The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
Japanese Diplomacy and Finance
 Point to War With America
By CAPTAIN RICHMOND P. ROBSON
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ian frontier
 America. without any preparatiou whatsoever. would find herself crushed unoer The weight of the British Empire anu the whole of Asia, combined. The osl terms we could hope to secure In suins Aor peace would be to pay an in- oemnity that would stagger the imag- ination and yield up to the British Cu9a, Porto Rico. the Panama Canal, tne' territory on the sout' side of the St. lawrence, the Great Lakes and the northwest to the latitude below Puget sound. including the whole of Alas ka; 10 the Japanese and their Asiatic atties the whole of the Pacific Slope, the Aleutian Islands. Hawaii, Guam, tne philippines and Samoa, leaving them free to move down into lower Cal s.ornia. -aexico, Central America and south America. Americas horizon would thus be reduced to that of an inland nation, struggling for existence in the presence Of surrounding foes. growing more overpoweringfas the years pass.
 This picture will shock the imagina- ton Of Americans who have been lis- tenfng to the mellow words of the Brit ish diplomacy intended to be an opiate to our confiding people, absorbed in their activities of peace.
 l know that the mass of the British people have an affection for America, but 1t is not that part of the people that determine British foreign policy It Is but recalling a fact that stands out clear in our history to state that the British government and governing classes resent the marvellous growth of the United States. and have sought and will seek again any opportunity to have this growth checked
 Public opinion in England is strong yn Gh hau nj mi rf fUh . there would doubtless be great revul. sion of feeling among the people to Ind their country lined up on the side of Asiatics against Americans. 1t must be recalled that there was strong revulsion of feeling in England against the drastic measures taken against the American colonies, but this did not stop the measures. did not prevent the em- ployment of mercenaries and of the red savages with scalping knife for women and children along with men.
 Only thirty years ago we find Great Britain securing the cooperation of France to side with the Turk against the Russian. Bands of religion have no more weight than bands of blood. The British hold continental nations to- gether to perpetuate the yoke of the Turk on the necks of Christians, and barbarous massacres in Crete, in Greece, in Armenia. count for naught when 1t is assumed that political in- terests and advantages of our rival na- tions are involved
 The utmost that could be hoped from the revuision of feeling in England would be to restrain an actual dsclara- tion of war and save the British from the dangers that might arise incCanada, If Anglo-Japanese plans should meet a oh eek. In the meanwhile the British fleets would be mobilized and the ex- posed States on the Atlantic and gulf coasts would clamor for protection and prevent our fleet from being concen- trated in the Pacific, thus insuring to Japan an easy task in gaining control of the sea.
 It can be assumed that the British have guaranteed to the Japanese to keep the American fleet in the Atlantic wren Wal approaches. Scarcely have we mobilized our fleet of sixteen bat tleships preparatory to going around to the Pacific, when the British mobiI- ize a fleet of twenty-six battleships ready for foreign service, giving 1t out that this overpowering fleet could be sent off on foreign service without ex- posing the British coast, athis notice being intended for German ears, as well American While holding them selves, in g position to protest with up- lifted hands against the thought of such a thing, the British are trying to produce, and are producing, uneasiness on the Atlantic seaboard where the papers are now with one voice protest ing against sending all the ships to the other ocean and leaving our great Atlantic cities unprotected.
 While Great Britain is mobilizing her fleet In the Atlantic. Japan, by back handspring, is suddenly taking up hon. eyed words of friendship and Is urging us to send the fleet to the Pacific and not to forget to have it come over to Japan, and give them an opportunity to show their undying love and friend ship for America, Great IS the contrast with Marquis Ito's spontaneous words