The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-06
.BOCEY Of WAR
REFUSED TO
RISE
BY Ernest @. Walker.


(Mal Special to the Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, June lg.-'rhc war
spooter Of the Pacific Ocean has been
in hard plight of late. He has been
done TO death by exchanges of friendly
regard between japan and the United
States. Admiral Uriu, the graduate of
the Naval Academy, has come and gone
after participating in numerous festivi-
ties here, at Annapolis, and in New
York. Other distinguished japanese
have been visiting on the mainland IN
the last six months, expressing good
will and being received with distin'
guished courtesy.
Probably it occurred to few people
that the developments were making for
international amity and possibly might
have been planned with such an end in
view. The likelihood of il, however
is apparent. Along with the coming OF
very prominent japanese and the visits
Of japanese warships TO Hawaii and
San Francisco, Baron Takahira, the
japanese Ambassador, has been roam
ing around the United States on erTands
Of good will He has been speaking in
many cities and thus diffusing the gos-
pei more effectively than he could ever
do from Washington.
Meanwhile there has been the big
strike of japanese laboTers in progress
in Hawaii Three months ago all the
mainland would have been faring with
excitement over such developments. If
these things had happened along in
February, they would have been good
for an extra Dreadnought or two, cost
ing $10,000,000 each, and the conserva
tive men in Congress could not have
stopped the "drive" for the necessary
appropriations.
The aggrieved japanese sought to
make an international incident of the
treatment of those immigrants in Ha
waii, but the effort has been n complete
failure. The other day Delegate Kala
nianaole cabled here to ascertain what
the public sentiment in the States is
about the conduct of the japanese
strikers and about the troubles with
the editor of the Jill. Strange to re.
late there is no public sentiment about
IL. There have been no serious inquir-
les about it at the State Department.
Even the labor unions, which are pretty
keen in noting activities on the part of
Asiatic races, have been paying no par.
ticular attention and showing no par
ticulaT interest. Whatever sentiment
there is in the States over the matter
seems to be thai Hawaiian authorities
must fight the battle ont themselves,
paying only due heed to the require.
rments and the restrictions of the law.
ven Ambassador TakahiTa seems to
have given the incident hardly a
second thought. The japanese govern
ment is conservative and is not in the
habit of chasing will-o '-the-wisps. The
State Department has information thai
the japanese are far more interested in
the peace and good will program just
now than il has in encouraging trouble
on the Pacific Ocean, and the State De-
partment, under the direction of Secre-
tary Knox, is also very much interested
in the same line of elevating activities.
President Taft is encouraging all this
and there is hope among the leaders of
the administration that the iousting
against the Jap will cease as pastime
among the iingocs in this country. The
status is all the more gratifying be
cause of the inAamed condition of the
public mind in England and ON the con
tinent, where the Dreadnought mania
is raging and the public treasures are
threatened with bankruptcy because OF
the naval construction programs. Thi,
government is not likely to curtail its
building operations below two big ano
powerful new Dreadnoughts year. The
solons are pretty generally willing tc
vote the money for that even in the
times of strict economy But there il
very strong sentiment against the re
vival of war talk with Japan and for
the encouragement of feeling OF
friendly regard between the two pow
ers. The people of the United States
are accustomed to boast of their abili
ties to do things that some other peo
pies of the world can not do. There
are big men identified with the present
administration who hope one of these
evidences of superiority will be the
eession of fighting talk about Japan.
few years ago our boaStful folR
were fond of licking England. That
kind of brag died out. Friendly tie,
have been established between Brother
John and Brother Jonathan, and il il
now very much out of fashion to tall
publicly about licking England. TheI
there came period of talk about lick
ing Germany The spirit behind thai
kind of Dragging stil fingers TO som,
degree, but the talk about licking Ger
many gave way to the talk about lick
ing Japan. II was always recognize,
by the coolheaded men that il was sill,
talk, but all the same II flourished di,
vast amount of harm, and nt time
even made big men on both sides of Ia,
Phelhe lose some sleep. Since tn
visit Of our baltleship fleet to Japai
there has been 80 much earnest talk %
peace and good viii and so many agree
able acquaintance formed that il /
even going out Of fashion TO look foi
ward TO a clash with the Jap, aud ther
u some prospect that the battles Of th
Pacific Ocean will be confined TO strua
giles for commercial supremacy.
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