The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01

l great service what have they receiy. ed as reward? Only 12.72G acres out pf l5.5oo.ooo acres of araAle land not given. nor stolen. but bought ] Si.h ther hard earned money,
 Such an ungenerous att tude on
 the part f some Galifornians would. T fear. seriously imperil friendly re. lationS. However. loud alarmists nay cry for war. there are many ] reasons why Japan and America should be strong friends Our geo, ! graphic position should make us good neighhors. Open. if you please. your map of the Pacific cean. From i Alaska to Southern Californ d. from i the Hawaiian Islands to the Philip 1 pines, twothirds of the entire coast 1 lines bel ng to you. while the other i third is owned by Japan. From san Francisco 10 K he We communi. cate hy means of your cables. and vou use our steamers When in a few months. the Panama Canal is opened your Atlantic coast will he brought nearer 10 Japan.
 II. for no other reasons. as q business proposition. our two nations should he friends. Our commercial interdependence forbids us to go into war. Take an ordinary citizen of Japan. He rises in the morning from his bed made of cotton from Texas; he eats fruit from California bread made of flour from Minnesota meat from Chicag5 fish from Alas ka; he smokes tobacco from Virgin ia. and he biulds houses with Wash ington lumber. At night throughout the Empire, his path is lighted with coal oil from Pennsylvania and cleo tric lamps from Schenectady. More over our factories are equipped with your motors. our railways are built with steel rails from South Chicago. on which Baldwin engines draw Pull man cars.
 On the other hand. the United States is the largest customer of Japan. SiXty-fiye per cent of silk and @ Der cent of tea imported by yonr coutry comes from Japan. Thus, you ladies. who are here tonight, decorate your homes with artistic wares from Japan; you dress your self W tn silk spun by the nimble fingers f Japanese girls and you entertain your friends with tea pick ed upon the hillside of my native country. Fine and delicate is the thread of silk, vet like the mystic chords of memory of Lincoln if will serve as bond ot friendsh' F of 7ur two great nations!
 Should our two untries be in volved in war, who will reap the profit? Are We so foolish as to lose sight of these great economic and commercial interests only to enrich other nations? Are ygu will ing to sever the bond of friendship only to satisfy the amb tions of demagogues. when it will bring noth- ing but the destruction of commerce, the shattering of industry the waste of resources. and above all the slaughter of the ble sons of our two countries?
 Moreover to go into war will mean to our countries an eXpendi- ture of s1o.000, ,000,0 900. Ten billion dollars, A breath will suffice to ut ter this sum. But weigh it There will he 100000 tons of silver or 1S,5SG tons f pure, solid gold. Spend it for peaceful purposes, it would endow 250 universities, each as great as our own university; 10000 of the largest hospitals, or it would build 10,000 libraries. each one as great as our Harper Memorial. But who could estimate the value of the precious blood on the altar of greed and injustice?
 Besides, friends there is still a stronger bond that keeps Japan the friend of America It is the bond of sentiment, of gratitude and of love Sixty years ago tonight my ances- tors were panic-stricken at the com ing of the American fleet. However audacious Perry's attitude might have been, the kindly assistance of v1ur country has indelibly impressed i itself in the heart of the Japanese nation. Today. on that white beach where Perry landed three score years ago stands a magnificent stone mon- ument to your gallant naval officer, thus attesting the profound sense of my country's gratitude to you, the American people. Besides, Japan has known America, not through vel low journals and demagogues. but through the American university men and women of noble character,
 who have consecrated their lives to the great cause of humanity. More over, many of the statesmen and educators of modern Japan are sons cf your universities. and they have
 returned home remembering the
 kindness of their teachers and
 friends From those of us who are
 now studying in your universities