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Show JAPAN S DOCTRINE Mr K K Kawakam a gentleman of , ppon author of American Japanese Relations and As a at the Door has come to the defense of Japan s aggress ons in Ch na He describes the pol cy as fapan s Monroe Doctr ne for China The phrase so to speak is instantaneously lluminat ng and no better method of defend ng Japa could be adopted in an appeal fo Amen ans, Ise ertheless tie elalora t on of he argument reveals the tal differences 1 etween our Monroe doc trine and Japan s Mr Kawakam who s n anager of the Pacific Press at ban Franc sco 9 as courtly as a Samura and as s holar y as a un ers ty professo Conse quently ho wr tes with an all r ng pen H s effort however to pet re the men of N ppon as p ous and n ocent Japanese schoolboys who have been the i tims of western 1 zations anl aggressions s son ewhat d s ng nuous He p ctures Japan as a happ co tented id 11 e ountry where 1 fe was one round of paBtoral jojs unt I the big guns of American battleships for ed open the door b nee then the la a nese have been compelled to take p the b dens ot western c 1 zat on to str ggl n a d stress ng ommere al s Ve a se weste n ma h ne has b en thr st po them and ha ing made themselve a great nat on after the o c dental fash o to prov de for the pro te t on of he nat on st s e 1 n ted States has ro d for ts p o b mPans of the Mo roe do t n It s only ne e sary to te so e of tl e Tafanese demands o how the J t n on e ween Tar an h o r n a 1 0 nv Thut T a ah ug gl ts e n Mo o nit rght of eo regar 1 nt, the onstr t on t ra lwa s t r T at hina sh t a f t la u al man n n n eg m a Shan ng T t I a ha t e ng a Iw 3 a ok ns t 1 n Tl t Far n sh o t th I na co t h II n g o v Tab onn ! P K f t n h n n n la 1 t r h o J e v n h h b 1 U k h n h a r h e Ch na s ntegnty aga nst the w powe s wh ch are les r bed as ne 1 to pa t t on Ch na unless I n te ones Not lthstand ng the broad leniands m le 1 v Japan an American apprec te the t e of tl e content on that Japan m st protect tself against for e aggress on an 1 she annot be con le nel for adopt ng a Monroe doctr ne fo 4.6 a The h ef object on s that th new Monroe dqctr ne prepares the wa for Japanese o nersh p of Ch na Accord n; to the latest adv ces from I k ng add t onal demands are to be ma Je upon Ch na by the Japanese go ernment One of them s substant al ate pat on in the adm u strat on of h nese usto s Another is part c pa t on in the salt monopoly wh ch next to the customs s the ma n so rce of Ch nese revenue Without doubt the Japanese are treading upon dangerous ground for the c stoms serv ce s now a Im nistered by Great Br tain un ler a loan agreement and the salt monopoly is controlled i,o ntly by a representative of the Br t sh gov ernment and the Chi nese War cond tions in Great Brita n w 11 have to be desperate indeed if Japan s allowed to invado the rights and privileges of that co ntry w th impun ty Lven allowing that John Bull s hands are tied for the present and that thore is no way to pre ent Japan from aocompl sh ng her purpose we may be sure that once the European war is over the attent on of all the great pow ers will be att acted to the orient The United States would certainly take part in the negot ations as one of the s gners of the con Sntion g aranteeing the openfoor and the integrity of China Of course t s poss ble that a secret (agreement ox sts between Great Brita n and Japan u regard to the add t onal burdens to be placed upon China |