The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-31

trusts, whisky and beer, automobiles,
split-leather shoes, shoddy clothing,
high finance, insurance companies,
Standard Oil companies, adulterated
foods and all the rest Of our beautiful
uninterrupted picnic for those who
know how to give the Chinese all these
things and have the opportunity to do
sos The possibilities are simply be-
yond the widest dreams Of the most
aYaricious, and the time is fast an-
preaching when the captains Of indus
try Of the Chinese empire will make
those of the rest Of the world look like
small fry In Comparison,
Seek to Cut the Melon.
HBut you must not run away with
the idea that 1 am telling you a state
Of are things well understood in the
foreign office Of every government in
Christendom, and there is not one of
them that has not been, and is not at
this moment, scheming and planning
some way to open the Chinese water
melon. Russia from the north and
France from the south thought sat one
| time they had it within their grip,
and you well remember how friendly
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lists in the world are the British, and
they saw to it that the Russo French
combination was broken up, as all men
will come to know If the events lead
| Ing to the war between Russia and
Japan are ever revealed to the world.
AT present Japan on the north and
east and Great Britain on the south
and west are hugging the watermelon
| lent an0h oofir,a nj
as the United States, with its seat in
the Philippines and the German en-
p1re with It's seizure Of Chinese port
from under the very nose Of Japan
the port Of Kiao- Chow. In this light
it is not surprising that the emperor
OF Germany should swing his hat in
air and lead in giving three cheers for
President Roosevelt, as I read he did
a day or two ago.
War Turks Behind Peace. :
"sAt the present time there is osten.
! powers have Joined hands around Chi-
ma and, while the band Is playing q
lively jig, they merrily dance in osfen-
tatious friendliness and sing that good
old plantation song, Ca We Dat Wa
ahmillion, and all the time each has
in his belt knife which he will drive
l nv 0cSIA u AA5 db Gu6
i first favorable opportunity. And we
are there In the circle, dancing with;
the rest, knife ready, and only await
Ing the moment when we will have to
perform the hideous task Of inserting
& its blade alongside the spinal column
?f those whom we ought not to mo-
lest, which brings me down to the real
cause for the bitter feeling in Japan
toward the United States.
SeTNhof 4oo1{nr, 9o 80 Il
which has happened in the devastated
city Of San Francisco. The Japanese
are not fools and neither are they chill
/ dren. They would be no more likely to
make trouble, under other circum-
|, stances, over the situation in San Fran
cisco than we. would be if a japanese
city were to be destroyed and some
american children there for the time
being shut out Of school privileges.
Neither would the shooting Of the Jap
anese poachers In the Boring sea cause
: the friction it Is doing, altho that was
as tndefensible an act as it would be
for you to shoot down stranger, who
happened upon your premises, without
asking his business or even giving him
! an opportunity to throw up his hands.
) Russo-Jap Treaty Cause.
: Were we not in the circle dancing
around China that shooting would be
promptly disavowed, the man who or.
! dered it punished, the families of those
killed recompensed as far as money
would do it, and the incident closed
3 But we are in the game and must play
E Iout our hand, and SO Mr.. Root Il
obliged to justify the shooting on the
ground that the Japanese were invad.
], ter OF fact q couple of constables could
Z have arrested the whole frightened
crowd without blbodshed.
: No, these things are not the cause
i Iof the anti-American feeling in Japan
"a That feeling is caused by the treaty 81
d Portsmouth. The president of The
q United States would not run ahead 81
& his ticket in Japan since that treaty
!, was negotiated. The people Of Japai