The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-22

a Word from Son or NIppon.)
Against whom is japan making
ready its Navy?" This is the first
question Of G. G. who contributed an
article in the Advertiser a few days
ago. We can not find any signs of
Japan's preparing for war, either in
the Navy or Army. All the year round
her dockyards are busy at work in
constructing warships; her ships are
cruising somewhere IN her own sea, or
abroad; her officers are busy training
the recruiting soldiers; also many Of
fieers of the Mikado's Army are
diligently studying in the armies of
foreign powers. Are these the signs
of Japan's preparing for war against
America or Germany? Do men of com
mon sense take such trifies so serious
as 10 dream that Japan is making
ready to fight against the United
States? Are not your dockyards busy
In constructing warships; the arsenal
in producing powder; West Point Col
lege and others training cadets and
young offieers7 Also. do we not see
the Stars and Stripes floating from the
masts of your warships which are not
anchored and grounded in one place
all the year round like those Of Turkey?
Nay, your papers officially say that all
the warships uRler the American flag
are coming to the Pacific; the Navy
department is sending ordnance, etc,
to Hawan and the Philippines; naval
officers are openly talking of the emer-
gencies of war with Japan. Are these
then signs of the United States max
ing ready TO fight against Japan2 DID
any of the japanese papers, or espe-
cially the japanese officers, like those
of the American, take these things for
the critical moment of war with the
United States?
Is there so much talk in Japan Of
war as there Is in your papers, among
your people, among spectators who
indisereetly. Indignantly and openly
do 1t? You say "'the great danger Is
from agitators. but are not the agita-
tors. to make money or TO raise an
tipathy by agitating the people, much
more in the United States than In
Japan We greatly regret of the San
Francisco trouble. but the current
opinion among the japanese IS that
these troubles We're stirred by the
selfish and uninteIhgent labor party of
the city who sacrifice everything for
the sake of their own bread, and that
comparatively a great part of intelll-
gent Americans are our good friends.
We expressed our strong wishes that
our government would not be the
weak-handed and the American gov
eminent be the elear-minded in deal
ing with these troubles, but we did
not go any further so as to send cannon
balls instead of the documents. Con-
sidering from what we read IN the
American papers we can not help think
ing that your spectators and aglta-
tors desire to have war with Japan,
for they dream that now is the best
time to crush Japan before she be
comes too strong TO strike single
handedlv. But / am sorry TO say that
your diligent agitations viii end in
failure, for we japanese are very
eooI-headed and can not be so head
strong and rash as to dream that the
rood Americans viii all of a sudden
turn out to be enemies. How bad you
NAV talk and think of Us, still we take
YOU as our good friend. If you strike
on our right cheek, we viii turn you
the left. This is the best way to make
friends out of our enemies.
We Japanese have no racial preju-
dices though some thirty or forty
wears ago we thought all foreigners
inferior to us. We never think that
we are superior to the Americans, and
vet. on the other hand, We have
strong conviction that there are nc
races in the world superior to the
Japanese. Americans were our teach
ers in sciences, so you had superior
i+v of one day in the modern elvlliza
ton: but we had our own civilization
of 2OGO years which we can not hell
| hoas+iug. Even then We were not IN
ferior as Il race. The Jehovah created
one man and the woman out of th'
man. NV personal discretion
against the intermarriages with Amer
lean women-nay any foreigners, bu
that does not come from racial PreJu
diees. Is there no racial preJudlee'
among vou9 II these foolish preJudlee'
are so strong that you can not conquer
them tbut consider yourselves q!
civilized people,, then / earnestly al
wise YOU shut your gates ana Aeel
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