The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-14
JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES.

JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
 We suspect the average citizen of the United States. If he thinks at all on the prospect of trouble between this country and Japan, lazily reflects that 1t may be necessary for us to give the little yellow race dressing down. beating in short. As Japan has in turn defeated in battle the two most popu- lar nations on earth, the Chinese and the Russians, it seems just as likely that the young men of Tokio are de- batting in their fashion the possible necessity of giving the United States dressing down, beating in short. Wars have been provoked and carried on for what now look very trivial reas- ons and there is admittedly a vague element in the Japanese character that makes prediction as to their probable course of conduct. difficult, yet there would appear not the remotest likeli- hood of war between this country and Japan. We look for affairs to take on much worse appearance in California and still to furnish no ground for national quarrel and a resort to arms.
 There is no occasion to slur the truth about the Japanese. They are a smar- ter and more industrious race, they are economically more efficient than their white competitors in California. The Chinese proved a like superiority and they were thrown out and kept out The California people are not peculiar in this. The English in Australia re- sorted to the same tactics in dealing with their race question. The Japa- nese are now presenting problem of precisely the same kind. No European or person of European descent, cares to try to compete with the Japanese on terms defined by the Japanese. They seem to feel that life Is not worth Iiv- ing If brought down or lifted up if you please. to the level where there Is toll perpetual, no play and the most rigid starving sort of economy. The whites have got the hand and they mean to hold on to it. We believe they will hold on to 1t and never abandon it with out a struggle other than peaceable with the little yellow race. The gov ernment at Washington is doing all 1t can to compose matters and the ex- citement already caused Is evidently profoundly distasteful to the foreign cabinets of both countries. Neverthe- less. we look for continuing outbreaks. More hats of Japanese professors will | be knocked of. More Japanese res- taurants will have their windows smashed and more Japanese orchards will be plundered. Man does not re- main a civilized being when he thinks there is only one loaf Of bread and that the other fellow proposes to take the whole of 1t.
 As to war itself, neither the United States or Japan can have any conceiv- | able good reason to fight over the Cal ifornla indignities Japan could in | twinkling take the Philippines, but plainly they do not envy us that pos | session. The two navies might pos sibly destroy each other. but neither army could get at the other. The Pa cific ocean Is a guarantee of peace in it's way and if to this Is added the strong European dislike of any distur- 1 bance 9 incalculably far reaching as
 such a war would be, we take it for
 granted there would be interposition to
 prevent Japan from resorting to viol-
 ence. There is In fact, no sign what
 ever that Japan feels otherwise than deeply desirous of keeping clear of | embodiment with us. Where a Japa-
 nese citizen has suffered Injury he
 will be admonished to go into the courts
 for his remedy. His mother country
 will not imperil her future great as 1t
 is, by using arms to redress individual
 wrongs.