A flank movement, however, has been attempted which may bring Jewish ambitions nearer the goal of their desire. Checked in Wall Street, Jewish financiers have sought out other American centers, and even foreign centers whose future influence on American affairs promises to be considerable. The first flank movement is toward Central and South America. It may be said that the financial assistance, practical and advisory, offered to.Mexico during the most unsatis¬ factory period of her relations with the United States, was given by Jewish financial groups. The attempt to gain influence with Japan seems to have come off rather badly. It is known, of course, that Jacob Schiff gave material assistance to Japan in the war with Russia. This was explainable on the ground of good business and also of a desire to revenge Russia’s treatment of the Jews. Mr. Schiff used the oppor¬ tunity also to instill the principles, which have since grown up into Bolshevism, into the minds of Russian prisoners in Japanese war camps. But more than that, the idea appears to have been to add the newly rising Japanese power to the string of Jewish financial con¬ quests. Jewish finance already has a foothold in Japan, but it appears that Mr. Schiff’s hopes in this respect were not fully realized. The Japanese are credited with knowing much more about “the Jewish peril” than even the United States does, and they were exceedingly wary. They kept the business deal strictly a business deal, and Mr. Schiff was said to have been displeased with Japan generally. This is well worth knowing at this time, especially in view of the propaganda which seeks constantly to cause mis¬ understandings to arise between the United States and the Empire of Japan.
But South America appears to be the latest objec¬ tive. It must be remembered that the Jews exercise world control in two departments: in