The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-21

tue ihAh8H ~ tH' ffAf'A I'M -
aud America arc rivals for dominion
Ia the Pacific
Already. the voice Of the eroak.
- ia heard In tho land and the
/ alarmiat even more haHty than he
who ran to job cries out that the
/ 8ablnaa Of Japan fall upon Y0u=in
plain words, that Japan. grown ar
| rogant. will not brook American
rivalry In the Pacific and that her
/ eyes have already measured greed.
/ lly the distance 10 the Philippine.
Said he
There II. suppose. no more
| doubt that the alarmiHt Is sincere
than he Is mistaken utterly and
/ mistaken utterly be iH
There IL between japan and
| America uu rivalry Japan does not
believe. and never has believed. that
/ America IL iand-ErabbiuR nation
Her behavior 10 Japan has been d
D rect and honest her behavior q
/ China In the Boxer difficulty con
I firmed our faith In her her treat
meBt OF Cuba and oil the Philippines
shows uh that she respects the rights
~ other peoples. and that where she
interyenes II " 10 build up. not to
/ destroy. The objects OF the two ma
| lions are alike. Japan does not e1-
peet American aggression.
'On the other hand Japan r. not
seeking territory for the cake Of con
quest nor influence for the love Of
p0Nef-aud were she doing 30. what
reason would there be for turning
toward the Philippines and Guam
when Korea and China are Just be-
yOnd herr japan hopes for neigh
bors Of her own race. pursuing With
her the Rrfa and trades Of peace.
growing IA commerce. growing In
education. growing In individual
and national character neigh bora
with whom she can share equally
Ia the give and take OF national IN
tereourse She will not infringe
upon foreign rights. nor does she
look for infringement
Vet were America an exploifef Of
the weak and Japan eaten BY desire
OF conquest and were Japhn.s nafuT-
n sphere Of influence the Philippine
instead Of Korea and China. there
would be potent reasons from the
past Why she would hesitate to pro-
NJ at Americas expense The up
right dealings of America with her
throughout thear fifty-one years Of
national mountaineering. the
American freedom. in dealing with
Japan. from racial contempt: and
especially our Indebtedness 20 the
United States for our introduction
10 Western civilization. must give
MS pause. The United States aud
Japan. in closely similar saya. are
seeking the same ends. and there
can scarcely be an interruption Of
the cordial understanding that now
unitea them" continued Mr.. Va
maxa
1T follows. therefore that an in
crease Of American naval force in
the Pacific will not be challenged
by Japan. II will. indeed. be vel
coined Japan has no small task
before her IN the patrol Of ell the
North and West OF the Pacific. and
the presence OF an effective Ameri-
can squadron In the same waters
will relieve her from part OF her
burden of control.
Nor will America suffer by such
association. Six years ago an Amer
lean statesman. talking with me of
diplomacy in the Pacific. explained
that the American position vas IN
tenabie without an alliance with
some strong naval power Ia Aslatie
waters That alliance Is now fur
nish-d. not upon parchment in a
formal treaty. but In the cordial
understanding that unlfes our two
governments and the people Of the
two countries