The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-05-09
CHANGE
OF THE WIND
Laws of Nat1r are Just
And Cannot be Abro
sl:ss BY Man
BY ATTORNEY S. B. MOON

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There was much reioieins In these
United States Of America In lSas, when
0oundore Rerry succeeded In negOtias-
Ing treaty Of smity and t-Ade With ia.
pan. Ever since that tins The japanese
iraye bern regarded genersily Is superior
20 their arst cnuins, the Chinese. The
united Efforts Of all the worlds greatest
nations hare. been. +ncoessary 10 secure
sytn n paftly open door in China Long
ing eyes have been cast upon The ssFsr
Eestf ard dreams OF splendid empire
oi trade ineIudiBg heiand TIA. inheri.
ted the ashos ofs fsCvubcius have filed the
brairs Of those whose lives are dedicated
TO the watching oi the dial pata Of profit
and ioss. For many years the Japanese
have accepted Ell advances IN an erniS
nently satifaetoTy. manner and mary, and
cxuaSignnt have been the. wreaths Of
pi isise placed upon the Jsranese brow.
Tor eyiHeing desire to- ape ,lIe ways OF
il.e WFst. II has become common
rhirG tn 'rtrr 70 the Chinese ss isr In
ferivr. e. 'hr jspaneee In progressive
rcss. Oniy a few years ago when the
Russian bear made ready % deyour the
poor little jap, the eood people os this
repgblic wePt lHeuIRtively Of conrsel In
snrrowful anticipation Of The unhappy
fate which they felt sure awaited their
beloved liitle yellow friends in the 'tFst
East" In the war betwenn Russia and
JspAn, however, the unexpected hap.
pened-Jspan was victorious. The I'm.
expected slSo'jestloPsd alsa in the feel.
ings Oi'Aineriears toward their wei be-
loved Japansse'frsnd. in Vhota they had
theietoiore delighted and. been web pleas
ed. Japsn.s victory was no., a ono
should have very nsS,tallJ md reason
ably supposedg received sith .huEzas.
hnrrahs and bon-hres syinS6g exuber-
antiny at an event entirely une1tected,
hFt yesy much desircassOn The contrary,
Sisfe glAdpes. ouzhE 70 haze he'd court,
scosa ascerdSd the thf6ne and non
thenee issued snarls and hisse. whieh
finally took the form Of intelligibls speoch
and the speech YVES cross between 4
howl and yeip-''rhe Yellow Periip'.
Since the Rossc-sapansse war Jspan
hesr come TO be regarded ss a world pow.
er. The United Sra es, or more properly
anaIority Of the people Of this country
have shown very remarkable change
of,nind. The Jap Is no longer praised
and snroutsgeSi. Nobody il bragiuV
about how much America has taught the
Jap and hhw easily he has learned. The
master shows 3 ct -ange coldncss toward
bisapprcntice Of whom tho rIastsr was
formerly 90 proud. The question Is no
logger how to start the Japanese on the
road of.prngres-, buthoE 70 Stop them.
In California the people "to the man
lcr borf' have Tesorted 70 Isgislation 20
kepp the Jap down, which Il aennirssibn
that the japanese are their superior. ln
thrift and economy. Tho rrtle has
learned too well AmpriS's iiIyitstion To
Jaran to adop' tl.r way Of modern civil
izaticn has !.s-H loo literally soespted.
n :, irritation In washinston and
SpIshirg Of testh in sscrdnento, bnt Il
Nill srsli nNught, for It's a Law oI naturs
that the fttest shall sarTiye, u spite Of
rscr, reiisjon, The hosiiIe scas oi Iesls-
lapTcs and s5sht else. The, JGEs OF ma
tirs 1e iPst and esnbo. Be zbrosstsI by
mar