THE , OREGON - DAILY - JOURNAL. PORTLAND. OREGON.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1. K2L
JAPAN'S.' SECRET
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; f -CereeUss -TesdsrsM Jr.
(rMM - tutaMr ot Vtiftmi ftrrrie!
J ICorrHcM. lit). Vr Catonal Barrio.) .
Washington, Nor. JL Japan's In-
tfelned militarism and her ambitious
program for algbt capital ship have
been declared tr dtploraata U hart
Ffoeipted America to call the dlsarra
efnent conference.
But nothing spectlc hu been peratt-
14 to roach the public eoeoeralng the
real caase of rresieent lUrihiri ln
vKeUon to too powers to como to Waah
tactea. ...
What waa tho reason behind this ln-
vjt alien T Tena of thousands of Amer
icans aro asking met qvestiee too ay.
f American uvaJ authorities aave feeealeaoe ia to bo settled t aJl, ft most bo ta
a5pk:ioua-ol Salpan ror soma itae-so accordance wits Miv Hughes bow world
suspicious, in fact, that they wly m- te . thins-
cntlr haw assigned subeaarines and dot dttMewaey. Too much secrecy BUM
stroyers to oar base at Guam. " - to bo abhorred. And so I am leaving thla
. What pot and to this elaborate aad t the Jadsnwrnt ot the American people,
painstaking dream of Japanese dom- TJnqueaUonably, diplomatic denial
tnance la the aeic- ., ; .y my follow tho puMfcatkm of thla atory
Aftor hls -plan 'cams Into my piiaaaa That Is to be expected. But the tact re
ton, I set an foot a personal tnvestlga- aialna that tho map la la oxletenca. It
Uo with a yiew'to aacertala tho, res nj Portly make Its appearance, .
roaaoas andertylna It "Those lavesttga- titobed
Ueas. - lasting-. several .- weeks, may be f t A7" K .
1 summed m as foUows: K Tne map is Engusn. out we pians re-
' Japan approached England about six Isbtv of Japanese origin, because they
months ago with ft view to seeking Eng-1 check up conclusively with rny InvesUga-
usa cooperauoQ rorjier widespread de-ltisna, - s
sign She offered Brisland. It la eald. i Riimmmi on in a few teras ohrases.
complete away over tho South Pacific ia Jthls map benefit Japan ia the following
return iot rjigiisn support ox ner amw-1 manner :
uona m ino Mortb Factnc and Far East,
era watera. v. :
Japan even went so far as to encour-,
s a groat Xncllab naval baso at Hong
kong. .. Here, according to tho Japanese
plan. Great Britain could build her own
capital aad ether ahips, utilizing a Chi-
noao a inter land for tier raw materials.
jpn waa wirnng 10 acquiesce in sucn 1 aneso navy.
a plan by reason of tho existence of the I It transforms 4 the Okhotsk, sea, the
It .deeds to her undisputed naval re-
sponsdbilltv In Far Eastern waters, bar-
Iring those adjacent to the Philippines aad
a narrow corridor leading: to Guam.
It allots to China but a narrow atrip
along the Chinese coast, as China has
no .navy to speak .of- This naval re
sponsibility must devolve upon the Jap-
But thus far witnout avau. .
Hera la tho probable reason for calling
tie eon (ere nee :
t Herewith la unfolded a broad plan
aald to have been conceived by Japan,
before tho calling of the conference. In
order to gala mastery of the Pacific by
reoiDletely Isolating the United Statea
from the vastly rich markets of the Far
Hart.
worn ct out r. s.
This ptaa embodied a secret map of
t)e Pacific, the moat comprehensive map
of Its kind so far known.
When the United Btatea authorities
learned Of the eslatence of this map and
$s vailed threat to American Interests
la tho Far East, they acted prompuy.
President Harding and hia advisers soon
afterwards Issued the call for a world
Conference to decide this momentous
duoetlon definitely and for all time
What waa the strategy contained In
Oils Japanese plan?
" e Considering Ita Infinite detatla It must
' heva been carefully studied and threahed
' out by Japan'a naval n commercial
strategists before their Ideas were trans
planted to paper.
- What waa Its dominant idea?
t To shut out the United States from
the Far East ; and so to- encompass her
with naval 'barriers that aha would be
legally and therefore physically unable
to cope with Japanese Imperialism and
commercialism In Eastern Asia.
TAB AT AMEEICA
1 Let us envisage some of the outstand
ing features of this map and disclose
What Its culmination would have meant
to American alma and aspirations.
It Is a stab at the heart of American
na communications with Guam and the
Philippines.
- It divides the Pacific Into Japanese
and BrlUah spheres of "naval Influ
ence." It allola to the United States
that portion of the North Pacific ad
jacent to Its western shores and the
Hawaiian Ulanda Jt also allots the
Waters Immediately surrounding Guam
and Che Philippines.
t But Japanese barriers supervene be
tween these two American spheres of
Influence.
, Furthermore. It brings Into promi
nence the mystery Island of Salpan,
leas than J 60 miles from Guam, and al
most directly severing American com
fkunlcatlona . Thla little known Salpan
i - .. . .
r lveneaa Our naval authorities have
t known for soma time of certain Japanese
v activities there.
asuiistv viriviV'i
I have learned from unquestioned
abureae that thla laland, almost within
Mifisk n 9 fill m pnmf ifwtmm t h A main
, Japaaese submarine base In the Pa-
dtie, She haa submarines there now, of
. . If rge erulslng radius. Bhe has aa avi
ation base either on Salpan or on the
adjaoeat mandated lalanda
Anglo-Japanese treaty; also because the
strotif moral Influence exerted by this
treaty, nan been of such enormous ad
vantage to Japah la her exploitation of
China.
But the British are understood lo have
surveyed the Japanese schemes with
cold Indltference.
SQUITAXEKT TO THBEAT
It Is true that Great Britain haa a
naval baae at Hongkong, but according
to a recent dispatch, Singapore Is to be
the larger of the two. .
Now comes the American angle to the
oovetoua designs of Japan.
The Unitgd Statea authorities, through
secret channels, soon learned of the
wholesale manner in which Japan
planned to allce up the Pacific. ; They
learned of the Japanese proposals to
England.
Though not suspicious of Great Brit
ain they nevertheless took: Into account
the Anglo-Japanese treaty and Its pos
sible threat to American Interests.
ft was the concensus of opinion la
diplomatic circles that this Japaneae
plan was equivalent to a threat against
the United States, The Anglo-Jipanese
alliance had been the cause ofoonald
erable suspicion net to mention fears.
It r waa conceded that thla obnoxious
treaty should be "echepped" at onee. In
order to dissipate American susplotens
regarding England's secret understand
ings with Japan, If any, - i
MASSKKOWy
Japan seathe Tepow sea andjhe East:
China eea Into Japaaeae lakes, practical- j
ty circumscribed by great Japaaeae for :
UflcaUona. ; - . ' - , 4 ' '
It gives to Great Britain, practical
susernity la the 600th Seas, together
with a small patch of wafer ' surround
ing Hongkong ' and another - patch of
several thousand square miles north of
the equator eurreundtaa -Fanning
island. . ' - .: . , -. ,
K03ES FIGURE ' ' i
France. Holland, Chile, Peru, Ecua
dor aad Mexico are allowed spheres of
naval responsibility ta the waters Im
mediately adjacent to their territory."
There is one fact of peculiar interest
to the United Btatea sad which dearly
defines the hand of Japaaeae stab? men.
It is that, although the United Statea
has a Far Eastern and occidental none
pr naval lnfluenee, one xone la sepa
rated from the othei by a large body af
water ever , which, the Japanese navy
assumes the responsibility.
. Ia. facC American merchant or naval
vessels steaming to the Philippines from
the Hawaliaa Islands must of necessity
crossXiffln? miles of Japanese petroled
water which ts the near st connection
between (he tww American senee, -
This Is a matter for theurhL How
weald American ships tars should Japea
taddealy declare : a seas J -blockade
against the United States? She could
shot off our commerce (ram the whole
ntfheat et Asia, - r-- -v
, I have given a, resume of this most
comprehensive scheme for closing ear
v- wr 10 im s ar isast. The question
today a does Japan stUl ho' I to these
principles, or haa-ahe dropped them for
mamr iea pi esuaj opportunity to
ell nations? .
ICueh Of th sHI JKwf'ge SV In IValaa
doas In underground workings with
1 jiisaien sir machinery,
Mexacan Sees Need
-0f an Jnternational :
Boardon Aniiament
Br Frsaelae 3s Ia Barra
CiWHdate for tte FiKIiilj ef at es-
t aad Wvmwm Jest
;U Writs Ciaesnly v CaHenal aerriee)
Paris, Not. tl An International cora
nlssion to study wwrid disarmament aad
aid Individual " governments la solving
its disarmament problem. Is the logical
outcome of the Washington conferenoa.
It la manifestly wrong bo foster belief
that the present eocfereace can saooeed
la Ujing' dews a' law tor universal die-
snaameat. AH the statesmea to Waaa
mgtoa can do la te lay sat a broad seats
whereon - fruitful agreements caa be
reached at soma future date.
The disarmament problem Is cam
posed of doeens ef ether problems, many
exceedingly Intricate sad delicate, sad
aa attempt te solve . these sow might
result a actual harm, for tt would pat
at chance the possibility ef ratlftoeUoa
by the governments eoaaoraed.
It Is vital, therefore, that the eetv
fereace take steps to see that wbea the
world s ence put e the read te peaee
It Is kept there. This Is ealy peaalbls
by mtenstvp propaganda for disarms
pienti
The greatest faebsr working la (aver
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Tet, the fact remained that the alliance
waa still la existence and as such was
a menace. To offset this menace the
American naval authorities drew' up
plans of naval operations looking: for
ward to any possible future combination
or the Anglo-Japanese fleets. Then fol
lowed the conference.
Our naval authorities have knows for
some time or the tslstencs of those Jap
anese piana
Conclusive evidence of the existence
of this map wUl shortly be forthcoming.
It Is now in the possession of Universal
Service and Its, nationwide publication I
la but a matter of a few days. How
the map and its aooempanyinf data
came into my possession 1 am not at
liberty to divulge. Suffice it te say
that the statements made herewith are
by no means exaggerated, but are the
result of proof and careful investigation.
To bring these plans to the attention ef
the proper authorities I considered a
patriotic duty,' -While engaged In this
duty X learned that our authorities had
already been apprised of Its existence,
UEATE9 IT TO PEQPUE
A certain high official expressed to me
inai no naa seen tne map,
I was advised to present a photo-1
grapntc copy or uie map to tne American
advisory council. This I proceeded to
do, but the chairman of the council did
not deem It advisable tt. accent It. I
then attempted te present photographic
copies to other officials, but their only
explanation In not accepting It was that
we were. now discussing peace instead of
war.
I considered the Importance of these I
plans sufficient Justification for -their I
publication. If this Washington confer.
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