7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
1/11
The Problem of Japan
By Ellie, Lauren and Oli
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
2/11
Japan in the 1920s
a!or e"onomi", military and imperial po#er
$t had se"ured% &ormosa 'present day Tai#an(,
)orea, all *ermany+s "olonies in hina and the
Pa"ifi" north of the e-uator. /ubstantial interests in an"huria, hina
onstitutional monar"hy, under Emperor
irohito. urin 1920s o3erned by a su""ession of
Liberal o3ernments.
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
3/11
$mpa"t of epression
it Japan hard
estabilisin politi"al effe"t
*ro#in number of radi"al nationalists4 espe"ially in the army
5anted to pursue a poli"y of territorial
e6pansion
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
4/11
an"huria
/eptember 1971
Japanese army units sei8ed a number of
points in an"huria They #ere a"tin #ithout orders from their
o3ernment
o#e3er, due to popular support theJapanese o3ernment did little to halt the
army
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
5/11
rti"le 1:
on"ern that this may be in3o;ed
rti"le de"lared% $f any member of the
Leaue resorted to #ar, this #ould amountto an a"t of #ar aainst all other members
of the Leaue.
The Leaue #as then empo#ered to
sub!e"t the aressor to e"onomi"
san"tions.
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
6/11
o#e3er, it #as not "lear that Japan had
"ommitted a
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
7/11
Battleships in ba";round = Japanese militarism
The shell
fired from
the un
represents
the in3asionof
an"huria
$t blasts a hole
throuh all thetreaties that the
"ountries of the
#orld had made in
order to a"hie3e
pea"e. >enders
themmeaninless.
The messae of the "artoon is that, of Japan is prepared to betray
its treaty promises and the o3enant of the Leaue, all hopes of
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
8/11
BritainCs rea"tion
ost politi"ians #ere "riti"al of Japan+s a"tion.
They #ould not re"onise an"hu;o as a state.
o#e3er, did not #ant a ma!or #ar #ith Japanbe"ause%
1. Britain had serious e"onomi" problems 1971472
2. &or"es in &ar East #ere limited
7. /ome sympathy for Japan, due to friendliness formany years. an"huria "ould possibly no# pro3ide a
barrier aainst /o3iet aressionD. Japan had brouht relati3e prosperity to an"huria, as
hina #as in a state of politi"al "haos.
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
9/11
The Lytton ommission
Leaue of @ations set this up to loo; into therihts and #rons of the an"huria situation.
$n O"tober 1972, de"lared Japan+s rie3an"es#ere !ustified, but "ondemned its methods ofredressin those rie3an"es.
>e"ommended an"huria should ha3eautonomous status under hinese super3ision
Leaue a""epted this re"ommendations D2
3otes to 1 Japan, the only nation to 3ote aainst the
de"ision, #ithdre# from the Leaue.
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
10/11
nlo4Japanese >elations
Britain "ondemned Japanese a"tion, but
did little else.
Japanese imperialism #as not seen as an
immediate daner.
$ndeed Japanese e6pansion in northern
hina "ould be seen as redu"in the ris;
of Japanese e6pansion in other areas
sensiti3e to Britain.
7/24/2019 The Problem of Japan - WW2
11/11
Top Related