The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-06-28

between 20 and 80. All are lnt1-
mately familiar with the sea- They
fish-for nothing? They dredge-
for nothing? They diye-for pearls
They produce enough from the sea
on which to live and they ship abso-
lutely nothing home to Japan. tho
they hold fishing concessions for ey-
from Magdalena bay on Lower Cali
fornia 10 SaIina Cruz Yet they al
ways have money with which to buy
more land than any other unnatural
lied race in the Americas. They
have stronger foothold in the New
World than any other military ma
tion-yet they are transients, not
settlers and ceIonizers Their time
for colonization has not come and
they know it.
Yet japan today can put an army
of 10000 trained. armed and we'll
officered men into the field in Mexico
within a weeks notice.
This does not mean that Japan
maintains these men as an armed
force within the borders of a friendly
nation. Far from it, it means simply
that each of these men is skilled
in the Japanese naval forces and that
last and most powerful of all-he
is son of Nippon and faithful sub
ject of the Emperor of Japan.
Best Walters in the World
/! And the Japanese invasion of Mex
leo has gone beyond the control of
the Mexican government. Two sons
of the Mikado, coming under the
/ friendly invitation extended by Mex
leo to colonists, have filled the south
ern republics coast, not with colo
nizers, nor yet with adventurers, but
with men whose aVowed purpose is
what?
And they are the best walters in
/ the world. One of them has been
waiting for twenty-five years. He
lives in Guaymas. and his name is
a L
ter of century ago. In those tWen-
lty-five years, according to men who
have known him for much of the
time. he has done nothing but fish,
and he never sells a fish, either In
1.-THE market or on the streets. But he
knows more about the harbor of
Guaymas than any Mexican naval
official
Ito always seems to have money;
in fact, he has been known to make
one or two small loans to Mexican
officials in Guaymas; and it is not re-
lcorded that he has ever brought suit
to collect any of these debts. In the
matter of minding his own business
he is the best citizen in Guaymas, il
not In Mexico. As for himself. Quay.
mas knows less about him than II
| did when he came there in 1888.
There are four times as many Jap
|anese capable of bearing arms in Mex.
iico as there are men in the Mexican
federal army. There are as many
Japanese of military age as there are
lighting men in both the fadsral and
rebel armiss. In all the brigandage
!rapine, loot and massacre called war
(which has ravaged Mexico since Nov
ember IS. 1910. not a Jap has beer
killed Intentionally by either side;
mot piece of Japanese property has
lbeen looted, not japanese flag des
lecrated.
Three hundred Chinese were kill
led in the Forreon massacre; 163 Am
ericans have been killed and close
to $3.50 1000. 600 worth of American
property destroyed; not another ma
tion has escaped loot, not another
has escaped the killing of it's citi
Izens, save the Japanese alone.
Mexican politicians have made
capital of this. Mexican ethneIeg
lists under government instruction
have tried to trace the lineage of tn
Mexican aborigine back to the frs
,Japanese-all IN an effort to cemen
even more solidly the tie whicl
bind the two nations. And those tie
are stronger than the people Of tn
United states believe.
Coaling Concessions at Manzanillo
The Togo Kisen Kaisha. the gov
ernment-owned steamer line of ia
pan, which floats the largest, swift
est and most powerful ships on tn
Pacific today, holds the eoaling sta
ton concession at Manzanilie, &C
eording to Engineer Alfaro. Their
is, surrounding every port in Mex
leo, what is known as la vona Mar
itima-a strip of land twenty meter
wide. along the entire water from
This belongs TO the nation and car
not be given away, sold or leased
This is a wise law, intended to prt
serve, for all TING, the water fror
of every port for the use of all tn
HIinhabitants of that port.
Yet the coaling station area
Manzanillo harbor, 500 acres in e,
AItent. extends right down to the VI
tiers edge. For the past four year
Japanese men, supposed to be agen
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