The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19

The English sparrow has no more
right to exist than rats, mice, scor-
pions, tarantulas, or any other nox-
ious creatures that are recognized as
enemies of our society,""
A. sarcastic comment upon the
present economical administration
was received by the Secretary of the
Treasury today from a person sign
ing himself $500 clerk" as follows:
/ During the past year, by emitting
to cross my .t's' or dotting rs have
ssyed the government two cents in
ink. VIII you please add this to my
| salary? I am now using my lead
pencil down to one-half inch. hope
in this way to save another cent.
ong live this economical administra-
ton.
II am short of paper or I would
write longer letter. We are one year
nearer the poor house."
Once more the lowering yellow war
cloud glooms the country. Once
more the threatening skeletons of
our national helplessness are dragged
forth from their musty closets and
furnished up to be placed before the
trembling public. Once more the
tales OF 100000 little yellow men
dumped onto our western coast to
ravage and destroy are told in tones
OF apprehension ana dismay.
War, bloody war, with the dissolu-
ton of the United States at the end
of it the entire country impover-
ished, and the now tree American cit
izen ground beneath the heavy yell
low heel of the little men from the
east. Is again foretold with the grave
wagging of heads and much bewail-
ing the disappearance of the good
cid American spirit"
Absolutely defenseless." "at the
mercy of the invader" "our unpro-
! tected coasts" "our merchant marine
the minus quantity" and all the old
stock phrases OF the patriotic proph-
ct of the dire disaster of the nation
are again in evidence. Up and down
the corridors in Congress, in the ante
room at the White House, In hotel
lobbies, along the spacious streets of
the capital, and most of all in the
newspapers are the words OF warning
10 be found.
Once more appears the Japanese
Ilans for invading the Pacific Coast"
found by the ubiquitous Secret agent
OF a foreign government" who pur-
sues his Machiavellian vocation from
capital to capital Ealf of The Mika-
dos Navy Is to remain at home to
guard the Britain of the east" and
the other half conveying fleet of
transports is to dump half million
little yellow men "at a point of want
age on tho Pacific coast" end from
thence the rich and prosperous west
Is to be overrun.
Again we are told that the Amer
lean Navy Is an antiquated tea serv-
Ice: that the navy personal Is too
small and badly officered; that the |
American Army Is "tin soldier or
ganizatlon" offlcered by "moss
backs"
And--horror of horrors-it is now
discovered that the American nnan-
ciers hold millions of dollars worth |
of Japanese bonds, and that tho gold |
those bonds took from America |
real American gold--is to be used to |
finance war against America.
But pause-tho worst Is yet to |
CONCEIVE have no nOdern battle |
ships. There-the secret Is out We |
need a few billion dollars worth of
floating iron and steel. The danger |
CT invasion is mmediate7--therefore
let us lay the keels of a couple of |
Dreadnoughts along the Atlantic
coast in the shipwards and scare the
courageous enemy away.
A few slows going plodders ask
hemselves-what Is all tho fuss
about? One answer is: Congress is
considering a recommendation for
two brand new Dreadnoughts. and it
is a matter of history that every time
Congress faces an appropriation for
the Navy, there is the
50 me old war scare with the same old
horrors, and the sane old warnings
bob up more or less serenely. The
President has asked for two big bat
tleships, but he Is not pressing the
p.atter. Secretary of the Navy Mey-
er. endorsed the recommendation,
Rut he Is not begging Congress for
the ships. Who Is kicking up all the
fuss?
Shush!-whisper!- the ship
builders need the money.
The problem of Japanese immlgra-
tion to the Pacific Coast, which stir
red up such a row during the last ad-
ministration. has come TO head
a gain through bill introduced In the
House of Representative Hayes (Rep.,
Calif) and reported unanimously