry pretty ambri ion that is thus sinking into the mind and heart of the average japanese there is not the slightest reasonable doubt that it is being quietly stimulated by the ruling oligarchy which is at present entirely under the control of the military party and it occasion arise it may be pointed to as reason why the government cannot comply with its first announced intentions the war party Is so completely in the saddle that it scarcely deigns to listen to he suggestions much lea be influenced by the civil branches the conservatism ii being rapidly pushed into the baclic ground the war department rules i country and for the moment sway alio destiny and impulses of the soon after the battle of mukden kodama chief of the general an the real brains of the army to tokio to consult with the govera ment in regard to the continuation 01 the war all military plans when mukden was taken beyond thera begins a now policy born of the coa of success |