Show fR E E PHILIPPINES f IS 5 PROPOSAL OF i JAPANESE Control of Pacific Fr Frankly Discussed by Member r 4 J of Mikado's Board I II I Dy fly International News Service 1 SAN SAN FRAN FRANCISCO ISCO Oct 3 A A A re remarkable ro- ro re-I re formula for tho the I settlement of the control o of or tho Pacific ing ng for a declaration of tho Independence ence of tho Philippines as well as for the tho disarmament and razing of Japans Japan's r- r fortifications 4 on l Formosa ormo a and the tho Marshall Marhan islands was pronounced yes yes- t at the I Fairmont hotel by Kot Kotaro Ko- Ko t taro tro ro member of the Jap Jap- parliament and one of ot the visiting visit visit- ing tg commission of or Japanese parlia k T T I-T By Kotaro M. M P. P The Tue United States which declared J war r against German militarism on I tana anI ought not to be suspected that ho Is te now preparing to establish that n militarism on the Pacific ocean et us discuss these matters in all alt frankness and let us avoid all the theof of tortuous diplomacy I. I Frankly the Japanese nation has hen era shocked to hear of or the projected It of at a large American flavy SaTY as laid down In your navy bill of r Ia last talt t March According to this bill Tapan fin under her present program will have ten battleships in 1917 the United States replying with thirteen same lame takes place in 1918 In 1919 w only have ten and you reply with In 1920 we again have ha t I-t ton ten and you have twenty-three twenty while 1921 In we have eleven as compared f th the twenty-six twenty ships of or t the e ei i United States p It is my own fear at least that Kb places the United States in the ther r Ii of ot controlling the Pacific for Cor rila this large fleet is not noL mere mere- being built for the purposes of ot the 0 OF MISUNDERSTANDING Here ere is II where misunderstanding ex exists ex- ex fits between you and us YOU ou ou have been told by many of your ln and by such books hooks as The Jap- Jap ieee Invasion lon and The Menace of or M p n. n that there exists a danger langer that Japan will take your colonies I we utterly deny den But It I you en- en fis tain such fears fears' then n the remedy i simple Why not make male the Philippines in- in j states If you then still bt our motives England and t. t nee ace two pow powers rs friendly lIy to the sifted States State and both having ha great I j i in the South Pacific them them- I may mar be called upon to guarani guaran- guaran i Lee Independence the of the Ameri- Ameri I I j San in l possessions Japan herself will r dlly guarantee this Independence tl 11 j We Ve on our part are ready realy to meet more than half hal way and to toke ake ke it completely unnecessary for tor ford d T to 10 maintain such a huge liugi fleet in ft For one thing we would nb agree to disarm and ra raze ze I die fortifications on Formosa the I all Islam and on some other t v i I ere has bas been a n campaign going I t. t ML In America insisting that the V United U ted States should its nast na navy I i st Japan This has caused our i worries I i and of ot be The government I J. J Japan pan n are most anxious to maintain I i i cordial relations with the United I 9 States We Ve are anxious to know kno I t your four true feelings toward Japan as I knowledge e will shape our future I Icy toward Am America I REGARDING GARDING CHINAi CHINA I i Ia In regard to China it seems that many Americans have thought we iere were ready to make a second Korea 1 of of China China to to monopolize her ier This Is not to so we have never ne yet in history shown ourselves to be Jingoes Let America and Japan work together in Let us finance tier her together I and ad supply China with the If needed to establish the gold stand stand- tag A in that country Above all let the United States and J. J Japan be frank be frank with each other Let Told avoid diplomacy For S j f IS diplomacy with its peculiar its and old Machiavellian formulas has done much to precipitate the war warIn warl l Id In Europe Over there they became so o 0 enmeshed in diplomacy that they lost themselves in it A little plain might have saved the situation situation situa situa- tion Uon in August 1914 Who knows know if it England gland had bad definitely told Germany that she intended to fight if IC even then Germany German would not have withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn Therefore let let Japan and America avoid this old di diplomacy diplomacy dl- dl and let us speak to each other In plain everyday language As to the great war I believe we i will have peRr on a compromise I j Though educated at the Inner Temple London I have hare been a close chose student I of at Germany and have hare written a book bookin I in German called Das 1 I Deutschland Germany of ot Today I do not believe Germany German ought to toI I be crushed or that she can be crushed |