Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

/ Altman Of the board of education yes
terday. 1t is only in the grammar and
primary grades that any objection is
made to the presence of Japanese and
! the chief objection in those grades is to
! grown men.
THE board of education will stand
pat in the position taken" said Mr.. Alt
mann. We have proceeded according
to law, and it is the move of the United
States.
Now Up to MI Moody.
! ''It is up to Attorney General Moody,
said United States Attorney Devlin.
have telegraphed the agreed statement
of facts to him and today have written
letters explanatory to that end and OF
conditions here. | am ready to move
when ordered"
U. S. Gives Russia Backbone.
/ WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 15.-The
war department today says that no or
der has been issued for additional troops
to the Hawaiian islands nor is one con-
templated The permanent garrison in
Hawaii consists of four companies OF
regulars.
1t was reported today from San Fran
cisco that trouble with the japanese was
anticipated and two regiments were tC
be sent to Hawaii to Quell any disturb
ances.
! Syndicate Enjoins United States.
| tits understood that the Mikado was ex-
/ tremely anxious to secure possession OF
the island of Lanai, which is private
! property. This island is fifty miles from
! Honolulu and could be used as an ex-
| cellent naval base against the United
! States by any foreign power. 1t has
two splendid harbors of sufficient depth
to accommodate q large fleet of war
/ vessels.
Last night Attorney George D. Gear
secured an injunction against Gov. Car
ter and Land Commissioner Pratt to
prevent their selling the island to a syn
dictate. 1t is understood that the syndi-
cate represents the japanese govern
ment or people who ultimately expect Il
/ dispose of the island to japan.
All Europe Is Excited.
BERLIN, Dec. 15.-The relations be-
tween the United States and Japan ex-
cite extraordinary interest here. EN-
peror William discussed the question
with several persons recently, and is
! thoroughly informed.
1t is believed that Russia's more
resolute attitude against Japan's re
! quests for trade and colonization rights
on the Amur river and in Siberia, and
for fishery privileges IS partly due to
the discussion of the California school
has been subjected to steady diplomatic
| pressure from Japan. The result is
that the Russian foreign Office thinks
! that Japan might make her ambitions
! the occasion for Il renewal of the war
. with Russia.
Fear Conflict Soon.
| German soldiers seem to agree that IN
! conflict between the United States
! and Japan the latter would take the
| Philippine islands and place upon the
/ United States prolonged sea and land
/ campaigns under great natural obstacles.
! 1t was known here III June that the
/ British admiralty had considered the
oreticaly the possibility of war between
I Japan and the United States as likely
within twenty-five years, ard some of
| the British naval men are reported to
have expressed the belief that the CON
test would occur within five years.
In any case, it is certain that several
European foreign offices are at present
making inquiries regarding the temper
/ of the japanese.
Boycott by Jap Shippers.
SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 15.-Japa-
nese wholesale merchants are sending
! their own vessels to Pacific coast ports
/ for shipments of flour and wheat rather
than give them to ships flying American
| flags.
| The steamship Shibata is now loading
| at Portland and two other boats are
| bound for Puget sound.
Secretary Root Backs Down.
! WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 10
| There has been a good deal of a row in
! Congress and throughout the country
| over the speech made by Secretary Root
! in New York Tuesday night and its an
! swer by Judge Brown.
The secretary now says that his posi-
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I did not mean, he said, to advocate the
! idea that the federal government had the
! power, or should have the power, to
/ override the states whenever anything
! concerning the common good of the
! Union was in question.
/ On the contrary, the secretary intend
! ed that his remarks should be in the na-
| ture of an appeal to the states for con-
/ certed action on all questions wherein
| the rights and privileges Of the Union
! were concerned.
Great Lakes Interested.
! Cities along the Great Lakes are par
/ ticularly interested i'll the development
/ of this controversy as to how far the
| federal government can so in the way
/ of making treaties which require legis-
! lation or acceptance by the states them
selves \ preliminary inquiry among
members of the Senate renders it ex-
| ceedingy improbable that they could
! be induced to vote to ratify a treaty
which would give Canada the right even
remotely to dictate to us how much
| water we shall take from the Great
Lakes for drinking, sanitary, or CONNER
! cial purposes.
The feeling in regard to Lake Michi-
gan is especially strong, because that
great body of water is entirely within
| the territory of the United States. There
| is not the slightest doubt that the feder-
al government has a right to fortify the
! straits of Mackinaw. Many senators
have declared, however, that they would
| never under any circumstances vote for
a treaty by which Canada and the
! United States would be obliged to go
| into a bookkeeping arrangement, divid-
| ing the waters of the great lakes be-
| tween them.
! Canada has hundreds upon hundreds
! of miles of lake coast, which are and will
! long remain a wilderness. The United
| States coast has great cities. 1t is no
| exaggera ton to say that the people on
| the American shore of the lakes use and
need for drinking, sanitary, and CONNER
| cial purposes not less than hundred
times as much as the Canadians over
| the water.