Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1919 — War Has Taught Japanese to Develop Their Resources in All Directions [ARTICLE]

War Has Taught Japanese to Develop Their Resources in All Directions

By ANDRE BELESSORT,

Professor in Pans Lycee

Japan is the only nation which has directly benefited by the present conflict. Before the war Japan was poor, but the war has enriched her far more than the victories of Port Arthur or of Mukden. Japan has learned to depend on herself. She has kicked away all her former props, with the result that the war has done more to develop her industries than ten years of effort would have accomplished.- Certain industries, such as the textile industries, or those of chemical products, and the manufacture of glassware and of European paper, have expanded tremendously in the last four years. - Japan has created that which it lacked, whilst that which it already possessed, is flyveioning to an extent which the benefits of a world peace would never have allowed it to hope for. In order to give an adequate idea of this progress, it is only necessary to glance at the statistics, which prove that the net. profits of the textile industries have increased by 5,330,000 yen since the beginning o f the war, while the profits of the chemical industries have increased by 1,133,500 yen. ■■■ - : Once started in this direction Japan resolved to acquire complete economic independence. This is prov.ed by - the fact that although before the war Japan was behind Germany in the manufacture: of artificial dyes and many other chemical products, she has now taken these industries completely in hand, and two companies have been formed with the approbation and direct aid of the Japanese government, so as definitely to check any attempt Germany may eventually make to resume* her supremacy in thear 'dirmiofisr n,-„,