The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-11-12
SAYS JAPAN COULDN'T
FINANCE WAR AGAINST U. S.

address On Japan. Past, Present and
Future" before a large gathering OF
men at the Y. n. c. A.. at , o'clock
Sunday afternoon. DIR. Worley has
been a missionary for the Presbyter-
ian church in Japan for many years
and is thoroughly familiar with .;ie
moral. religious. political. Industrial
and economic conditions in that coun-
try. After describing the splendid
work OF the Y NJ. c. a in Toxic.
Nassaki. Kobe. Shanghai, Manila. Cal
cutta and oiher cities in the Far East
he said in part:
The Y. n. c. A. has done a dis
tineuye service to Japan and the peo-
PIE OF that empire are not unappre-
ciauve OF II. When the war with Rus
sia was on few years ago IL estab-
lished rest rooms ON the battlehelds
Of Manchuria for the wounded and
exhausted saen Of the MIkado's army.
Il did not attempt to usurp the
place OF the Red Cross or do hosni.
iai work OF any kind II simply ex-
tended 10 the unfortunate on the field
OF battle that kindly sympathy and
help inspired by those humanitarian
principles upon which viii ultimately
be founded the universal brotherhood
OF man This greatly pleased the
Japanese people and the emperor. al
ter hostilItI@s were over. gave the
association $1,000 from his private
purse in recoEnition Of it's service 20
The empire In the years that have
interviewed since the war the Iapa-
uese government has encouraged the
Y. n. c A IN every way possible and
IL IS doing maznlaeent work there
ia helping he people to a hIgher civ
iisauon.
We know there are strained rela-
lions between the United states ana
Japan. u is appsrcat among the pso-
iie OF both countries ia de distru.t
each has %. the other. meet many
people here Who % no, Ike the Jap
anose. although .n southern califor-
nia and some other sections or the
United states there are a. many pro
japanese ne anuJapancse. There are
newspapers in this country that are
lndusulously spreadlng the doctrine
that the Japanese have their teeth
not. bulldog fashion. ready to eat Up
everybody and everything. There are
also iingoes and yellow newspapers in
Japan. the same a. there are in this
country. AMI they are endeavorinE to
foment trouble between the two ma
tions. The great mass OF the people
of Japan. however. are far from being
hostile to America. The Japanese as
a nation admire the United States
more than they do any other coun.
try. II was America that brought
them out OF their seclusion sixty
years ago and started thom upon the
way TO western civilization. In the
hearts and conscience OF the infiuen.
tiai. dominant element in Japan there
IL tho utmost sympathy and goodwill
for the United States.
Japan is poverty.stricken na-
tion and could not finance a success.
ful war with the United States II she
tried. BY reason with her present
alliance with Great Britain she is
nov able u borrow money in the I'm.
unciai centors Of the world. but not
in sufficient quantity to carry ON war
with Thu country. Every man In Jap
an earning Ms much as one hundred
and afty dollars year has TO pay
an Income tax 10 tho government. The
Japanese are a proud. sclf-respectinr
people and feel chagrined that the
United States has excluded them from
coming to this country. but they will
not go 10 war with Amerien On ,ha,