Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1907-07-06
Ambitious Yellow Race Would
Like to Have Phil
ippines.
England of Course Is In SYM
patny With Our Prospec-
tive Foe.
WOULD MEAN PROLONGED CONFLICT

During the war between Russia and
Japan the Kentucky Irish American
frequently appealed to the American
people to take sides with our old
friend Russia, which had befriended
us during the Revolution. Beside this
the Russians are Christians, and the
Japanese are Pagans and yellow
devils of race which hates the Chris
tian and the Caucasian. Eminent
statesmen pointed out the danger of
allowing the yellow race to gain
supremacy over the Russians. How
ever, for the sake of trade and to
help out a lot of counterfeit mis-
sionaries the American people,
through the influence of the British
press, was constrained to take sides
in favor of the Japanese. Now the
Japs threaten to come over here and
take this country. They may make
terms with the Chinese, and if they
do they will come pretty near wiping
up the earth with their fanatical
hordes. 1t would be a good thing if
they do come over here for them to
begin on the New York Board of
Trade and a lot of British sympa-
thizers in the metropolis. The English
Government, which drew the United
States into favoring Japan in the
late war, is now in sympathy with
Japan, and it's leading statesmen de-
clare that the United States should
surrender the Philippine Islands to
the yellow race. They want to turn
over a Christian nation to a set of
yellow devils without morals, man
ners or decency.
War between the United States
and Japan is not improbable, though
some people affect to believe other
wise. Japan's national ambitions and
activities have greatly widened, and
new forces set in motion by them
already have produced friction be-
tween American and Japanese inter-
ests in several widely distant locali-
ties. AS yet the more serious in
stances remain in comparative OBJ
security, known only to specially
| interested few, and nursed in diplo-
matte cabinets, while those which
have been actively discussed belong
properly in the pin-prick class. But
these have served to draw the at
tention of the world, giving rise to
endless speculation on the possibility
of war between Japan and the
United States, until today many
Americans are seriously asking:
"What can Japan really do to us?"
And while it will probably suffer
periodical lapses, this question will
grow more insistent as the years
pass, and may one day demand
practical answer of the nation. 1t
is evident that the problem contains
various elements: those of time,
place and collateral physical condi-
tions. In respect to place, the scene
of such conflict seems to be mex
orably limited, except minor mani
festations, to the Pacific ocean and
countries contiguous to it.
Just think of it, Should war begin
the United States would be placed
by circumstances on the defensive
of protecting her possessions in the
Pacific. Japan's chief effort would
naturally be directed against the
, Philippines; but the order of her
procedure might be varied. Some ex-
perts hold that Japan would imme-
diately on the outbreak of war dis
patch an expedition to take Manila
and seize the islands, combining her
effort for the time to these opera
lions. Others think that she would
first endeavor to cut our lines of COM
munications with the Philippines,
by Selling Guam and Hawaii, thus
making the task of defending the
/ Philippines harder, and vastly in
creasing the difficulty of retal1ing
them should they succumb early in
the struggle. We need accept, at
present, neither of these views; but
as much the same propositions are
involved in both undertakings, and
a solution of one applies directly to
the other, it is well to discuss the
probabilities involved in Japanese
attempt to take Hawaii first.
In case of war with japan the
United States would be confronted
from the beginning OF such war
with the necessity of holding Hawaii,
and then preparing to retake the
Philippines. This would mean pro-
longed and very expensive conflict;
for IL need not be presumed that
if the American people should enter
upon such a war they would permit
1molr GONernmenJ 10 aDdhuOn III uh1h
victory was secured or the futility
of further effort firmly established.
The problems which would confront
the naval and military authorities of
the United States would be: First,
to wrest naval control of Asiatic
waters from Japan; second, to use
this control. if secured, to blockade
the coast of Japan as effectively as
possible, in order to cripple her trade
and industry, and prevent the rein
forcement and supply of Japanese
troops to the Philippines; third, to
dispatch enough troops to the Philip
pines to defeat the Japanese armies
there and recover possession of the
islands. While to accomplish all this