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Mr. Chew tried to impress the audi-
ence that Japan's part in the world
war was small, even when compared
with China's. More Chinese laborers,
he said, were killed in France than
Japanese soldiers. He forgot to men-
tion, however, that the Chinese coolies
did not go to France as soldiers do,,
JAPANESE .STUDENT .SAYS .LEC.
TURER DISTORTED FACTS IN
TALK(.
Editor, The Michigan Daily:-
When Mr. Ng Poon Chew spoke last
Tuesday night at Hill auditorium he
discussed in an interval of about 20
minutes some grave questions con-
cerning China and Japan, and strongly
denounced Japan and her policies.
Hitherto the Japanese of this commu-
nity have almost entirely ignored the
frequent attacks on their country by
youthful Chinese enthusiasts, and have
refrained from answering' the charges
made against Japan. To the Japanese
mind it seemed unbecoming and un-
desirable that Oriental students study-
ing in American institutions should
wrangle among themselves about their
countries, especially as they enter-
tained a high personal regard for the
Chinese students here.
However, when a man like Dr.
Chew, said to be an eminent states-
man, journalist, and humorist, either
through ignorance or deliberate intent,
misrepresents facts and impressest
falsely the minds of the hearers, it
seems fitting that this opportunity be
taken to show that many of Mr. Chew's
statements did not constitute straight
facts, but highly distorted facts.
One of the subjects he referred to
Avas, of course, the Shantung question.
This question which has been so much
discussed, yet so seldom with real
knowledge, involves a legal as well as
a moral problem. It Involves an in-
terpretation of international law in
relation to concessions made in a for-
eign country. It necessitates a his-
torical survey dating back to 1895.
But the problem needs a fuller discus-
sion than can be contained in this
article and as Mr. Chew did not dwell
much upon this subject I shall con-
fine myself to points which he' dis-
cussed more fully.
with sacrifice, that they went under a
contract as mercenary workers and
were duly paid full wages.
Japan's work in the war was in a
field generally unknown to the public.
Let me tell of her share in the words
of Theodore Roosevelt in an article
written seven months before his
death. He said, "In this war Japan
has played a great and useful part.
She first captured Kiao-Chau, and
sank all the Austrian and German
ships there. She then drove the Ger-
man ships out of the Pacific. Soon
thereafter she lent three of her cruis-
ers to Russia to strengthen her fleet
in the Baltic.
"At present her destroyers are work-
ing together with the British and
American destroyers in the Mediter-
ranean Sea and off the coasts of Eng-
land, Spain and France. Her subma-
rines have been working in company
with the Italians. The transports
from Australia andsNew eZaland have
been convoyed safely by Japanese
warships. Our own war vessels are
free for convoying our troops across
the Atlantisc largely because of what
Japan has done in the Pacific. She
supplied enormous quantities of arms
and munitions to Russia. She lent
Russia heavy guns, and loaned her
millions of dollars. She has given to
the Allies quantities of copper. She
has sent medical units to England,
France, Russia, Serbia, and Rumania.
She has offset the German intrigue in
India. One in 28 of the people of
Japan belong to the Japanese Red
Cross; one in four of the Japanese in
this country are in the American Red
Cross. Two thousand Japanese are
fighting in the Canadian army. Japan
has done everything she has been
y
asked to do in this war, and this state-
ment will be questioned by no human
being who is both honest and acquaint-
ed with the actual facts."
Mr. Chew seemed to take great pride
and delight in the fact that his country
has a republican form of government.
It is' well that China is a republic if
it be the will of the people. But it
is one thing to take pride in one's own
country; it is quite another thing to
make it capital in creating prejudice
and distrust against another country.
We must remember that government
is usually largely a matter of expe-
diency. So long as the purpose of the
government is the promotion of hap-
piness and the guarantee of the rights
of its people, its form as such is a
secondary matter. A badly managed
republic is just as much a cause of
misery to the people as a despotic
tyranny.
Mr. Chew's denunciation of the Jap-
arese government as being absolutely
militaristic evokes a smile of sheer
pity in those who have any knowledge
of the actual government of Japan.
As this is a point on which Mr. Chew
I did his best to misrepresent the truth,
I shall go more fully into its funda-
mental aspects.
When Japan adopted her constitu-
tion in 1889, It isutrue she patterned it
after the constitution of Germany. A
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