The aggressive Japanese policy of the present day is not a remote but an innediate threat to the peace of the whole world. and it is all the inore immediate a threat ini that it is based at present. particularly with regard to Russian territory. on French and in part on English support. To return to the position of the Russian lar East. it is necessary to eluphasize that the fact that the Japanese at the time of their stay in tile country investigated all the former Russian fortresses and wherever possible made them unfit for use. that the fact that in their dealings with the authorities of the Maritime Province. and at present with tile Government of the Far Eastern Republic. they constantly insisted that they would not " l)ermit" the reerection of the old fortresses or the construction of new ones along the Russian shore is a sufficieit indication of the future plans of Japan. They know that while they maybe obliged to " limit " themmselves now. tomorrow may bring the moment when they may broaden out." The sad story spread by the Japanese. of their " overflowing population and the necessity of. finding space in which to spread out. is a nyth as far as the Russian Far East is concerned. the number of Japanese emigrants throughout the world is insignificant. even including the conquered territories of Korea and Foriosa and the exploited field of Manchuria. furthermore. the climatic conditions of the Far East are not in general suitable for the Japaneseand in the Tsarist days. and even in the thriving times of tile intervention. the number of Japanese citizens was very small. But those Japanese who chose the Ilussian Far East its their place of domicile have succeeded in making themselves at home there. as have the other foreigners in the Far East. The point. then. is not to be found in this field. the above is only a subterfuge put up for external consumption.
Identified stereotypes
The Japanese are described as having an aggressive policy and a myth of overflowing population to justify expansion.