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Show Japan, China's Friend Tho fundamental policy of Jr"Bt toward China, It cannot bo too st.ww, ly emphasized, is to cement tho bom of nmlty and friendship between the two nntlons nnd properly to safeguard thereby their common Interests. Self protection nnd tho protection so far as It Is within her right nnd privilege of her neighbor against European aggression, ag-gression, could not but have been tho controlling spirit which actuated Japan's recent move. Tho urgency of taking theso protective measures presses upon ono, when ho sees tho world In its present unprecedented commotion. Diplomatic language Is so suavo and Indirect that Its full force Is not easily appreciated. What Japan told China In tho recent negotiations ne-gotiations might bo rendered In plain English something llko this: "Tho colossal strugglo wo nrer witnessing wit-nessing in Europo Is bound to affect us tremendously also. What will bo the extent of tho remapping of Europo Eur-opo within Its own confines ns tho result of the war This no ono can ut present tell. It is, however, beyond be-yond doubt that European powers will move nfter tho war with redoubled energy toward tho lino of leaBt resist-nnso resist-nnso In other parts of tho world, cither for further gain by tho victors or to recoup themselves on tho part ot tho defeated for tho losses sustained. sustain-ed. Tho Far East, unfortunntely, Is scountcd among such profitable fields of exploitation. Let us, then, bo prepared to protect ourselves lest wo bo caught napping. Wo nro brothers by race, tradition nnd culture. Wo nro neighbors, too, related ns your saying goes ns lips to teeth, and it Is truo when tho lips wither tho teeth go to decay. Our destinies nro linked link-ed togethor, your safety and mlno nro ono nnd tho same In tho past untold un-told disasters havo befallen you you havo seen European encroachment upon your soil. Thoy havo seized fair spots of your land nnd havo mapped map-ped out therein what thoy euphemistically euphemis-tically call sphoros of Influence . Lot tho history no moro bo repeated. KI-nochow KI-nochow has Just been wrested from Oormany and It Is my Intention to restoro It to you. But let us mako sure that Klaochow with all tha't It means will not bo lost to you again. Russia was onco driven out from South Manchuria, but who cdn assure us that It is safe from tho hoofs ot tho Cossacks unless my status there-In there-In bo consolldater "nnd strengthened You aro blessed with vast resources In land and hidden trcnBuro. Grant me, then, tho privilege of participating participat-ing In their development, so that wo shall grow together In strength, wealth and power. Above all, let amity and friendship bo our guldo, our motto, for wo stand or fall together. to-gether. Thus and only thus can n lasting penco In the Far East bo secured." se-cured." Would that China might tako Jap-nn Jap-nn for her best friend I China has, however, many suitors and Is often nt a loss to select her truo lover. This fact, coupled with China's weakness, weak-ness, makes tho position of Japan in tho Far East an extremely dlfucult and dollcato one, nnd tho correct adjustment ad-justment of tho Chlno Japaneso relation re-lation a hard task. That Japan wants China for tho Chlneso ennnot bo gainsaid. To Impute, as somo critics nro persistently doing, that Japan harbors a sinister design of Ultimately Ultimate-ly making China a second Korea Is simply ridiculous. It Is tantamount to confeslng their lgnoranco of the dynamic dy-namic strength of Chlnn and putting a poor estimate on tho Intelligence of Japaneso statesmen. Such nn undertaking un-dertaking Is not only boyond tho rango of possibility but would be to court disaster and ruin for tho conqueror. con-queror. While Japan wants Chlnn for tho Chlneso she, however, wnnts her to bo a self reliant, strong neighbor neigh-bor state, not a moribund one powerless power-less to resist tho pressure and exac-ctlons exac-ctlons of European Powers.. For on this condition depends Jnpan's own wolfnro.' American Ilovlew of Ho-vlows. |
