Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10

linen and diploma ts; While the
4 of the practical side depends On
state of feeling existing between
i people at large in both countries. 58B
convinced that the leading statesrna,s
4 of the new. Japan are we'll able to d.
with the theoretical side Thase NJ.
among them Christian men who F,
ceived eirsearly training from Amer.
11can missionary educators, They IN.
derstand America They honor Amar-
lean Christian statesmen. They havo
| confidence in American diplomacy ~
keynote of which they believe To h..
John Adams frank statement made IL
connection with Far-E.astern affairs
| We have no notion of cheating anv'
body. But these keen, far-seeing lead
ers see what appears to them an in
3herent weakness in the American sys
ten of. government. Taught through as
thousand generations to worship And
obey their Imperial family as being an
divine origin, and knitted together MS
one man In yielding instant Obedience
Ito the Imperial will, their ideal of cen.
tralized government Is so totally ~,
variance with ours that questions mai
urally arise regarding the adequacy of
the authority possessed by the Federal
government in it's international rela- 4
tions. In 1874. Junior Prime Minister
1wakura. was asked what impressed
him most on his visit to America. no
replied at once, THE strength of the
central government at Washington
which for a republic seemed incredibls
to me-. Since that time they hnyn
taken note of some instances where II
appeared to be difficult for the Federal
government to safeguard the treaty
rights of other nations, and as treaty.
making power they now want to lLllow
whether the Federal government is 81.
preme over the Individual States of the
Union. During an interview with DR.
5R. Masupima, head Of the Japanese
( Bar, association. and once n pupil of
DIR. William Elliot Griffis, pioneer edu-
Gator and introducer of the American
school system in Japan. he said to me,
II am no prophet, yet i will predict
that if the defect in the American Con.
stitution is not remedied SO as to give
sufficient powers to the Federal govern
inent to carry out tits obligations under
treaties, there must eventually be a
war.",Rev Walter Scott elliott, in
EHarper's Weekly.
Shtps for England. like a swelling
Blessed sclloolboy. Is preparing 10
Peace. show it's biceps to Chris
tendon on July II, when
itlnarshals the long-drawn line OF de-
5stroyers, one hundred strong, on
Thames River. She has just given a
full-dress rehearsal of battleslllps.
forty three of them-to the Colonial
editors, who have been enjoying the
pleasures of London for a season before
returning to quill-dliving in the Prov
inces. Of course the yelled purpose OF
the Imperial Press conference was to
win the colonies overseas to England's
war program. 10 proclaim danger. 70
clamol for aid-tllat was the predcs
tined scheme to try out upon the visit
Ing editors. Lord Rosebery created tn.
effect. Dead earnest was his mien"
Said he: There is a hush in Europe
a hush in which you may almost hear
leaf fall to the ground,'' To him this
hush is .'ominous, He asked the
scribcs TO return to their. communities !.
missionaries of Europe. missionaries
of the most extensive and thu most I'M
selfish Empire which is known to his.
Golfers for5July 8.