Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-07-23
BY MEAD PUBLISHING CT
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
The Crime Of Jingoism.

The Crime of Jingoism.
The population of Japan is less than
4s, 900, 600. The population of the Unit
ed States is nearly IS, 900, 600.
The debt of Japan taking the States
mans Yearbook figures throughout to
insure uniformity of comparisons
about $685., 900, 900. The net debt of the
United States iss964, 435, 657. Japan is
paying from to per cent interest on
its foreign loans and from to per
cent on its internal loans. One-fourth
of the debt of the United States is at
4 per cent and the rest at and per
cent.
Japans revenue is less than $3.50, OO0,-
600, while the revenue of the United
States is $7e2, 900, 900. Japan's total
imports and exports for the year 1906
1906 were only s420, 900, 900, while those
of the United States were nearly 49,
600, 0Oo, 900.
Against 20 first-class modern Ameri-
can battleships Japan has only 10.
Against our first-class and second
class armored cruisers Japan has 9.
Against our 10 protected cruisers Japan
has IL.
In effective fighting force the Ameri-
can superiority is vastly preponderant.
This fact is known to every Japanese
statesman and to every intelligent Jap
anese citizen. Yet American jingoes
are asking us to believe that Japan, in
some fashion or another, is secretly
menacing the peace of the United States.
The plain and obvious truth is that
Japan is exhausted financially, that her
population is struggling under burdens
imposed by the war with Russia, ssand
that her resources are so far inferior
to those of the United States that no
responsible Japanese statesman would
think of war except as last resort.
Then what is this lingo demonstra-
ton about and why is the North At
lantic feet to be sent to the Pacific?
Mr.. Roosevelt's recent handling Of
Japanese relations has been tragedy
of errors. He meddled with the San
Francisco school question, which was a
matter for the Supreme Court, not for
the President and Congress. He har-
angued Congress about the Loyal
Ronin and demanded citizenship for the
japanese. He ended by holding con-
ference with Mayor Schmitz, then an
indicted and now convicted boodler,
and by framing a treaty to exclude
Japanese laborors from the United
States. Now he is making bad mat
ter immeasurably worse by sending the
battleships to the Pacific.
The net result is to further inflame
the midsummer madness of jingoism.
No mattershow innocent the mission Of
the fleet, nYbody will now believe that
it is not directly connected with the
Japanese disputes. Nobody will be-
lieve that the fleet would have been
ordered to the Pacific but for these diff.
ferences. The American jingoes will
become more vociferous; the Japanese
jingoes will not be inundated by dis
play of force; one set of sensation
mongers will react on the emotions o
the other, and the difficulties of main
tanning friendly relations between tn
two countries will be enormously in
creased.
The American lingo pretense tina
Japanese jingoes will be impressed b.
display Of a sea power is not eve
good nonsence. The Spanish mobs wer
not impressed by American naval su
periority while American jingoes wer
demanding war that the Spanish Gov
eminent did it's utmost to prevent. TIL
Beers were not intimidated by En-
glands military and naval resource
while British jingoism was forcing hos
tilities. Neither will japanese Ejingo
ism be overawed by American lingo
ism.
Mr.. Roosevelt has blundered enough
1.-The is playing politics, it is very dan
gerous politics. If he is seeking to re
habilitate Administration influence il
California, he is buying sand-lots pop
ularity at tremendous price. If he i
trying to control the next Republica
National Convention, we urge him t
return to his sober senses. He wi
control the convention anyway.
It is sorry role for President t
play who justly earned the Nobel prize
Manchester Democrat.
The State of Iowa will hold no elect
ion in the year 1907, but next year
1908, she will have double header, on
in June, the primary, and the genera