The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-29
WAR SCARE WAS
MANUFACT
Yellow Journals .on Both Sides
Were Busy but We're
ignored.
(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)

| WASHINGTON, ID. u, June I9.-
There has been a great to do here with
in the last few days over fresh Japa-
nese war talk. Happily, it was all
laundering in the index, without any
foundation except in the imaginations
of few hot heads. It originated in
some yarns that japanese news
paper correspondents put into circula-
tion from Washington about a coali-
tion between the japanese of the Pa
cific coast and the progressive political
| party of Japan, which virtually
amounted to a conspiracy to bring
about the recall of Ambassador Aoki,
to annul the japanese exclusion pro-
vision in the immigration law, and to
overthrow the present ministry at
!. Toxic.
A delegation of japanese were in
| Washington for several weeks, trying
to lay the foundation for something
of that kind, although just how they
proposed to further their plans mate
rally was not made plain. This dele
cation included K Kawakami, of the
staff of the Yorozu, a newspaper of
Toxic and T. Takahashi and 0. NADIA,
representatives of the Seattle and San
Francisco japanese societies respec-
lively. They talked with Ambassador
Aoki and with Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon, while they tarried in
Washington and agitated about right
ing the alleged wrongs of their fellow
countrymen.
The new war scare proved to be the
feature growing out of the visit of
these Japanese. They succeeded in
getting lot of threatening talk into
the newspapers, all of which was en-
tirely ignored by the President and by
Secretary Root. Neither of those off,
cials said word for publication about
the new agitation, although it is known
that they gave it considerable atten-
tion to ascertain what it really meant
and what the men represented who
were behind it. Numerous cablegrams
have also been coming back from
Toxic, showing that yellow newspapers
there have been and are doing their
utmost to stir up contention and to
convince the populace that japanese
are cruelty treated in the United
States.
The attitude of President Roosevelt
and Secretary Root is very logical. |
They know that there is absolutely |
nothing to warrant prospect of war
between Japan and the United States |
and they viii not dignity the reports
of such a prospect by official notice
but they feel some concern lest the yel
low newspapers of both countries and
the hotheads of both countries may
continue agitating till there is fric-
tion and till the situation becomes
sufficiently serious to give the admin
some trouble. 1t is recalled
that less than ten years ago the ytl-
low newspapers of this country virtu
ally precipitated the war with Spain.
There are yellow newspapers galore
in the United States, but those of
Japan are said 10 lead all the world.
For a very long time there was a
strict censorship of the japanese press
out as the case is stated here, that
lines and many of the japanese
'ditors are enjoying their newspaper
liberty by rushing into excessive and
statements. They do NOT
represent the substantial thought IF I
he empire but nevertheless command
considerable influence with the masses.
t is also understood here that there
$ much politics in the present agita-
ion, as it proceeds largely from the
minority party. ;
In that particular the japanese are
ehavine no worse than the minority
,oIitical party here, whether it be :
or Republican, often be-
aves. Tn our presidential campaign
ears all sorts of buncombe is in +
ulged in for the purpose of catching Z
otes. Only few years ago a favor
.e political pastime was twisting the d
ritish lion s tail. That has passed .
ut but other political foibles and .
ppeals to popular prejudice are not .
anting.
Ambassador Aoki probably has not g
cen altogether happy in the conduct s'
{ his office here He has been to u
le State Department occasionally in
,nnection with the wrecking of the :,
ananesa restaurants in San Francisco -