Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-04-17 | Page 10 | Japanese Policy toward Chinese Being Observed

JAPANESE POliCY TOWARD CHINESE a Imitates U. U S Sin S. S in Dealing With Sister Sis Sis- Sister ter Nation t INDUSTRY BACKS HIM Attitude May Mean Great Change By J J. J W. W T. T MASON NEW YORK YORIS A April ril 16 United Press Press Japan Japan js developing an aT aTen en entirely en- en new policy In the the- orient which is Js based largely on the thc lessons Foreign For Foreign Foreign For For- eign Minister 1 Baron b r ra learned of Americas America's friendliness ness toward the Chinese during his t rm as Japanese ambassador at Wash Wash- ington ington Japan formerly believed that mailed fist would best serve her purpose in China Chin coupled with a lavish use lse of money to insure the favorable I I I tion of ot Peking toward Japanese as as- as The military powers powers In Tokio dictated this attitude which cost the Japanese enormous losses both in in li-i prestige and In gold Baron is now directing a ch change which the Japanese people people people peo peo- are viewing critically though thought t to the present not with liness The Japanese foreign office wants to keep leep on amicable terms with China being lenient in judgment judgment judg judg- ment and giving the Chinese all possible ti time ne to reorganize and stabilize sta stabilize stabilize sta sta- their government This Is Identical with the attitude of ot the United States Baron has always been liberal liber I In his views and frien friendly ly toward democratic principles During the preliminary negotiations preceding the Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington arms limitation conference he believed the first in the good Intentions of 01 the United States at a time when there was consIderable considerable considerable consid consId- erable International as asto asto asto to the real reason tor for Americas America's desire to limit warship tion PATTERNS AFTER U. 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S No v he is patterning his Chinese policy on Washington's and for the moment he is In Ia control of the situation at Tokio Big business Ju In Japan is Js temporarily supporting him and the general inclination ISto is isto isto to togie give gi him a tree hand though with everything in readiness to check him If events do not his viewpoint In Japan the army and arid navy are not under the full control of the government The minister of marine and the minister minister- of war In Ip times past have adopted their ow own policies and have forced the foreign office into strange A I slight blight c ci cJ tins tills was Willi heard after the disturbance disturbance disturb disturb- ance nce when Chinese ashore persisted in firing tiring on Japanese ships removing ing ig Japanese Javanese refugees The rhe Jap- Jap anes anase commander sharply and ef effectively effectivelY et- et warned the Chine Chinese e that unless this proceeding stopped he would return the fire tire without awaiting advices from Tokio That local ultimatum in reality meant that Baron pacifism could not be used by the Chi Chinese ese to behave like unruly children children chil chit dren and treat the Japanese as too long suffering The Japanese navy would not follow Baron if their flag were to be with Impunity Nevertheless Baron has succeeded better than any of his predecessors at the Tokio foreign In directing an oriental policy with without ut I being subjected to constant P peti s- s sure from the two service minis minis- tries If It Baron attitude Is proven by future consequences to have been right It will mark a change of great importance in the of goverd- goverd govern gover governmental mental responsibility in Japan That Is to say not riot only China but also Japan may gain very much nuch from the policy Jap Jap- anese-American anese rel relations too are likely to be benefited by the similarity similarity similarity simi simi- larity of feeling toward China bythe by bythe bythe the two governments I IS SUSPECTED There js is an inevitable suspicion I of Russia in Japan because the two powers power have conflicting aims In the far east The Russians have havo al always always al al- ways sought bought an un oriental expansion which It is Js vital to Japan to resist Russia has so much territory and Japan so little that the Japan Japanese se cannot survive as a great power if ir the Russians were to push them back from the Asiatic mainland There are differences of opinion as asto asto asto to the extent of Russian Influence on the south Chinese but it Is certain certain tam tain that Russian advisers are the theony ony foreigners having influence with the Cantonese There h have ve been outbreaks against American British and Japanese citizens but none against Russians Japans Japan's friendliness toward the Cantonese thus In part is dictated by a desire to check any growth in Russian power It is not possible possible pos pos- sible to know v with certainty whether the south Chinese can an unite China permanently But if it the Improbable were to happen and If Ef Russia alone were to emerge as the friend of the new China Chiria Jap Japan n would be In iii a peculiarly difficult position Thus even strategically from rom the tho military standpoint Baron policy is is' is the right one for Tor or Japan at the present moment Should the south Chinese fall in inthe the end because C China Chini is s too Jr large e eto to 0 be governed successfully from frum a no central p point int then a new foreign minister in Told Toki can wipe the slate clean in parts and tart start the game of ot diplomatic guessing guess guess- ing ng afresh