Word: japanism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...true that the people of the U. S., the writer included, do not like the governments of Japan and Germany, but Pittman's conclusion that Americans have "the right and power to enforce morality and justice . . . and they will" is incredibly naïve, dangerous, and unpatriotic...
...Pacific outlined by the Navy is the Island of Guam. A glance at the geography of the Pacific (see map} is enough to tell anyone why that 210-square-mile, mountainous wart on the Pacific may one day be a spot as important as Gibraltar. After the war Japan was given a mandate over the once German Caroline Islands. The Caroline Islands lie across the U. S. route to the Philippines, and Guam lies across the Japanese route to the Carolines. In 1922 the Washington Naval Treaty bound both countries to construct no new fortifications in the Pacific (with...
Unless reports are false Japan is already fortifying the Carolines...
...base at Guam as proposed by the Navy Department in the report drafted by Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn would place a standing force of U. S. planes, submarines and perhaps capital ships where they would be within practical fighting distance of 1) the Carolines, 2) the Philippines, 3) Japan-all well within an effective 1,500 mile radius of action. It would also make possible cooperation with Britain's air and seapower at Singapore in case Japanese tried to seize the Philippines and go on toward British and Dutch possessions in the East Indies...
...Tokyo last week a Japanese naval spokesman barked: ". . . Placing a gun against a neighbor's door. . . . Nothing but advanced bases for long distance attack upon Japan." In Washington Congressmen, including Idaho's Senator William E. Borah, grumbled their doubts, signaled tough going for the Guam plans...