Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-03-22
Washiugtua STANDARD
OLYMPIA. WASH.
fRIDiT MORNING, MARCH q, 1907.
Just as Predicted.

Capt. Ignace Rodic. of the Austria
Hungarian army, who has given his
views in pamphlet form. after much
diligent examination, confidently pre-
diets a war between the United
States and Japan. and that the issue
will be forced by the latter power:
that all professions of friendship are
but tn" subtle craft of a power that
has already begun preparations for
the ordeal He declares that Japan is
working generously to complete her
military and naval equipments add
ing that during the last few months
$4,000 men have been at work day
and night in the arsenals. turning
out guns and small arms, and stating
that the cartridge manufactures at
Toxic, where in all about 90. 900 men
are employed. have turned out daily
500 rifles. Captain Rode also as
serted that the projectile works at
Toxic make 600 shells per day for the
artillery"
1t is but restating what we already
knew, and has been published time
and again in these columns, that the
little pest has been forcing itself sur
reptitiously into this country over
the Mexican border, and more openly
through our Philippine and Hawaiian
colonies, where they have already
almost taken control. An Immigra-
ton Inspector reports that every
vessel from the continent and the
Hawaiian Islands, arriving at Man.
zanillo, Mexico, brings from 400 to
LOO Japs, en- route for the American
border, Many of these have stopped
in that city, as well as at Ell Paso,
Texas, readily securing employment
as hOuse-servants, displacing the ma
tive born of both countries. The
Mexican authorities, it is reported,
have only been restrained in taking
some action from the fact that Mr..
Roosevelt had given assurance that
he had restriction of labor competi-
tors well in hand.
1t has been frequently stated that
the veterans who fought Russia have
been quietly finding q foothold in our
island dependencies, and that Japan
csc vessels have been cruising the
waters surrounding our archipela-
goes, making soundings and studying
the contour of the land, which re-
ports have been steadily denied by the
authorities at Washington, appar-
emily with the intent Of downing the
ghost at the expense of popular Gre
du!ity; but that they are under some
n oh +
the massing of all available warships
on the Pacific coast, to be in some
what prepared state, if the worst
should come. Capt. Rodic predicts
great disaster for our government,
but that is matter that can only be
determined by the ordeal of war it.
self. Who ever dreamed of our one
sided conflict with Spain? Does it
not seem that Providence was on the
side Of right and justice, when whole
navies of splendid war-vessels were
simply annihilated by an equal num-
Der of no better ships?
AS to retaining our worthless COL
onies, in case of war, that is another
question. They never should have
been acquired, but having them may
precipitate war, and the worst that
happens will be yielding them to con-
quest by a vastly inferior nation, who
have the advantage of closer proxim-
ity to the objects of contention and
ample preparation from their late
conflict.
Oh, that we had never departed
from the traditions of the past:
America for Americans and avoid
ance of all entangling alliances!"