AMERICA'S BIG STICK.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 223, 19 September 1919, Page 5

AMERICA'S BIG STICK.

HOVERS OVER THE EAST. JAPAN CONCU-lATORY. LONDON, September 6. The "Times" correspondent at Tokyo reports that the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mr. Shiilebara) will succeed Baron Ishii as Ambassador at Washington. The change indicates that the. Government realise that Peking is no longer the focus of diplomatic policy. There is a growing feeling that America is now the controlling factor in China. The appointment follows unparalleled American criticisms of Japan regarding Shantung, and reveal the desire of Tokyo to carry the policj' of conciliation to the furthest limits. The present situation in the Far East contains the seeds of tht bitterest racial warfare. The tendency in Tokyo, frequently observable of late, is to yield before the clamorous pro-Chinese-Ameri-can sentiment, and it is likely to provoke the most active opposition during the coming political season. In connection with the pro-American campaign now proceeding in China, it must be remembered that American dominance there is no more desirable than Japanese.