The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-13
ROOSEVELT'S ACTION WILL
MAKE WAR IMPOSSIBLE

Editor Advertiser: The world appre-
ing at critical times difficult tasks to
lperform and important decisions quick
lily to arrive at, does both the one and
the other keeping grip on affairs and
iexhfbiting at the same time what is
commonly called a level head. To most
Iof the eighty millions of people of this
great country, little time given them
for reflection, the attitude of President
Roosevelt in the matter of the Japa-
nese children and the public schools of
San Francisco will be recognized as
| far-seeing and wise. Courageous it
will be declared to be, for another con-
struction might be put upon it by the
unthinking, notwithstanding the Pres
ident's not to be questioned pluck and
nerve. Above all, it will, by the people
| of this country and by the world at
large be acclaimed as right. The ap-
! peal of the japanese is now to Caesar,
not to the State of California What
ever the action of Congress, or the
sputter of the uniformed. or the aim
less screams of the unthinking, Presi-
dent Roosevelt has put on record his
sense of the proper course for the
country to pursue and 1 venture to
say the inexora BILE logic of facts will
promptly attest to his clear vision and
right-mindedness.
A new era is dawning in the East.
The East which gave the world Christ,
Buddha. CONTIGUOUS, Moses, Lao-tsze
and others from all of whom we have
much to learn. A new era is daWning
in the East, and in certain definite
and important part thereof it has
dawned and the men thereof, any more
than ourselves, will not brook treat
ment that any high minded, sensitive
and courageous people should resent
Coupled with this fact the rigorism
of the strenuous President as an ethi-
cal teacher Will make its mark and
there will be no war between Dali Nip
pom and this great republic.
Comment has been made upon the
naval and military expenditure of Jap
an since the close of their late Won
derful and victorious war, and the
question has been asked if it is not
probable that the evident desire to be
prepared for further conflict does not
point to possible trouble with the
United States? Preposterous! A
whirlpool of words may threaten to
wreck the peace of the world, but the
peace will be kept between the two
powers named. Being a thoughtful, far
seeing people the japanese know and
nm nrS 11crIor falT
from aggressive action on the part Of |
the United States. If the San Fran |
cisco school question has irritated them
as it most surely ought to do, it has !
not been a cause of increased activity |
in the naval and military departments |
of Japan that activity is but q wise
and natural sequence of the war re-
Gently waged. Because the japanese
are prepared and have intended to be |
prepared for all contingencies it APP |
pears unreasonable to suggest that |
they have been looking for trouble |
with the United States. They have
confidence III the good sense and proper
feeling of t~e best American thought, |
and it is such thought, speaking |
through the President that makes war
impossible.
The experience of the past must |
Tie iiiAiNA S'-A@N ~ -
comes about they feel their safety. |
their very national life depends on
their preparedness. The following, |
written during the late war, is peril |
nent to this matter: For at least half |
century European nations, with Eng
land as the pioneer, have been telling |
Oriental nations that their only hope
OF salvation lies in adopting Western
civilization. In order to enforce the !,
lesson Europe has invaded their ter |
ritories, slain their people, annexed !
their revenues, and taken possession of
their soil. One of these Oriental ma /
tons has taken the advice of Europe. !
1t has mastered the ways of western /
civilization with extraordinary COM !
pleteness yet as soon as it
accepts our advice, and complies with
our cherished notions of progressive
ness and intelligence. Europe turns
round and denounces it as a menace
10 peace and civilization. For a thou
sand Years that nation has enjoyed a
civilization of it's own which has pro-
duced a physical and moral education
now triumphantly enduring the sever
est tests that can be applied 1t med
died with nobody, and it asked Of the
world nothing but to be left alone
Europe would not leave it alone, and