- 著者
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増田 弘
- 出版者
- 一般財団法人 日本国際政治学会
- 雑誌
- 国際政治 (ISSN:04542215)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.1982, no.71, pp.72-92,L9, 1982
From the early 1910s, ISHIBASHI Tanzan, a journalist of the “<i>Oriental Economist</i>, ” consistently expressed his sympathy for both the Chinese revolutionary movements and nationalism while criticizing not only the imperialist Japanese foreign policy toward China but also public trends such as the contempt shown toward Chinese people. In addition, he insisted that Japan should abandon all of its colonies including Manchuria, which was said to be a “sacred precinct.” He argued from various viewpoints including the political, diplomatic, economic, and strategic. The main reasons were as follows. (1) although Japan possessed rights and interests in China, Chinese people continued anti-Japanese movements because their nationalism was deeper and stronger than the Japanese government and people supposed; therefore, ISHIBASHI insisted that Japan abandon those interests in order to trade and co-operate with China; (2) all the colonies such as Manchuria were virtually worthless in economic terms; (3) to hold Manchuria the Japanese government had to over-expand itself militarily; thus, national life became worse and worse; and (4) as a result of Japan acquiring interests from China, Japanese-U. S. foreign relations worsened and Japan was isolated.<br>The purpose of this paper is, therefore, to clarify ISHIBASHI's opinions, the theoretical structure of his arguments, and the controversial declarations he made during the Washington Conference of 1921-22.