The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-24

them if. not for their own sake.
 The Mexican minister to France. The newly appointed Mexican minister to France, is on his way to his post at Paris. There h nothing remarkable In that fact for 1t is customary whenever n minister is appointed by one s"v- creiRn state to represent 1t at the cap itai of another sovereign state for the official to proceed to his post.
 It Is not the fact that Minister De'a- barra of Mexico is going to Paris that Is at all out of the ordinary or that pe ints to something deeper than mere- ly the appointment of new minister. Tut 1t is the route that the gentleman taking which would be surprising if 1t were not for the fact that what les behind his choice of the longest way around is a very distinct hand writing on the wall.
 Minister Delabarra is going to Paris. surely, and he is going to Paris ny way of Japan. He Is apparently In no hurry to reach his new post. From Mexico City to Paris by way of the Atlantic ocean would take the new Mexican minister about two weeks. From Mexico City to Paris by way of the capital of Japan will take him at least two months. Assurediy MT. Della barra Is in no hurry.
 From the accounts of his reception fin Tokio one cannot blame the Mex ,can for a desire to travel to Paris by
 way of Japan. He has been received with great and distinguished honor oy tie Japanese government and marked for the especial favor of he emperor The Mexican diplomat Is receiving greater honors and consideration at the hands of the Japanese than have been accorded any other foreign rep resentative for many years. Yes' one cannot blame Minister Delabarra Tor stopping off for a few weeks In the nowery Kingdom. Ha is having very gtod time.
 But the question arises why ah of this honor to the Mexican official why the fetes and the audiences and the pats on the back and all of the rest ot the fiubdub that is being thrust at the Mexican by the soft voiced. oily little yellow men on the other sidc or the Pacific.
 Is it all because the Mexican people arc 90 dear to the hearts of the Japs 7 Is it because the.A can be any reel ins of frlndship between two peoples who spranE from races at the opposit" ends If tho catrh: Can It be tha' trere are any economic interests. com- merciai interests or racial interests between tho two peoples? Surely not. for there is very little trade or inter- course between the two countries anu ave only in the matter of color. they both tend to the acru shade. there is nothing between the two.
 But wait. Is there not ono objective which might after all bring these two such very opposite races together Commerce race. religion. geographical position; certainly there is nothing there. Love between the two people is a negative quantity. But how about another emotion. hate: It often makes as strange bedfcilows ns docs poverty.
 If all other reasons for the great consideration recently shown the new Tapanese minister to Mexico and the present very great honors being ac- corded to Delabarra in Japan fail, may we not look for the answer to tho very natural question of "why" In the one little word hate.
 It would seem that there was tho answer to the long round about trip of the Mexican minister to France and the answer to the question of why all oe these most especial distinctions ac- corded him in Japan. Hate. Not the hate of Mexico for Japan or of Japan for Mexico. but the mutual jealousy and fear and hatred If tho United States.
 Certainly Mexico thinks that she has no cause to love us. Certainly tho whole world. with tho possible cxcep- ton of ourselves. knows that Japan ervies and despIses us. and there. # anywhere. is tho reason for this re-