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12 THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 18. 1920 JAPANESE GRABBING BIG SLICE OF ASIA Scheme for Holding China Matured Years Ago. AMERICAN HELP SOUGHT l'coplo Told Siberian expedition Undertaken at Instance and - Suggestion of America. BY GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT."- Manuarer. China Bureau o Public lo- xormauon. SHAXGHAI. "It also occurs to the mind that Japan -would never have sent troops to Siberia, had it not been ti the instance and suggestion or me Washington government." This from the North China Standard, the nest .iited Japanese paper in China. Per haps the Japanese believe that this is just so. Perhaps the editor or tne !North China Standard does not know that this statement Is not just so. But every Russian, every Chinese and moat Americans out here know that it is not so. They know it because Japan has been planning to conquer tlhina since 1894; they have been teaching school boys in Japan that China was a Conquered country since then; and they have been treating China as though she were a con quered country since 1013, when the rest of the world was too busy to catch the drift of things out here. And Siberia is only a step in the con quest of China, in that pan-Asian Movement which has for its dominant motive the hegemony of Japan over te hundreds of millions of the Asiatic 31a inland. This may sound like flamboyant arid yellow exaggeration to the American at home. But it is quite a f.ict as events in the far east indicate. 3n 1915 Japan presented to China her notorious 21 demands. Because such n atrocity could not be kept secret, Janan did not gain her maximum I'atnbitions at that time, but subse quently by lending enormous sums to China's militarists, sums variously estimated from 400 to 600,000,000, Japan has been in a position to make treaties with these militarists which Five her all that she desire1 when the 21 denuiJtds were presented ana more. There can be very little ques tion that Japan has succeeded in con siderably weakening Great Britain's influence in the Yangtze, for only the other day a Japanese was appointed instructor in the Hanyang arsenal a post which previous to 1915 would nave gone to a Briton. Japan nas an iron hold on Manchuria, bo that the inspector-general for the Manchurian provinces of China is little more than a Japanese viceroy. Now comes the cancellation of its autonomy by I Mongolia, which gives General "Little" Jlsu complete control of this tremen dous and rich territory and he is and always has been the chief and most notorious leader of the pro-Japanese crowd in China. So that northern China, that is the territory north of the Yellow river and surrounding the capital is practically under the thumb of General Tanaka, Chinese admit this and bemoan the fact, but it is so and it is so whether the Chancelleries of the various state departments are ready to admit that they have com pletely failed to prevent Japan from ousting them out of China. . Chinese Not "Wanted in War. Then came China's participation in the war. Chine wanted to participate actively. She enjtered the war en tirely at the instance of the United States and she wanted to become a factor in defeating Germany. Not that she had anything against the Germans, in fact, the Germans are very popular in China and always have ttecn. China wanted to be a fac tor in the war because her leading men saw in participation an oppor tunity to save their country, to de velop a fighting army, to organize industry on a modern basis, to be come adequately equipped for Inter course with modern nations, to re construct the Chinese state. Ail of this Yuan Shih ,Kal saw and efforts were made to put this big programme icross. Japan bitterly opposed China's entrance into the war. Japan, first of all, did not want to lose Shan tuns which she had just stolen from China: and Fecondly she dreaded the possibility of China making a good showing. Japan had no intention of making a showing herself. She found all sorts of excuses for not sendin troops either to the eastern or west ern fronts. Had China been permit ted and organized to send a million men to the front, Japan would have been forced to jio her share and that Japan declined to do. Great Britain, for reasons not as obvious, also re fused to permit a large Chinese army to fight in France. And China stayed out. Then came bolshevlsm and with it the collapse of the eastern front. aean did nothing to revive that front. The Russians asked for Jap anese aid but there was always talk of an inability to transport sufli .ient rice to Minsk and Dvinsk and Riga. It was not until 1918 that Japan saw her way clear to enter Siberia, and then it was her intention to enter aione. At first Japan supported General Horvarth against Ataman Semeonoff, but Horvarth. with all his faults, is more or less of an honorable man and Japan dropped him. Then they sot behind Semeonoff eolidly so solidly that most of his nondescript army of those days consisted of Japanese recruits. Finally, they got behind the Kolchak government and gave It full suDport except in its relations with Semeonoff. who was always given a free hana in the Trans Baikal region which is a gateway to Mongolia by way ot China. Here Kolchak was told not to interfere, for Japan was not really interested in the allied intervention which fol lowed, nor in the subsequent activ ities of the Omsk dictatorship, nor was Japan interested in fighting the bolsheviks. Japan's one and only purpose was to get another hook into Cliina and this is proved by two let ters now public in China. Army Controlled by Jnpanese. At the internal peace conference which met in Shanghai last spring, Mr. Tang Shao Yi, chief delegate for the south, asked the north for the treaties, agreements, etc., which had been entered into between China and Japan. He was shown some which did not interest him very much.' He asked fdr more and he kept on ask ing for more, until finally two let ters were shown to him. These let ters " were dated February 10 and March 1 and relate to the army and navy. In these letters the period for the joint participation of China and Japan in Siberia is clearly defined China was to participate in Siberian intervention in co-operation with Japan as long as a single allied sol dier remained in Siberia and Japan as an ally. By co-operation is meant, that Japan la to equip, supervise, or panize. advise, instruct and otherwise control the army of China. The anti bolshevik campaign has therefore meant nothing more or less than ! gaining control of the army of China.' Anq in this Japan suceeded, for to day the entire army of the old war participation bureau, the new fron tiers defense bureau, the armies ol Manchuria and Mongolia are in the hands of the Japanese. And all of these armies will remain tn the hands of the Japanese as long as the Jap anese stay in Siberia under definite agreements entered into between the pro-Japanese officials in Pekin and the Japanese government. Now Japan had expected to remain in the Trans-Bakial region and to let the Czecho-Slovaks and the other al lies look after actual fighting with the bolsheviks. But it did not work. Japan was given the seniority in the intervention movement and had to do a great deal o? the fighting. Also Great Britain and America are far away and France and Italy are tired, while Japan is propinquitous- There fore Japan had to shoulder.the burden of intervention and whereas the United States had about 7000 men in Siberia, Japan had at one time as many as 70,080.- Also she came for permanence as is instanced by the fact that -hex citizens have bought up everything that is purchaseable in such cities as Vladivostok, Habarovsk and Harbin. Everything however did not go well. Instead of the Omsk government be coming powerful, the bolshaviks suc ceeded in driving them even out of Irkutsk. Instead of Japan controlling the situation, the bolsheviks gained control. And now Japan is in a se rious dilemma. She does not want to get out of Siberia because through this territory she has another hold on China. At the same time, she cannot afford the cost of a great warOn the oncoming bolsheviks, nor yet can she risk the possible "loss of face" in the event of a bolshevik victory. Again she has Corea in the rear of her and a tremendous anti-Japanese sentiment in China which would only be in flamed into action were Japan driven out of Siberia. So, Japan is passing the buck to the United States and blaming her for the expedition. Th Jipi as early as November 52 has the following tale of woe: Dixorder Feared In Siberia. "The original object for which Jap anese troops were dispatched to Sibe ria was to assist the Czecho-Slovaks in co-operation with the allies. When this object was attained, all the allied troops could have been withdrawn. It was feared, however, that if all the trqops were withdrawn, Sjberia would be thrown into disorder and the peo ple would be starved as a result of the paralysis of communication. ' The allies agreed, therefore, that Japa nese, American and Chinese troops should guard their allotted districts along the Siberian and Chinese East ern railways, and this agreement has since been observed. As to British and French troops, they were all with drawn. Japan also withdrew the greater number of her troops, yet about 30,000 soldiers are still being maintained in Siberia. The area un der Japanese guard is wide out of proportion to the strength of the troops, and it often happens that a Japanese detachment is annihilated, attacked by an overwhelminclv su perior force of bolsheviks. Such disas ters to Japanese troops may increase f the situation becomes more turbu lent as the result of the withdrawal of the Omsk government, and indeed. this may be the. excuse for the pro posed dispatch of additional troops to Siberia. The proposal may seem rea sonable at first sight, but it is not so. Even before the withdrawal of the Omsk government we recognized the necessity or withdrawing the Japa nese soldiers or reducing their num ber. It is utterly inadvisable to send any more -troops. - Of course, the maintenance of peace and order in Siberia is neces sary in the interests of the powers and the necessity is particularly great to Japan whose interests are closely affected by the situation in Siberia. But how many more troops will be sufficient to keep effective guard in areas which are beyond the power of tne soldiers now maintained? It is practically impossible to guard such an extensive area with satisfactory results?- Japan cannot afford to sac rifice enormous funds and many lives in order to maintain order in 'the ter ritory of another country, however necessary this may be to Japan as well as to Russia and other countries concerned. Of course, action should not be taken independently by Japan; all should be arranged by co-opera- CANDIDATE FOR. DEMO CltATlC DELlililTE. I, - -V V '4' - i x - - ' vi It " X i' -J G. Y. Harry. G. Y. Harry of Portland,' com missioner of conciliation in the national department of labor, has filed his declaration of can didacy as delegate at large to the democratic national conven tion. Mr. Harry has been an active leader in the ranks of t the democratic party for the last I 20 years, was assistant secre I tary of the democratic state I central committee in 1914 and managed the campaign of that J year from the headquarters in J Portland. Huring the 1916 cam- t cam- e state league t al or- paign Mr. Harry toured the for the oodrow V ilson of which he was general ganizer and manager. His slogan is "There is no greater honor than delegate to the democratic national convention." In his statement Mr Harry says: "I will advocate a forward looking constructive platform built upon the fundamental principles of democracy, ac centuating our continued fight against special privilege and financial domination." BROADWAY SERVICE " Is banking "SERV-ICE" with the "ICE" omitted. You are invited to try it. . "A Bank for Everybody Villi SPQT On the vWWaZJ ' Soon After itfL 'Jtf'-K- 5Pl ca- f . Breakfast Time jjllikr l" Vr -tl with th ' The new swinging wringer on the THOR is a wonder. Come in and see it. We can make immediate delivery. puts the Balance Buy Electric Goods from 57 1 AS mnQTOlC , tion with the powers. But the only country which can dispatch troops to Siberia in these days is Japan, and the whole burden of reinforcing the mili tary guard in Siberia will have to be borne by Japan if such action is to be taken. Independent Action Depeeated. "If the Omsk sovernment is forced to make another retreat with the bol sheviks advancing further east, Japan should, of course, take steps to defend herself against the bolshevik menace to her borders. Any such proposal as to assume the whole responsibility of maintaining order in Siberia single handed, however, requires the most careful deliberation, especially when one considers the character of the army which is maintained for the de fense of tiie country. If the powers jointly agree tq support the Omsk government through thick and thin, Japan will be glad to co-operate with them and make a proper contribution to the common cuse. but we depre cate the idea cf Jaan taking inde pendent action, assuming the whole responsibility for the situation in Si beria." This . is only one of the numerous suggestions that Japan cannot stick it out in Siberia. Besides, the demand for universal suffrage, the high cost of living, the increase in labor trou bles and taxes, and the Chinese anti Japanese baycott are -making it frightfully difficult to stick it out. In China, we have been told that Japan is negotiating wlta the United States to send additional American troops to Siberia. ' This would indeed be a mistake. Let Japan stick it alone. Let her bite off a chunk that she can not masticate and save the world from the menace of war in Asia in the future. "FLU" PROVES BLESSING Both of Legs of Missouri Farmer Sow of Same Length. JEFFERSON CITY. Jacob Bondel, a reputable farmer living eight miles west of here, tells a remarkable story about how an attack of influenza lengthened one of - his crippled legs until it is now as long as the other leg and enables him to walk without a limp. He says that after the first attack of the epidemic, he had a re lapse and for several days he suf fered great pain in his crippled leg. When he was able to get out of bed and walk, the crippled leg was as ions as the other limb. Fifteen years ago, Bondel was injured in an acci dent in a coal mine on his farm and when he recovered, one of his legs was two inches shorter than the other. Neighbors of Bondel who have known him for years, accept his story as a fact- They say that before his lest illness he was badly crippled and now he can use one leg as well as the other and they are both apparently of the same length. So far as known here, Bondel is the first victim of the epidemic who claims to have derived any benefit from it- FRANCE BUYS ASBESTOS j $1,250,000. Contract Closed by Canadian Firm. OTTAWA, Ont. Arrangements have been, concluded ' by which Canadian firms will furnish Jl, 230.000 worth of asbestos roofing for se in the north of France. The credits are on the usual basis, by which the French government is sues bonds, of which the Canadian manufacturers 'take three-eighths, and the government, through the trade commission, the remainder. Asbestos roofing, manufactured from Canadian asbestos and Canadian ce ment, is finding a large export mar ket at the present time. . Broadway and Stark Electric Washing Machine COME Jtt FOR A DEMONSTRATION OR PHONK Sold for Cash or on Small Monthly Payments Wash-day ceases to be a problem when you install a Thor Electric Washing Machine THOR in your home. Easy Terms. "People Who Know" SET. 17 &- PAPEETE'S HOPES FADING CHAXCE AS MID-PACIFIC TOUT OF CALL- APPEARS SMALL. Since Close of Hostilities Very Few of Any Kind of Craft Have Dropped Anchor for Coal. PAPEETE, Tahiti. The prediction made while the Panama canal was in process of construction that Papeete would .become the mid-Pacific port of call for all traffic in the southern hemisphere, as Honolulu is in the north, has failed of realization. uunng tne war there were a num ber of troop ships and cargo steam ers ffoing- to and from European waters that put in tor coal. But since the close of hostilities there have been very few of any kind of craft that have called only the San Fran ctsco-Wellington mail steamers and an occasional cargo boat. The Great Circle route between Panama and Australia passes' far to the southward of Tahiti and to the eastward is the barrier of the Tua motu (or Paumotu) archpelago.-Therer fore it would1 be necessary for steamer to lengthen its voyage con siderably in order to call at Papeete and there is no object in doing so unless the vessel is short of coal or in aistress. The local island fleet of lnter-island trading schooners is being constantly enlarged and there are times when the harbor presents a very animated appearance- Much talk was heard some months ago of projected plans for improving the harbor. But as time passes and there appear no signs of intention to carry the plans into execution, there is growing the conviction that noth ing will be done in the near future. The opinion frequently is expressed that the islands are to be sold by France to England or America, though apparently no one has the slightest authority for such an opin ion, and that this is the reason for the failure to develop the port. The Chinese here generally believe it and many are seeking instruction in the English language. OATS CROP NOT REDUCED Farmers Xot Alarmed at Prospect of Passing of Horses and Males. WASHINGTON. American farmers are not reducing their acreages of oats because of the rapidly increas ing use of automobiles and trucks, on the theory that the horse and mule are being made a back number, ac cording to a report by experts of the department of agriculture. They have made a special study of the situation and say: "The number of horses and mules on farms, if decreasing-, is doing so at a rate so slow as to have little or no effect on the oat crop. 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