By WILLIAM C, UTLEY MERICA for Americans, Europe for Europeans—and Asia for Asiatics. That is the marching song, figuratively, of the Jap- anese army in eastern Asia, and the eme song of the drama of imperial- dsm that is unfolding today in the vast theater of the Far East { To all appearances its true mean- ing, in the eyes of America and Euro- pean. nations is “East Asla (at least) for the Japanese.” ! The rapidly expanding power of Nippon in East Asia—which, for the present, means China—is the result of a nationalism which has been grow- ing steadily with the civilization of its — 7s UAUMU EW ® -y CHUNGKING L) o FS rad Japan Backs Demands people and came to a full awakening with the realization of those people that they had “gotten away with” the complete subjugation of Manchuria; the ever-increasing pressure of a spir- ited population to make existence by enlarging Its houndaries, and the self-discovery of a genius for making all manner of com- modities for which there is a demand at a cost low enough to get the busi ness, Japan has conquered Korea. She has an eye, it Is believed, upon the Islan f th Pacificc And she has lished a virtual pro ot North China, How she and how goon, are the question which all the world would give a cookle t« If the Japanese have gals over the “heathen Chinee” certainly also bewil while the Japanese affairs shakes his hand tude of pate anese army sneaks up | kicks him In the pants Foreign Minister the Chinese leader, shek ; leaders him a fake and a fraud. China by making Japanese le immediately them. Whi of co-operation and the common good, Japan on hand go right ahead with hods of out coercion, As an excuse for direct act Japanese army cited banditry, sup- posed to have been encouraged by the Chinese, and the assassination of two Chinese editors who had been friendly toward the Japanese policy. The army of Gen. Yu Hsueh-Chung has wit drawn south of the Yellow river and the Japanese army has moved in. room for its people's 1 «shi 1s Ir ye Manchuku generally 1s o 1 Sout! } already estab orate over will rs to a rest of the answe a f Crrpler try of foreig: with an swnal benevolence, the wehine d hit Hirota Gen, Chiang Kal- immedia dub Hirota honors an embassy of in China: the lares it's all news le Japan on one hand speaks army tely the .e gation dec to the other met we and ! ion, the Japs Will Dominate, Whatever government finally emerges in the North China area, it is certain that it will be “guided” by Japanese policy and expediency. It Is doubtful, however, If any kind of political union with Manchukuo will ensue, for the two areas combined In one would be a package mighty unwieldy to carry; the Japanese believe that it will be easler to adminster them separately. Under the provisions of the Tangku treaty of two years ago, China north of the Yellow river has been declared a demilitarized zone, but it seems the only demilitarizatjon has been carried out by the Chinese In moving to the south and west. The Japanese army is still there and is completing occu pation of the province of Chahar, which Is rich In iron ore. This, with the other three North China provinces, Hopel, Shantung and Shansi, will unite to form a new territorial unit, completely divorced from the Chinese national government and distinctly favorable in its relations with Japan and Manchukuo, Chinese coal and iron, and the op- portunity for cotton planting, particu. larly In Hopel and Shantung, have been the Incentive for most of the Japanese action; however, it Is point ed out that the loss of trade In other parts of China as a result may offset these advantages. This becomes doubly important when it 8 considered that Great Britain, America and other powers may extend financial ald to China, Waere Japan's imperialism and ex- pansion will earry it next is open for conjecture. Japan is, or was, an “island empire,” and to its south in the Pacific are many islands In which it has enormous commercial Interests. After a statement like that we in America are prone to think immedi ately of the Philippines, but more im- portant to Japan are the Netherlands East Indies, which buy more goods from Japan than does even China, Japan has an annual balance of trade with these heavily-populated islands that Is more than $35,000,000 in her favor, + As to the Philippines, Japan makes borrified gestures at the suggestion that her interests there sre anything in China With Troops. but platonic. Certainly, although fending the Philippines from Japanese attack would be a man's-sized job for America, the Japanese would venture aggression there as the islands are under the wing of Amerl- can protection. But In 1045, according to the agreement, the Ph pines w their complete poll With Amer liege of free trade de- no so long ~ present i get ndence, go the Unit ican domination will with the yow +) years comi annually increased If the burden becomes Philly those who say a 1) Ines be ; foreed to ente that wonld give th her are © power a Consider Russia. It must be rem embere " that there is ment of territory In Soviet Russia, fighting men and north of Amur river, power is HX) INK) Manchu The con force and across the flicting alms of these not so serious isted between them to a Now their right border sk two when Mane hsorb all the irders wed Already provoked caused up against one a irmishes, by vigorous Japanese gtotests in Tokyo, is likely some time b to be etween That the stat maintained for these two nations us quo is due not to a to the unwillingness of both nations to take any action that would provoke a war between two forces which are so evenly matched that such a war might result In economic, if not physical, an- nihilation of both, “ The Siberian army Is far better mechanized than the Japanese, its alr planes are modern and double the Japanese strength, and the Island of Japan itself is a perfect set-up for aerial destruction, To offset this, Japan will be moving from interior lines, and administration of a Japanese army campaign would be possible on a much more concen trated basis, for Siberia is on the out. gide of a great, curving, northern fron- tier of Manchukuo, While Japanese re-enforcements could be moved in with comparative celerity, because of the proximity of the homeland and be- cause of far superior rail facilities, It would take a much longer time for the Red army to move replacements from Russia proper Into eastern Siberia, These replacements would have to come over one lone railroad which Is notoriously Inefficient and easily sus ceptible to crippling by an enemy force, While Russia would like to reach an agreement of non-aggression with the Japanese, Japan has so far avolded It, The possibility of having to defend It self from Russia is always a good ex cuse for keeping the military budget high. Japan is also a trifle wary over making it easier for communistie propaganda to filter into Manchukuo, North China and even Japan itself, The Test May Come. Boviet-Japanese relations may come a little more nearly to a head next year when new contracts will be dis cussed to permit Japanese fishing off the Siberian and Kamchatkan coasts, Only 10 per cent of the Mh taken from these walters bit on communistic hooks in 1027; now half of them do, Per haps the red bait Is more enticing. At any rate Japan now wants to pay its rental of fisheries in yen Instead of gold rubles and wants to base the rentals on the number of fish actually caught, instead of on the “standard catch” as it Is now. Maybe the answer will depend upon who counts the fish, By consenting peaceably to the walver of its ownership rights In the Chinese Eastern railway, Russia tad cated that it was willing to let Japan have something of a free hand in Man. chukuo, The area, which Is three BE rvanese ewong | ZZ 1avanese conan | WILL TS B86 NEY] times as large as Japan [tself, is now administered—and very ably, too—by the Japanese army of occupation, The Japanese policy In Manchukuo has been constructive. Rallroads have been Increased In mileage more than one-third In three years, These have all been bullt where they will make it easler to divert to Japan much of the trafic In goods which has passed through Siberian cities, particularly Viadivostok, which now must depend almost entirely upon Inland Siberia for its trade. New railroads planned for construction will make even the far reaches of Manchukuo readily aec- cessible to Japanese commerce, Japan iit 4500 miles of roads In Man- and 1834, and schedules miles in the also bu kuo in 1683 for 2.500 years to come, Last pan’'s big ce ot of these exports annually Ja- taking 18 wig, The year Manchukuno became gest export mar #F » # ay oid of ted gt Ket, per the exp grew fre 18381 Hn more to more This has gerious for if expe than 75.000,000 in han ronfronted yen 400,000,000 yen In 1004. Japan with a however, Manchukuo 5 { ECO. mie ig sblem, wis to eX vestments in 1082. 1780.000000 yen 3}. and 297. O00. 000 yen in 1034. grown, Japan's 000K)... have ris capital there were in The in Man- yen annu- have to ents occupation of military kuo is about 150,000,000 A balance flected if of trade will Japanese Investm are to be secure, It is not Manchukuo's 4,800, al reserves, and the which Japan wants. She desirous a aintaining and civilized conditions where the coding and oppressive, improved the she is not so popular with the ye ¥ because of merely iron of Mand 10, was corrapt country, the administration and in business DOCeSSAry. America Chagrined. ally, America has been cha- grined “by the Japanese abrogation of naval treaties and insistence on naval parity, and has been offended by the Japanese policy of forcing out foreign oll companies in Maochukuo, We, slong with Great Britain and other na- tions, have been provoked at her Inter ference In China and visualize the suf- fering of our trade. But Americans have only about $£200,000,000 invested in China. Great Britain has six times as much, Japan a little less than Great Britain, Our export sales to China in 1883 amounted to nearly $52,000,000 or ap- proximately 8 per cent of our total exports. We exported $143,000,000 worth of goods to Japan In the same year. If we were to go to war with Japan the value of our Chinese export busi- ness would vanish In no time. The expense would paralyze Japan eco nomically and destroy our best cus- tomer In Asia. The Japanese people are probably much more excited over our recent naval maneuvers in the Pacific than we are over their policy In Asia. Ine fluenced by a press which speaks only with the voice of Tokyo, they feel that we plan to carry out our Far Eastern policy with an armed force, and that the fact that we demand a stronger want to be equipped to carry on an of. fensive in the Pacific and have no in limitation of armaments. of armament treaties, has openly showed her disgust and disinterested. tention to devote her activities en. tirely to Asia. But she cannot forget Europe entirely, because of the inter ests of European vations, particularly Great Britain, in her vicinity. More than anything else Japan fears an Anglo-American agreement which would form a potential union of the two greatest navies in the world, The great puzzle Is whether such action would avert or bring on a serious crisis, Trouble which Is brewing In Europe may come to a head, and If it does, this will command most of the atten tion of European powers. Japan will then pursue her aggressive Asiatic pol. fey more Intensely, as she did during and immediately following the war, But Japan harbors no {llusions of Ruling the world. All ghe is concerned is Asia, particularly eastern © Western Newapapar Usnloa, v Fw SPOILED BY NURSEMAIDS Many men and women are pre- | family because as children they were The women entrusted by wealthy people with the care of thelr little are so often ignorant of care and emotionally uncon- that thelr little charges de- unfit for the responsi- Dr. A. E. 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