The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-07-19
For Commercial Supremacy in
Countries of the Far East.
CALIFORNIA; FOLLY FURNISHED
PRETEXT FOR JAPAN-DIPLo.
MACY WILL NOT NOW WORK.
ENGLAND WINKS AT HER ALLY
death GRAPPLE WILL BE ON
THE PACIFIC.

What does it mean, this great array |
and hustle in naval circles, the eX-
pressed intention on the part of the
government of concentrating it's great
3nd terrible fighting machines on the
Pacific side of this country? There
fare causes for all of this formidable
demonstration, deeper than is under
stood by the ordinary and superficial
observers of the signs of the times.
One thin has become apparent, and that
His the America npress is no longer
| all the American press is no longer
1ealing with the Japanese situation
lin a spirit of levity and as thing
Sunworthy of serious consideration. 1t
lis growing more and more sober in
tits tone as the possibility of an armed
clash with the doughty little Empire
| of the Rising Sun looms up on the
4 dhorizon.
When California took it in her head
| to oust the Japanese children from
her city schools some months ago, and
met with a protest on the part of
Japan the press all over this country
made light of such protest, but now
it is saying other things and saying
them seriously, too.
The colorphobia struck the Pacia1ic
slope and it proceeded to segregate
the progeny of the yellow peril as
the South had done the Negro, but
Japan said, Don't you!" She said,
"Give your reason for such action,
and don't let it be the color line. You
must treat my urchins as you do those
of any other Nation" California
laughed derisively at this; but Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the other wiser
heads of the National affairs did not
laugh, and they informed her that
she had no right to involve the whole
nation in a terrible and costly con-
7ict with her color line folly She
| talked Of her constitutional right to
| internal government, but the pres
sure was brought to bear and she
| Welded, though reluctantly.
The national administration knew
It was up against different problem
to that of the Southern Negro or the
inexpedient, hasty discharge of 200
innocent soldiers from the military
service of the government without
the guilt of any crime being estab-
lished against them 1t told Califor-
MIA so in plain words. One Of the
most effective arguments against the
segregation of Japanese children and
the maltreatment of the Mikados
grown-up subject in California was
and is that Japan has some mighty
effective and destructive fighting ma
chimes which she knows mighty well
how to manipulate. The men behind
her guns know how to shoot where
they look, as was amply demonstrated
on the Sea of Japan--the world
greastest sea struggle-where Roles
vensky with the flower of the power
'ul Russian Navy, was utterly ami
hilated. George Deweys achievement
on the Manila Bay, when he destroyed
the antiquated fleet of Spain, is no
to be compared with Togo's magnifi
cent and unparalleled achievements.
Dewey himself after making a com
parison of the Japanese and Russian
'eets went on record as saying tha
! the chances of victory were with tn,
Russians. For days before the meet
: ing of the two hostile fleets the who'll
? world waited with bated breath 70
, the outcome of the fearful duel.
: came, and the world knows the result
= Dewey was a poor prophet; his pre-
' diction miscarried. He is now mos
+ eolicitous that the best of the Unite,
4 States floating fortresses be mobilize,
4 in the Pacific Ocean to protect tn
: western confine.
, Japan is more than likely to strik
4 before the great ditch is dug acros
n the Isthmus of Panama She is nov
n determined to curtail Americas con
t mercial supremacy on the Pacific an
, with the countries of the Far East an
especially with China.