Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10
From The battle-ground Of lhough,

i men and diplomats; while the K
| of the practical side depends a., 85
state of feeling existing between s''5s
| people at large in both countries. 80
convinced that the leading statesn,ei
Of the new j apan ire we'll able to der
with the theoretical side. Thare M
l5among them Christian men who ~
ceiyed their early training from Ans.
isican missionary educators. They nm.
derstand America They honor Amer.
lean Christian statesmen. They have
confidence in American diplomacy. liz
keynote of which they believe Ia Ia
John Adams frank statement made Il,
connection with Far-Eastern affairs
We have no notion OF cheating anv.&
body" But these keen, far-seeing lead.
3ers see what appears to them an IN.
herent weakness in the American svs-
ten of government. Taught through
thousand generations to worship ana
obey their Imperial family as bein. az
divine origin, and knitted together :.
one man in yielding instant Obedience
to the Imperial will, their ideal of cen
tralized government is SO totally nj
variance with ours that questions mai.
urally arise regarding the adequacy nj
the authority possessed by the Federal
government in Its international rela
tions. In 1874, Junior Prime Minister.
IWakura was asked what impressed
him most on his visit to America. Hr
replied at #once, THE strength OF fla
central government at washington
which for a republic seemed incredibls
Ito me-" Since that time they hayn
taken note Of some instances where II
appeared to beadltficuIt for the Federal.
government to safeguard the treaty
rights of other nations, and as n treaty.
making power they now want to know.
whether the Federal government is su.
preme over the Individual States of tho
Union. During an interview with DR.
r Masupima, head OF the Japanese
Bar association, and once u pupil OF
DR.. William Elliot GritIls. pioneer edu
Gator and introducer of the American
school system in Japan. he said to me-:
Il am no prophet, yet I will predict
that il the defect in the American Con-
stitution is not remedied so as to give
ment to carry out its obligations under
treaties, there must eventually be n
iwar."---Rev. Walter Scott Elliott, in
Harper's Weekly.
Sims for England, like a swellin.
Blessed schoolboy, is preparing 10
Peace. show3its biceps to Chris
tendon on July II, when
it nIarshals the long drawn line of de-
lstroyers, one hundred strong, or
Thames River. She has Just given a
full-dress rehearsal of battleslllps--
forty three of thefn--to the Colonial
editors, who have been enjoying the
pleasures OF London for q 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. To proclaim danger, 10
clamor for aid--tfat was the predc..
tined scheme to try out upon the visit
ing editors. Lord Rosebery created the
effect, Dead earnest was his MEN,
Said. he: There is q hush in Europe
a hush in which you may almost hear /,
leaf fall to the ground. To him this
hush Is "ominous.a He asked thr 5G
scribes to return to their communities
missionaries OF Europe. missionaries
of the most extensive and the most I'M
selfish Empire which is known, TO his
Golfers forilJuly 3.