The Boise citizen., 1909-02-12
DO THE JAPS Want WAR
A WRITER CONNECTED With SAN FRANCISCO
CONSULATE EXPRESS views

Today the questions seriously America by ntei-
gent citizens Does Japan seek trouble with the United States? Is
plotting and scheng the Pacific any cos Does
she ultimately intend to close the open door Asia to seize the
Philippines the Hawaiian islands finally descend upon
coasts of America?
If Captain Hobson be credited she intends do all these
things but the Japanese statesman and the intelligent
Japanese people who today engaged working out the stipend
problems of every which confront their nation these que
heard with They fail understand the
ing which attributes Japan desire commit suicide They
with proper self respect take all the world into their
confidence and explain just why they do with
the United States dgnied denial of the motives and ambitions
attributed them and reeraon of the negy of their purposes
far they feel called 60 The impartial observer how
ever who visits Japan need feel embarrassment telling the truth
and the whole truth borne upon him He the
find special pleasure anness of speech after having
satisfied himself of the sincerity of Japanese friendship for America
manifested in many different ways
assume, for moment that Japan in her
expressions of friendship for America and that she looking for
pretext Here which give
pause:
First question of finance The Japanese people are pres
carrying heavy debt aborng under burden of taxation
which would agger less patriotic nation with tie United
States with any other rstcass power would put drain the
of Japan which would threaten national bankruptcy
morally certain that the for aggressive could not be
raised and equally that could be obtained
abroad Neither England France Germany would finance
which had for its avowed purpose the hubng of America
Such refusal need necessarily be based special feeling of
friendship for the United States woud upon the mer base
Of sefnterest The establishment of Japanese supremacy Amer
would be looked upon the oeruer of further trouble for the
white Europes would next and the yellow peril
would loom large Furthermore Japan trying many costly expert
present internal in public improvements in
the equipment of her military and naval building railroads.
ships and DOCKS and she needs every dollar of her the
prosecution of these enterprises Times hard present Japan
The money rngency which all world been goanng
during the past years. bears heavily upon her. She has much
do the development of trade and industry before she
indulge in the luxury of carrying chip her shoulder Wealth
the rock upon which nations of the first rank found their
enough for disissng the idle talk about But
there others.
reconed with No student of the oriental
has been all med by the treaty of Portsmouth That
agreement nigh been termed amscea post
ponement of the inevitable struggle which is to There
believe that the umang defeats suffered by the Russian
Bear during have way altered the march of Russian
destiny The has simply called temporary halt Russia Will
continue seek the and she will patiently bde her time for
and the recovery of her lost prestige with America
would be her opportunity Does probable that Japan blind
would deliberately seek quarrel with dis
powerful foe while consumed with hatred and
fierce resentment, is croucfing at her very doors?
the ill will Of China and the dis
Korea both of which would serious home problems
the that Japan should have foreign her hands There
the embarrassing situations which might be created for
Japan her immediate neghbohood she occupied
foreign No ongheaded stateanshp required to
perfectly patent the in
craft that under present conditions nohng short of defensive
struggle could Justify appeal In
the adequate for with America in sight
The questions pending between the governments and those
which under consideration during the past
as arise between all and readily yield diplomatic ad
compatible with the and honor of both
parties There never ground for the school
in San Francisco the hoodum assaults made there from time
upon Japanese subjects The whole business nagned
distorted all proportion the merits involved The blaze
made Japan 1t concocted abroad and
made fit her whether would All the world straw
man was set I'D and the and aarst
proceeded pe the object of their creation Neither there
ground the immigration voluntary action of