The chronicle=news., 1914-08-26
Must Crush British Navy or Aban-
don World Power Plan-Japan's
Pacific Activities vitality Interest
IIpola Gam

Pacific Activities vitality Interest
Uncle Sam.
From the Chicago Herald.
Washington, Aug. 26.-Germany' s
dream OF a world empire will be COM
pletely dissipatcd unless she succeeds
in defeating the British battle fleet
and obtains command of the sea.
The oversee colonies which she has
picked up with SUCH expenditure of
diplomacy and treasure and even of
blood certainly will pass under the
British and In the Pacific perhaps
under the Japanese flag.
Territorial possessions in Africa.
aggregating 931.40 square miles and
populated by II, 200. 900 blacks, will
be seized without delay by the Brit
ish. Once this is accomplished the
London government will be able to
realize Cape to Cairo railroad
through British territory-the aspi-
ration of Cecil Rhodes. Then Great
Britain will hold the backbone of the
dark continent
The German emperor, with that
far-seeing vision which has distin-
guishcd his career. proclaimed years
ago the policy that the future of his
country lay on the sea. Not content
with building up large merchant
marine and strong navy and ac-
Guiring colonies In Africa. he turn
ed his attention to the far east and
the Pacific and obtained territory
In that part of the world.
When two German missionaries
LIT Id Ia, ,f
Tung 20 years ago the kaiser COM
relled China, as an act of indemnity.
to cede to the German crown point
on the Shan-Tung peninsula known
as Kiao-Chou This place has been
strongly fortified and garrisoned. I'm
der its guns the German and Aus
trian ships in the Pacific have flown
for protection.
That Kiao-Chou will be able to
hold out for at least a year the Ger
mans do not doubt. This easily could
the British and French.
1t would take the London and Pa
ris government considerable time to
transport a sufficient force to China
to reduce the stronghold. This like
wise is true of Russia, which has her
hands full elsewhere.
But Japan is free to do as she wills.
BY attacking Germany in the far
east she gains three substantial OBJ
jects:
I. She shows her devotion to her
ally. Great Britain. and her scrupu-
lous observance of the treaty in
force with that country.
with Germany occupied in Eu-
rope. Japan will have but slight
difficulty In reducing Kiao-Chou,
thus paying off that country for the
humiliation 1t inflicted on Japan
following the latter's war with
China.
3. She would he able, through the
possession OF kiao-Chou. to strength
en- her command of Pekin and by the
seizure of other German dependencies
to improve her situation In the Pa
scific ocean.
A number of diplomats in Wash
ington have suggested that with
Europe engaged in war and the re-
straining influence of Great Britain
and Russia removed. Japan would
adopt y determined attitude toward
the United States with reference to
the immigration and alien land law
questions.
1t undoubtedly is true that the
Japanese government has considered
the abvisability of such procedure.
hut there is every reason to believe
that toward us It will observe, as It
has In the past, policy of peace and
friendliness.
Moreover. Japan has finer fish to
fry through joining Great Britain
against Germany. Besides Kiao-