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THE NOME TRI-WEEKLY NUGGET, MONDAY JULY 21, 1919
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SUSPICIOUS CONCURRENCE.
Announcement that the Japanese have arrested and imprisoned over
Ighteen thousand persons in an effort to crush the aspirations of the Koreans
for national independence suggests that there is much reason t*> doubt the
sincerity of the Japanese' professions of agreement with the League- of Nations
principles.
As a signatory of the- peace.treaty and League covenant. Japan is
ethically and morally bound to the principle of self determination by subject
peoples of the character of government which shall administrate their national
affairs. Yet if we are to judge by her attitude toward the people of the Hermit
Kingdom, there is a wide divergence between the aims of her national policies
and her protestations with respect to the Allied peace principles.
The imprisonment of nearly a score of thousands <>f people whom an
unfortunate national weakness has made a prey to the predatory inclinations
of powerful and lawless neighbors, because they ask the return of their free
dom, is assuredly an ill favored manifestation <>f sincerity on tin* part of a
nation which has subscribed to the doctrine that self determination shall be
an inalienable right.
Looking back over the strident events of the past five* years it is
plainly to be seen that Japan's imperalistic policies have at all times
I ten at wide variance with her present professions of adherence to the Allied
pence principles. Japan played the cunning fox throughout the entire four
\-r*»ra t\t ihi. mu- ntu-iiut -i.i v-iiVrmv‘Vir'vsl“rpr’''irnrtr'mfi
prospect of national annihilation incident to German victory. While the
Allies were pouring out their blood and treasure in defense of moral principles,
Japan was busily engaged in feathering her own nest, with a watchful eye that
Ihe <-,osts did not exceed the returns.
Subsequent events have proved that her rer.dimto undertake the
conquest of tlie German possessions at Shantung was far from I cing animated
1 vy a desire to do her bit toward defeating'the Huns. On t. ■ cnntiary. if
fcvas in full accord with a long determined policy to gain an undi.spir.c ! fo .t
ifliold In China for the purpose! or exploiting that nation for .lapanes • ,.<• a lit.
M Financial and territorial gain was the one and only incentive.
W When it came down to a question of fighting for nothing more concrete
■ than principles, Japan was anything but ready, as was conclusively proven in
■ 1916 when the inability of the Allies to make- headway against the Germans
I caused them t<» turn to Tokio for an expression of Japan's attitude regarding
active participation in the* European conflict.
Her reply was that she had neither money or ships enough to become
an effective factor.
Although it was not generally recognized at the time, the declaration
of Laron Ishii fully defined the Japanese war. policy as a policy of pelf and
personal nggrndizement—a determination to do as little as she could when
there was not a substantial and certain reward in sight.
Another very exofllent example of Japan's real principles was pro
vided by her stealthy attempts to plunder China while her sillies were lighting
fur very existence on the battle fields of Europe. t In a manner indicating a
total disregard of even that spirit of honor which prevents the thief robbing liis
pals. Japan undertook to filch some <>f the richest resources of the yellow
n public while the war associates to whom she was pledged had their hands
tied. Had it not been for the watchful regard of our own United States and
the peremptory demands of the State Department, the surreptitious attempt to
plunder China and hand her over to Japanese domination would probably have
been the grand success the wily Japs anticipated.
These and other examples of the Japanese policies provide ample
reason for the view that Japan's methods are closely akin to those which made
the name of Germany a synonym for treachery and moral degeneracy and also
suggest that she is no more to he trusted to observe the dictates of the pence
principles than Germany was to he trusted with respect to treaties.
Her present attitudd toward the Koreans is. according to all accounts
that have escaped the Japanese censorship, one of the most rigi^ji severity,
yo measures are too harsh as long as they contribute to suppression of all
independence activities on the'part of the Korean people. Thousands of
Koreans have been deliberately murdered and imprisoned for displaying a
desire to regain their century old freedom. According'to several correspon
dents. the slightest hint of independence inclination on the part of a Korean
citizen is warrant for imprisonment or death.
All this is hardly indicative of a desire on the part of Japan to conform
to either the letter or the spirit of the treaty and League covenants and also
lends the inference that Japan's imperialistic inclinations are no whit abated
’by the necessity of conforming to some extent to the demands of the Allies that
suppression of peoples by powerful neighbors shall cease.
WILSON ASKS THAT WAR RANK* BE RETAINED
by American military leaoers
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Frege.
WASHINGTON. July 18—President Wilson has asked congress to
grant permanent 'ranks of General In the army and 'Admiral In the navy to
General Pershing and Admirals Sims and Benson.
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