The Huttig news., 1914-07-18
MUST FIGHT ]. {.
Japan's Only Hope Is War With
 America.
Economic Necessity Will Force Japs. nese Into Territorial Expansion Czar Awaits HostiIities That
 Will Give Him a Chance.

ing the moment when Japan is em- broled with some other power to swoop down upon Manchuria and re- cover the territory lost in the last war, says the Literary Digest. But Japan seems hopelessly peaceful and the St. Petersburg Novoe Vremya. re- garded as a semioffieial organ, comes cut with an article showing Japan how mistaken it's peaceful attitude really is. America is plainly pointed out as the real enemy and Japan is advised by friendly insinuation to re taliate for her rebuff in California and to do something to repair her failure in Mongolia by aspiring to the cap ture of the Philippines and Hawaii This organ of the Russian govern ment points out that Korea and Man ehnria have not justified the expeeta- tions of Japan While affording great scope for the administrative abilities of the Japanese, they offer but little opportunity for the colonization of az to be that country's most urgent need. Japan, therefore, turns her vision toward the Philippines, Hawaii and the Pacific coast of America, where she is confronted with the doe trine, America for Americans" As was to be expected, the organ of the St. Petersburg bureaucrats condemns the United States for our violation of Japan's treaty rights, and suggests to the latter that she cannot gain any thing by diplomatic representations.
 The United States has stopped the immigration of Asiatics,e it says, "the Japanese among them. Until recent days Mexico was open to the latter. whither the stream of Japanese emi- grafton has been turned. With the completion of the Panama canal Mex leo will fall under the shadow of the United States and the day is not dis tant when it will cease it's indepen- dent political existence and at the same time one of the promised lands will be closed to Japan.
 "A clash between the United States and Japan is thus preparing itself, de- spite the will and intentions of diplo- mats. New lands suitable for the set. clement of large. powerful masses are a vital necessity to Japan. Either land-or national death. Under such conditions one can quite understand the alarm which seizes Japanese so- eiety at the thought of the near open ing of the Panama canal. which is to Japan equivalent to the closing of the doors of America
 "The American peril is now be- coming more vital problem for Japan than the yellow peril is for Europe Having been carried away by the chimerieal struggle with Rus sia. the Japanese statesmen wasted the energies of the people and missed a favorable moment for the strength ening of their influence and authority at points where their national instinct impelled them to go-the isla1 ds of the Pacific ocean and the farther shore. Now, instead of direct action. they have to console themselves with political demonstrations and verbal fraternization with the Mexieans. Un- fortunately. it is impossible to acquire new lands by such means"
 Japan missed it's chance, this Rus sian writer ayers, when it failed to in sist on it's rights before the piercing of Panama. Our navy was mainly in the Atlantic,s our Pacific seaboard lay exposed to attack
 But Japan was exhausted by it's exploits in Manchuria and sacrificed it's rights and it's dignity. True in expectation of better times, 1t hastily continued its armaments But on the lay of the opening of the Panama canal. which gives the United States the possibility of transferring in case of necessity it's battle ship squadroas from one ocean to the other, the mili- tary chances of Japan will be les sened And if it bore patiently the violation of it's legal rights before the opening of the canal it will hardly have the courage to insist upon them afterward
 Nevertheless. the tendency toward warm waters and fertile, uninhabited lands, caused by the scarcity of land in Japan, will remain in full force and seek an outlet.
 Twill the international diplomatic sorcerers be able to direct this life current into a false channel once more?
 Before the war Japan procured for her subjects arriving in the United States complete equality of rights with all other immigrants. After the war-ofIicially victorious, but in real ity suffering grave wounds-the tri- umphant Japanese have lost in very friendly country all the rights recog- nized--so very recently by solemn treaty They have been ranked among the lower races, on q level with other Asiatics Koreans, Chinese, Siamese and Hindus.
 The prohibition to the Japanese to enter the United States was at first put in an outwardly decent form. It was stipulated that Japanese emil grants, in order to have the right to