tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post2552852497839671505..comments2024-02-09T14:11:55.826-08:00Comments on Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Today -100: May 2, 1912: Of delegates, plots against Canada, shiftless gangs, and prince-aviatorsWIIIAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-69684107483766314632012-05-02T22:14:26.351-07:002012-05-02T22:14:26.351-07:00Hmm. Comments are different now. Think I like it...Hmm. Comments are different now. Think I like it the way it was. <br /><br />Re the conspiracy theories.<br /><br />I linked to this story here before about how American bankers may have financed the Japanese war machine: <br /><br />"This amazing story begins with the war between Russia and Japan in 1904. Jacob Schiff, who was head of the New York investment firm Kuhn, Loeb and Company, had raised the capital for large war loans to Japan. It was due to this funding that the Japanese were able to launch a stunning attack against the Russians at Port Arthur and the following year to virtually decimate the Russian fleet. In 1905 the Mikado awarded Jacob Schiff a medal, the Second Order of the Treasure of Japan, in recognition of his important role in that campaign."<br /><br />http://www.wildboar.net/multilingual/easterneuropean/russian/literature/articles/whofinanced/whofinancedleninandtrotsky.html<br /><br />Seems plausible that Americans wanted to sell land to the Japanese despite the hostilities between the two countries (some of the first war plans were made in preparation of war with Japan in the late 1800s). <br /><br />In fact, Jacob Schiff owned land in Baha Mexico and proposed settlement of Russian Jews there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_immigration_to_Mexico#CITEREFHardwick1993 <br /><br />So it's plausible that Schiff, who had railroad interests in Baha, and had ties to the Japanese, wanted to make this deal? Just speculating, but seems like the Senate story refers to a specific plan so maybe they are just being diplomatic by not naming names. <br /><br />One also wonders if Japan wasn't being goaded to attack the U.S. even back then. Maybe this was a false leak simply to make it seem like Japan had designs on America.Walter Wit Mannoreply@blogger.com