Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-08

was an alliance of Japan and Great Britain against the czar's country. Encland furnished the moral cour- age and the money Russia "d' torn by discontent. She was remote from the scene ol nos tilities In the light of all the truth as it has been devloped, RuS- sia was an easy victim. Japan Is moi likely to be presented with S"ch another war opportunity. Nlctoflo"a thouph she has been under the iiiost favorable conditions to hef' 9iie has reached the boastful, 1llpeIu- nont noriod of her career. She IS crushing the people Of Korea ah" gradually and insidiously aosoro''lE tbat country. She is grabbing the land on the Korean peninsula anu anaaciouslv assuming the functions of government, simply because she is too strong for the punN ana weal-kneed Koreans. It is a pure case of national highwaymanshlp. The people of Korea are Sooo enough to live happily and pros nerously. and successfully conduct oniet government, if the robbln% outsiders would leave her to her self. The sweet. innocent, virtuous Japanese are as ravenous TOT other peoples land and personal property as any other nation on earth.
 The most humiliating perform ance to Americans in connection with the so=called Japanese ques- tion is the toadyism and cowardice of portion of the press of the United States and some of her pub lie men in advocating the surrender of rights in our local conduct of government to Japanese immigrants who have not particle of inter- est in this country, except for what they can get out of it. We are constantly advised that we must be careful as to the slightest offense to the Oriental interlopers. We are told by people who profess Americanism that Japan, having al ready whipped China and Russia, may easily be aggravated to soundly thrashing the United States.
 There is manifest and gross lameness in the patriotism on the part of those citizens of the United States who admit the possibility of this country being beaten in war by the Japanese. We have assumed heavy responsibilities in the last ten years. We have vastly increased the army and built up great naval establishment and acquired insular territory against the protest of the great moral and conservative peace element. It is too late to retire from the position we have taken in the fighting affairs of the world. We cannot afford to show the white feather, even in spots, when there is talk of Japan taking liking to the Philippine islands. If neces- sary, we must stand by the fight ing records we have made in other and more glorious days.
 Our government during the pres ent and preceding administrations has been plastered with praise for it's great diplomacy. Has all this been a delusion, Have we been mere braggarts and pretenders in our participation in international, affairs? If there has been that zeal. ability and shrewdness in diplomacy that our government gets credit for-if we are now one of the world powers-are not we qualified to see to it. in the wars, which are prophesied. that, lall the other great nations. of the Foftd ars an4t, allied against us? Have we hot as many friends among the great powers and as much community of interest with them as the Japanese have?
 Japan has been ;petted < a,d fondled as a nation just budding into western learning and .civiliza- tion. The kindly and paternai re- lation should be maintained. in req: son, but it is too soon to admit that the Japanese, or any other Orientals are entitled to bully the greatest republic in history.
 We will be prepared for emer- gencies. We will have to be. Our