Show A WIDE OPEN DOOR FOR JAPAN the combined area of manchuria and corea is three limes that of japan while tha population of japan Is twice as large a that of the two countries first named manchuria and coroa produce more foodstuff than they can consume and therefore japan can depend on them for this class of necessary supplies modern methods and machinery tho introduction of which may reasonably be expected to follow the termination of hostilities between russia and japan will largely increase the productive power of manchuria and corea count okuma recognizes this in an article in the sun trade journal of tokio and states thai a prosperous commerce will be established in the far east by japan importing raw material from and exporting manufactured goods to the continent of asia continuing ho davs manchuria wheat is said to be superior in quality to canadian heat bur the most promising enterprise in manchuria will be the plantation of beets for the manufactures of sugar the manchurian Manc hurlan climate is similar to the german so the raising of beets is quite as feasible there aa in germany already japan consumes about tons of sugar a year we may ba able not only to discontinue sugar imports from germany but to export refined manchuria ali e object of the war is the open door and not territorial occupation the suzerainty of manchuria roust be returned to china under certain con dibons but not anul order has been restored and its future safety guaranteed then we may expect great industrial du prosperity there economic loss sustained by us on account of the war will be mora than balanced by the profits 0 o shall derive from the economic exploitation of manchuria this will form a basis for the solution of the population problem of japan it djs a mistaken opinion that japanese occupation of manchuria and corea Is of primary importance in order to push forward our economic enterprise ter prise there japan by this war has obtained a predominant position in manchurian and corean economics and the present Is the moment vien the question of exploiting those coun brieg ought to be economically solved |