El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14

Japanese have or have not the right 70
send unlimited numbers OF Immigrants
10 This shore If Mr.. Bryan does not
mean this. among other specific things,
tbe1 the golden words in question
renresent merely the emOuOnallSm OIL
the professional orator
OF course. II Mr.. Bryan means what
he saws. he also believes that we should
cuba ought now to be the property OF
Spain He also believes thaJ we ought
to have permitted Colombia to recon
uuer and deprive Of their lndepShueIIce
the people of Panama, ana lndt we
should not have built the Panama
He also believes that California and
TEXAS ought now to be parts Of Mexico,
ENJOYING whatever blessings complete
abstinence from foreign war mas Sc
cured that country during - l .i
three years. He also believes InaJ the
Declaration of Independence was an ar
bitrable matter and that the United
States ought now to be a oepenGency
of Great Britain. unless MI bIydIl
does believe all of these things, then
his golden words" represent only
rhetorical flourish He is secretary OF
state and the right hand man OF presi-
dent Wilson, and president NHson Is
completely responsible for Whatever ne
says and for the things ne does-or
rather which he leaves undohe-
Should Go With Chinese.
Now. it is quite useless for me to
write with any view to convincing men
like Mr.. Bryan and the writer IN ques-
ton. If they really do represent ouL
fellow cOuntrymen, then they are IlSIlt
in holding up China as our ldeal' not
the modern China, not the China that IS
changing and moving forward DuI olu
China In such event, Americans ought
frankly to class themselves with the
Chinese. That is where, on this theory
A.. AT,T il co
reverently pray that the Japanese, or
some other virile people that does not
defy moral, mental and physical I'M
potence, may speedily come TO rule
over US.
Relieves Americans Unchanged.
I am. however, writing on the as
sumption that Americans are stll on
the whole like their foretathers VINO
followed Washington, and like their
fathers who fought in the armies Of
Grant and Lee. I am writing on tine
assumption that even though tempo
rarily misled they will not permanently
and tamely submit to oppression, ana
that they will ultimately think intel
hgently as to what they should do to
safeguard themselves against agrees
sion
I abhor unjust war and depIore
that the need even for Just war should
ever occur. believe we should set
our faces like flint against any policy
y
rights of any other country. But L be-
lieve that we should look facts in the
face. I believe that it is unworthy
weakness to fear to face the truth.
Moreover, I believe that we should have
in US that fiber of manhood which will
make us follow duty whithersOever it
may lead. UnquestiOnably we should
render all the service it is in our power
to render to righteousness. To do this
we must be able to back Righteousness
with force, to put might back of right.
It may well be that by following out
this theory We can in the end do our
part in conjunction with other nations
of the world to bring about, if nOt-as
/ hope a world peace, yet at least a
vital minimizing of the chances for
war and of the areas Of possible war.
But meanwhile it is absolutely our duty
to prepare for our own defence.
Needs Swiss System
This country needs something like
the Swiss system Of war training for
its young men. Switzerland is one of
the most democratic governments in
the world, and it has given its young
men such an efficient training as TO
ensure entire preparedness for war /
without suffering from the least touch |
Of militarism.
Switzerland is at peace now pri-