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FAR EASTERN PROBLEM.“ IV-ATTITUDE OF THE JAPANESE

EMPIRE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 22ND, 1920.

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MACÃO.

A CHINESE

THEFT OF KHAKI FROM THE *ORESTES."

that in the last 10 years the inhabitans SENSATIONAL INCIDENT AT EUROPEAN SEAMEN FINED, of Japan proper (excluding Korea and Formma) have inèrenset fram,30 La 37 millions, which give an average of 390 persons to the square mile; (3) that during Ps, Mr. J. O. P. Bland writes on Misthis period the area of land under culti-i undertood Japan as follow:

Continuing his series of articles in The

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SOME OF THE CREW KILLED.

A sensational incident occurred at Macao on Saturday afternon, Our in-

Arthur Mallon, W. Perry, W. Arlett, C. Rokė, G. Edge, P. Molyneux, J. Cooney, P. Kenna, G. Rich and W, Wood, Areyen on the Blue Fünnel Liner Orestes, were charged at the Magistrney, yester

vation has been increased by 5 per center and the rice production by $. per sent., as against an increase of 12 per cent, information is that a Chine gunboat, named day, with stealing ten rolls of khaki from. the-Kang-tai, and a torpedo-boat bad

the steamer festes, while the vessel was come to Macao, and the Chinese Gerurn-at Make, Japan. ment at Canton had asked the Portuguese All the defendants pleaded guilty to the authorities to detain, then because they charge. were connected with a revolutionary move- ment.

In describing the situation in China I have ndeavoured to show that if the world's oldest civilisation is u be saved the number of mouth to feed. So long xa from disruption a comison" purpow

_the_pient birth-rate is maintained, the helpful and disinterested friendship nation must, therefore, depend more and warts her must actuate the Governments more upon imported food supplies. Now, of tireat Britain, the United States, and there is no possibility of materially in Japan, and especially, Japan.

creasing either the area under cultivation attainment of this end it is clearly nor the productivity of the soil. In Japan. tial that ordial relations should exist between the Consortium Allies; and in rice fields not only fill the valleys, but particular that everything possible should everywhere on the hill sides you will do

them, terraced ́and artificially irrigated at obeyed the order, but on Saturday after intendiag to deliver it on the return voy. | be done tu put an end to the misunder standings and differences which, buve arisea during the past few years, and which

For the

an incredible coas of human labour. As 1 journeyed this spring from Mogi to Kobe

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Mr. D. J. Lewis, for the prosecution, stated that when the vessel left Shanghai she overcarried a bala of khaki which abould have been discharged at that part.

on deek and covered it with a tarpaulin, The officers of the vessel placed the bale

age. The vessel arrived at Make on June 9th and all the defendants went ashore, some remaining away from the ship the They resurned in a state of intoxication and the officers became Bise

have created a dangerous state of tension shores of the Inland Sea, it seemed to step. The gunbon replied with one gupicious, as the nien had received no pay.

store than one paint of contact,

Both vessels were anchored at Barra, the Portuguese men-of-war anchor age, and instructions were conveyed to them not to leave the port. The torpedo-boat noon the gunboat atteinpted to leave. The Portuguese cruiser Patria thereupon fired by the railway which skirts the beautiful two black shots as a warning ŵửừ her to

me that the villages had grown percept- ibly larger and the rice fields smaller also blank, on her course towards Colowana Muke. They then discovered that the No good can confe of shutting one's eye during the last 10 years. The dead occupy Then the Paten fired a few shots with the bale had en bronched and that ten pieces to the fact that, bou in the United States no space in the food-growing area, bere, object of damaging her propellor. Sucho khaki were missing. Enquiries were and in Japan a powerful section of the us they do in China As on sees the damage was done that the gunboat could made and it was discovered that the cloth Press paiders to the Fingo element, and children warming in these close-clustering not continue. She was making water, and had be sold to a dealer in Müke who was that, by fomenting jealous suspicion,thamlets, one cannot help wandering can the crew took to the boats, taking with teed, and who identified defendants as has created in the public mind an impre, these tiny fields be still further sub-dirid them some dead and wounded members of having sold the cloth to him. An enquiry was held by a Police officer and at first in of irreconcilable differences, which no ed. and, if not, what peaceful solution of the crew, and rowed to Colowan,

the men denied that they knew anything thing in the actual situation justifies the problem can there be other than Portuguese tugboat took the damaged gun.

They absequently wrote a Nor can it be denied that feelings or asta wholesale emigration ?

bout back to Macao. Two or three dead about it.

confession and signed it. The matter: Was bodies were still on board, as well as gonism towards Japan are very prevalent ties in the Far East, and that the relations

boat, are now under guard at the Ports to-day throughout the foreign commun

severed limbs of other members of the crew. The gunbont, as well as the torpede between Englishmen and Japanese at the

guese Baval-station.. Treaty Ports are distinctly more straiard, than they were" 10 years agoj

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entered in the Log Book in the ordinary manner, and was to the effect that the men confessed to the erime and had agreed to pay 814 ich to et hack the cloth. which was sold for Y.140. The value of the cloth was considerably more, They were inken to Shanghai and produced before the Consular Court-but the Consul saiti. he had no jurischetzon us it was not British port. The value of the cloth was deducted from the men's wages. the Magistrate was aware, the broaching of cargo was considered a very serions offence as a great deal of it was going on constantly. In the case of white men, who ought to have known better, the matter was regarded with a considerable amount of солсега, The owners took a very serious view of the matter, but for reasons that were probably clear to the Magistrate did not desire that the men should be imprison ed in Hangkong, but that they should be for a heavy fix. The ship had a "purely returned to the ship. He, therefore, asked European crew and each member received

arplus food she needs by menus of a So long as Japan can purchase the favourable balance of trade, the problem may be faced. But Japanese statesnes, take long views and they realise than every, Making every allowance for trade rivalry year's addition to the population means a and the somewhat aggremaire quality of self- corresponding inerrace of imported food. assertion which the lower classes in Japan which in turn necessitates an increased salo have developed since the war with Russia, of Japanese manufactured goods in the prevalence of this unconcealed anta markets where keen competition is inevit genism in communities which have every able. Looking at the problem in this way. į thing to gain from friendly relations is and debarred from expansion into America not easily explained. Remembering that or Australia, they are faced with three when Japan fought Russia for Korea and alternative solutions-(1) A reduction Manchuria all the sympathies of Americans of the birth rate; (2) increase of food and Englishmen were on the side of the supplies to be obtained by means of indus Japanese, it is difficult to account for the trial expansion; and (3) territorial expan revulsion of feeling which has taken place, sion into the less populated regions of the It was of coume, inevitable" that, with Asfatic continent. So long as either of the the elipse of Russia and the emergence of last two alternativis available, no redac the United States as a military Paxertion of the birth rate is to be expected new lines of national sentiment, new cou, because birth-control must involve a radical ficts of economie interests, should be ervat change of the race mind and social systero, ed-Nevertheless--believe-that-there-is-Japanese statesmanship is therefore-com--and th had the effect of intimidating-the-Mr. Smith, addressing defendant wid nothing in any of the questions now, as pelled to adopt one or both of the other jane which need cnuse permanent estrange alternatives ment; nothing that cannot be satisfactorily adjusted if only commonsense and more accurate knowledge of the main facts are bought to bear upon them.

Here you bars in a nutshell the explann tion. if not the justification of all Japan's diplomatic and aggressivo activities in the Far East of her feverish engerness to wenfo, pernianent sources of supply of the raw materials on which her industries depend of her claim to "special interests in the undeveloped regions of Manchuria Mongolia and Eastern Siberia

BELLIGERENT HAWKERS.

POLICE PUSSE ON DUTY AT. WESTERN MARKET. What might have resulted in a serious disturbance in the Western Market -en Tuesday evening was prevented by a use of constables despatched for special duty at the place. An onion hawker was arrested for selling his goods within mar ket limits and a coolie, employed by the market, was sent out to fetch a constable, Several hawkers set on the coolie and Ansaulted him. They further threatened to do him bodily harm if their comrade was fined or gaoled. The Police, thinking that trouble might ensue, sent the posse put £15 per month. would-be assailants.

HUMOUR FROM THE BENCH. CHINESE-AMERICAN IN TROUBLE-

An old Chinese was charged at the Magistracy, yesterday. with being in lawful possession of several rounds of

kea-ammunition

Great and

What you must realse is that if you steal. a thing you cannot get away with it by just paying back the value. It would then be worth anyone's while to steal. I fine you $23 each....

The Magistrate agreed to the men being Allowed to go to the office to obtain the money to pay the fine.

ADVENTURE OF HMS.

WOODCOCK,

high

BASIS OF EASTERN PRACK." Beyond all gestion, the salvation of China and the peace of the Orient depend _tz_a_very_great_extent upon a clearer appreciation in England and America of

The Police had searched, defendant's the fundamental needs, and are arom word man overended and mind luggage and found the ammunition. Des Japanese policy and of the economic přem, just

denied that the particular piece sure behind it. Wider koowledge of the other congested, countries have

over. of luggage

azo in which the contraband was bject would assuredly lead to a more flowed.

"The history of the British Navy in China But there is no New World found belonged to him. Mr. C. F. Mason, wynipathetic attitude, and the steadily open to her colonies, and her expansion for the defence, said that his client had teems with quiet humour, and in this cate growing fores of Liberalism in Japan were must therefore, take the line of Tess re-resided for over fifty years in America and gory an adventure whch lately befell H.M.

Woodcock surely deserves a encouraged and strengthened by such ausistance that is to say, into China's loosely it was not possible for an old "man like

gum boat. place. attitude, the power of the Military Party held, dependencies, Manchuria and for him to invent such a story

Mr. Smith: Does not one learn to

It happened at Yochow during the re at Tokyo. would be undermined and sola are thus, inevitably destined to

cent expulsion of the Northerners from 850; ammuni. Hunan Chang Chia-yan's troops had lution found for all outstanding ques follow Korea down the path of geo invent stories in America. tions, even for the problem of the Th open graphical gravitation. From the Chinotion-confiscated

good over the river, when suddenly a targe --door."

number of Southerners came round a bead on to the river bank and, without ado, began firing furiously on the Foodenek, which was lying only about 200 yards away. Fortunately they did not do any damage- this is a comedy not a tragedy. It might, however, easily have been the latter, when

Halfhide Captain.

got into Panied by his coxswain and un and set off to interview his

point of view it is, of course, lamentable. No charge has been more than frequently but the struggle for survival between races nfade against Japan in recent years than did not end with the Treaty of Versailles, that of being frretrievably addicted to and the principle of self-determination " militarism; yet anyone who knows any counts for very little when it comes into thing of the Japanese people and its conflict with a vírile 'uation's instincts of history knows that the chargo is unfound-self-preservation.. ted, and that Japan is no more likely to

ABETS OF INJUSTICI,

JOKE COSTS $3.

A Chinese was charged with hawking watermelon without a licence..

He denied that he hawked water-melon, He bought a mekon for bis use and a woman friend of his snatched a piece of it in fun. The Policeman saw this and arrested him

The Magistrate You try and get: $3 from your woman friend and tell her that

go to war for war's sake than is England It is imposible to discuss the Far or France. The Japanese are a brave and | Eastern question with any educated patriotic people. and the spirit of robust Japanese, from the highest statesman to nationaliam shows no sign of decay the youngest student, without realising how amongst them, but the military profession deeply, the national mind is imbued with her joke cost that much. is by no means popular, even in the higher a batter sense of the injustice of the white ranks of society; in fact, its prestige is races, which deny the principle of racial

officer.

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The latter were sufficiently struck by this bold acs to stop firing. Directly Cap Lain Maifbide landed, they crowded round,. all talking at once. To get any sense out of the dicussion was impossible.

THE COXSWAIN ACTS. This was too much for the coxswain.

He seized a man by the neck and dumped him a little to one side in front of Cap trin Halfhide therr another-then-another- and so on till there was a half circle of Southern soldiers standing, as good as gald and very much surprised, round the Eng-

now so greatly diminished that it is quite equality in the western world while in-secondly, the rapid growth of unpistac a common thing for a young woman of sisting upon it in the East. The rentals hostility to Japan in Chis, threaten good family to refuse to marry as ment which is felt upon the subject of ing Japanese commerce at its must vital

racial discrimination, always widespread, pont, gives pause to a policy

of Aggres The prevalent conception of Japan as has been greatly aggravated by Mrgion. I believe that for these and other an aggressive militarist nation owes much Wilson's strangely tactless handling of the reasons the Government's original idea of ment's policy towards China. But if doubtedly strengthened the hands of the emigration has come to be replaced by a “Now," said those who criticise that policy would trace Jingo element in Japan. The Japanese policy of commercial and industrial ex can speak first, and you next, and then the unbroken, connection between it and the claim at the Conference was in reality pansion which shall feed Japan's home you and so on. And don't anyone speak, country's imperative economic necessities, claim to rights of citizenship and land industries, much as India feeds those of till the ene before him has finished." they would begcompelled 19 take more tendre in the United States and Canada, Great Britain.

Buch policy does not So the interrogation began, Why did allowance then they usually do for the Marquis Okuma frankly admitted. solve it merely deferine question you fire on a British ganbat To alence of altruim an! lofty idealism in Hud Mr. Wilson resisted that claim, on congestion on Japanese, soil It means which the Southerners replied that they Oriental statecraft. For a nation to claim purely economic grounds, his position would that each year's growth of numbers a bad never heard of or seen a British gua the, right: jo expansion in a spirit of have been sound, and the best elements beabsorbed into the nation's expanding bast, "There she is," said Captain finlf. wanton aggregion is one thing; to do in Japan would have respected his decision industries, thus making Japan, like Eng: hide, And there's another round the under the compulsion of a fierce struggle Japanese Liberals would have appreciated land, more and more exposed to the risks corner. You mustn't fire at her either." for bare existence, for food and elbow-room, the economic argament, whereas insistences entailed by dependent upon imported food

ALL BUNSHINE AND APOLOGY. is merely to obey the first law of nature, on the racial aspect of the case served only supplies as every active, self-helping race bas, to sound the dignity of a people ever -obeyed it since the beginning of time. A sensitive on batters of national pride

of. tte origin, no doubt, to the Govern-question at Versailles, which has unEastern Asia, a‘a wide field For Japanese lish command the coxswain, "you" here!

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Every utterance of every statesman

Then the Southerners were profuse in apology, They were extremely sorry, had no idea they mightn't fire at, gunboats, wouldn't dream of doing it again Dative writer put the problem succinctly Delurred from the American shores of Japan when you come to the point makes so all ended in sunshine and the cons when he said: The Japanese people the Bigifin Japan is compelled to perfectly plain that Japan will never wain told the soldiers that, metaphorically, must either die a saintly death in Fighter relief for her surplus nopulationsand food willingly, cubsent to being debarred from they might get down. ous starvation or expand into the neigh shortage on the Asiatic Continent, and emigration to America, andpa the sumed But to make assurance doubly sura, "a" bour's backyard and Japan is not that everything points to the conclusion that time forbidden to seek expansion in Asia, notice was placarded on the river bank, múch of a saint."

har rulerião not intend that he expansion To conform to the conventions of diplo for the benefit of other Southern troops. shall be confined to Korea, and Manchuria.macy, she may hese her claim to special It read: "Please do not phoot at the gim. The problem which Jepun has to face Marquis Saionji for one has distintily interest" grographical propinquity, beats"-XC. Daily News is easily stated. It is merely a question said that they do not, and every over but the simple fact remains that it is

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SUMMER The Dutch steamer Bun Fo Seon put ing relief in the least populated regions of the whole nation in an outburst of pat of the people, which anks for bread and back into Singapore recently azid the American and Australian continents,riotic indignation. At the same time

p.m. the The probleme in reality only one of many everything in Japan's recent history and cannot be denied. There has never been reported that at aborit 8

any swerving or inconsistency in het policy previous evening

she had manifestations of the unpicasant truth in the present situation justifies the con- sines Japan first went to war with China collision with the Chak Sang, which was which the war has brought home to the clusion tint the future policy of hear in 1864, and the mainsprings of that policy coming into Singapore from Hongkong world at large, that the pressure of popa, seing alert me in future load rather have always been coolic, Japante recent bound for (Calcutta, Singapore trade. lation upon this planet's food capacity hastin the direction of reobomie than of terresertion of her claim, to sficial tot A entrance to the become, and must remain, acute. The ritorial passion. The Paz-Asian dream tereits in Manchuria and Mongolia be From the account of the Captain of the severity of this pressure in Japan in of expansion by ognquest has lost a good discussed in due cour: The point. I now -Ban, Fo doon, it appears that the damage grimly indicated by a death rate which deal of its hold upon the imagination, by desire to amplissise, that, at the back to his sh

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fact that 200 out of every 1,000 destas are, hened during the last 10 years. In the most acute and, and that the claim in deck railings were smashed. Farther averages 15 per thousand and by the reason of several things which have han of this claim les économie pressure of the result, two of her life boats with davits, arning stanchions and four of the upper those of children under months old replace, experience in Korea ang Man-elf is part and parcel of a consistent damage is not yet known As the Chak The elemental-facts of the Japaness charia has let the Japanes to perception policy, for which the nation has fought two Seng is a wetsel of over 1,000 tons, com- kituation are (1) that with a birth rate of the felt that they are a colonising race great wars and for which, if necessary, it pared with 230 tons of the other vessel, als of 139 per thousand, the population, in- in the one that the Anglo-Saxons, would fight again. For the alternative, sa mint have got off with practically no seri- creases every year by about 750,000; (3) ~ (Continurd at foot of wat molumn) ~ they see it, is extinction.

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