Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-02
SEES PERIL IN
INFLUX OF JAPS
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The occupation of Manchuria and the
fortification of Port Arthur was the
Immediate excuse, but not the real cause
of the war. The real cause Of the war
was the inherent antagonism of interest
and purpose which could find no other
solution than the arbitrament of the
sword.
Conflict ls Inevitable
I'VE have acquired territory in the
Pacific ocean. We have laid the foun-
dation for commercial supremacy on
that great sea; we have position at
the very doors of the orient by the
possession of the Philippines and a
base of naval operations in midocean
by the Incorporation of the Hawaiian
islands. We have q shore line under
the jurisdiction of the American flag
which comprises $4,000 miles. The
countries under the jurisdiction of our
flag lying behind this line possess re-
sources equal to the ultimate support
of empires of wealth and population.
We have laid the foundation for COM
mercial supremacy on the Pacific coast
and at some point in the future course
of national destiny the pathway of
national progress on the part of Japan
and the United States will converge
to a point of inevitable conflict.
at is useless to speculate as to what
the occasion or excuse for this con-
flict may be. The small cloud of war
which is now hanging on the horizon
of the two nations appears Ito relate
to the dissatisfaction of the Japanese
with the policy of California, relating
to it's educational interests.
Japan Is Dspleased
"The American administration of
California's internal affairs has not
been fortunate in meeting with the
approval of the empire of Japan, but
this educational policy is not the reason
for disturbing the amicable relations
between the two nations. The funda-
mental cause lies at the very founda-
ton of the national character of the
nations to the controversy
The senator then modified his pre-
diction of conflict, saying:
The antagonism, however latent, is
present in the conscious institutions OF
the two nations; but however strong
the competition between the two coun-
tries may be racial feelings should not
and I believe will not lead to actual
armed conflict. Japan has given 'evi-
dence of wise and progressive states
manship and we can hope for such in
the future as we have had in the
past
The cost in men and treasure is
growing greater in every succeeding
war and neither Japan nor the United
States would hastily appeal to arms
when the spirit of arbitration is be-
ginning to rule the world. To do so
would be to belle the renown they have
of being among the most progressive
nations of the globe. And fortunately,
The Hague tribunal stands ready to
consider in all fairness those great
questions that tend to disturb the
peace of the world
II am sure that we of America would
consider ourselves great and strong
enough to submit to this tribunal any
dispute not affecting our honor and
that Japan would consent If not Insist
that this be done. We need not fear
serious clashing of interests, however.
for the Pacific is wide and the trade to
be developed is so immense that 1t will
be long before the pressure of compe-
tition between the two countries is
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