The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-08-06

Will raCner commit Harl-harl IMAM
surrender to an enemy, as was shown
not long ago in the suicide of several
Japanese generals who were captured
in the fall of the great fortress of an
unspeakable name in the Austrian
province Of Galicia. Japan has been
successful in all her undertakings
since awakening from her slumber Of
ages. Korea, Manchuria and even the
mighty Chinese empire have lost their
sovereignty under the powerful in
trigue and craftsmanship Of the Mika-
dos advisors; still, if Japan should be
called to an account for the steward
ship by such mighty combination Of
states as Germany, ustria-Hungary
and Turkey, she will have to fight for
her very existence and depend upon
her own resources.
Of late, Japan has incurred the ill
will of Mohamedanism by demanding
Shintelism, her state religion, in OPP
position to the religion of the Sultan.
This will give Turkey pretext to as
sist in Japan's humiliation; at the
same time her attitude toward China's s
independence has lost for her the sup
port and respect of that mighty giant,
while her selfish rule in Manchuria and
Korea will enfame the slumbering
patriotism in the suppressed nations,
thus crippling her in these provinces;
true, the people of the Orient have
been coerced by Japan, still hardly
think that in case of war with Euro
pean nations, Japan could depend upon
loyal support by her provinces, such as
was accorded to England and France
by their foreign possessions; thus it
will be seen that Japan will stand
alone in the coming struggle. In
Manchuria, the prevailing spirit is pro-
Chinese, while the Korean peasant
hates everything connected with
Japan.
The resources of the Mikado's land
are very limited. Japan is poor coun-
try; her revenues barely cover her
state budget, her militarism is almost
as despotic as that of Germany, her
naval expenditures have bankrupted
her, and in war with the great German
empire, which will surely come, no
matter what is the issue at present in
Europe, unless Germany could be elm
mated as first class power, which
is not at all probable, she will be un-
able to supply the wants of her army,
needed to stop the onrush of the white
peril, in the shape of Anglo-Saxon and
teutonic armies. In her emergency,
she can only turn to America, and I
am safe in saying this country will
not supply her needs; the attitude of
the fowery kingdom toward the
United States within the last 10 years,
has not forged chain of sympathy,
nor made for her many friends in this
land of neutrality. Her boastful and
at times threatening attitude in the
California and ,Arizonian alien acts,
has made the people of the Pacific
coast decidedly antagonistic to any
thing savoring of japanese expansion.
Thus it remains to be seen what the'
attitude of Nippon will be in the pres
ent European crisis. / am certain if
Japan had foreseen the stubborn fight
ing qualities in the central-stated, she
would have sacredly kept her hands off
German colonial possessions in China,
and if possible she would now make
reparation at the expense of her allies
involved. But Japanese diplomacy is
too flimsy for the eyes of the German
chancellor.
1t must also be remembered that it
was the present emperor of Germany
who first showed his open contempt
for the Nipponese, by alluding to them
as the dreaded yellow peril, an insult
to the national honor of the people of
Japan.
While | am hoping and praying for
a speedy cessation of the dreadful
carnage and restoration Of peace in
all lands, it seems impossible to have
a conception Of a lasting peace, until
Germany shall have wiped out the in
suit administered to the nations pride
at the instigation of the Mikado's ad-
visors. One thing is certain: when the
clash comes, Japan will not be facing
a nation Of Slavish extraction, like
Russian serfs, but she will have to
meet armies Of Anglo Saxon and Of
teutonic stock, hardened by military
training, the superiors in many hard
fought battles, devoted to king and
fatherland, commanded by generals
in strategy and leadership,
and the only issue from such con-
test can be the supremacy Of the
white race over the Mongolians.
Much is at stake at present, for the
defeat Of Russian arms will eliminate,
for the present at least, Russia as al
foe to be feared by the central states.
ITO be continued)
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