Will Japan Grab the Philippines?
Graphic was an English-speaking illustrated magazine, owned by Ramon Roces and edited by A. C. Fabian. It included sections targeted at both men and women, which made it suitable for a broad public, although it gave a lot of importance to foreign policy.
Following a series of articles concerned with Japanese expansionism, Graphic discussed the possibility that Japan would grab the Philippines in an article published by Ricard Mª Isidro, who argued that Japan needed the Philippines’ raw materials and fertile lands, but reframed the question to inquire about the capacity of Japan to effectively do so. For him, the answer was not US. protection (for they wouldn’t risk a war just to protect Filipinos), but the equilibrium between the European colonizing powers in South-East Asia. Using Italian colonialism in Africa as an example, Isidro argued that, as in the case of Ethiopia, Britain would jealousy jeopardize any Japanese attempt to seize the Philippines unless a European war in which Britain would be involved would force her to concentrate her attention on the West. Isidro was partially right: Japan invaded the Philippines after Germany “distracted” the British only 5 years later.
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Fecha
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1936-02-20
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Fuente
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“Will Japan grab the Philippines?”, Graphic, vol IX, num. 36, February 20, 1936, pp 12-13, 48. In Open Access Repository @ UPD.
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Relación
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Matthiessen, Sven. 2016. "Diverging Views Melting into One—The Perception of the Philippines in Japanese Pan-Asianist and Nationalist/Imperialist Thought, 1886–1931", in Japanese Pan-Asianism and the Philippines from the Late 19th Century to the End of World War II. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
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Editor
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Item held at University of the Philippines Diliman and University of Antwerp VLIRUOS Rare Periodicals Open Access Repository
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Colaborador
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Emilio Vivó Capdevila
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Idioma
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English
