The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-03

lies in the opposite influence being
exerted by a nation that really stands
for peace. Such a nation is the Unit
ed States. | don't advocate entangl-
ing alliances with any nation. Let
US remain the impartial friend of all
but let us make ourselves understood
to them and that understanding
should be that it is America, the
United States, that is the influence
upon which peace depends and not
Europe. Let us serve notice on all
the powers that on the balance which
weighs peace and war, we are on the
side of peace and must be reckoned
with. There is one way for America
to do this. Build a navy that will be
adequate to protect and insure the
peace that we have. Then strife to
bring about a law for the powers
which will make permanent peace.
Watch the Orient.
Watch the Orient all the days of
your life. There is a phenomena there
that is vastly different from any that
is working an influence in any. part
of the world. xxx it is ultimately
to be the white race against the yell
low race. The first effect of the
white man upon the yellow man was
to turn him into a warrior. Japan is
the nation that today is exerting its
influence over China. You saw the
crushing work of those soldiers of
Japan upon the armies of Russia.
What would be the effect if those
of oh
nation of fighters. You say that the
Japanese are superior to the Chinese.
They are not. The Chinese are super
Tor in every way. You tell me that
the Japanese soldiers have great en-
durance. The Chinese have more en-
durance. You point out to me of
days march of thirty miles which the
Japanese soldiers made in that recent
conflict. Had it been the Chinese
they would have done fifty miles and
would have trotted every foot of it.
You say that the Japanese army SUBJ
sisted of little. The Chinese soldiers
could have subsisted on less. Yes,
but YOU say there are examples of
where japanese soldiers lived for
days on a little piece of dried fish
anu SI1l1Ii Quciullly VI IlCc WHICH
they carried in their pockets Had
it been the Chinese they would have
thrown the fish away and subsisted
on the rice. This is not theory, my
friends, it is fact. The Japanese
recognize this better than any other
nation. They intend to make use of
the Chinese in the conflict which
they hope shall come to pass, that
the white and the yellow races are
yet to measure in war for supremacy
don't want to be taken as pessi-
mist for | am classed as an optinist of
the first water. ! DO want to be under
stood as advocating peace and of adj
vocating a means which will insure
permanent peace.
Commercial Supremacy Fight.
The yellow races headed by Japan
believe that there is a contest for
commercial supremacy in the Orient
with the white man. Japan recogni-
yes that China holds the key to the
situation. The fundamental policy is
70 exclude American goods from the
Orient No, no, it cannot be said that
the recent boycott CT American goods
in China Nzs due to our Chinese ex-
ciusion act. We have been excluding
Chinese for fifty years, but this boy
colt has come in every part of China
X 2Seyenty thousand Chinese in
their native country are being trained
in warfare by japanese, while in ev-
cry japanese school there are hun |
dreds of Chinese who are receiving
training It does not take a /
stretch OF Imagination to show one
what would happen il this great vel |
ow empire would unite in a war up
IN the white races 1t is possible /
hat it would bring about conflict /
hat would last q great period and /
would set civilization back thous- /
and years.x < America is the key /
q the permanent peace of the world /
The nations of Europe are essentially /
lations OF war America was concei- t
red in peace. for its first Corners were +
ouritans who left their mother count
Y 70 avoid strife. The nations OF
Europe were conceived in war. hence
I is not TO them that the world /