Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-31
UNPREPAREDNESS INVITES VAR.
WHILE WE SLEEP, OTHERS ARM
EXTRACTS An ADDRESS MAYNARD HARLAN cAsL
DoATE FOR DELEGATE A T LARGE TO REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION

war breeds war. Tho rich and de-
tenseless nation will always fall a prey
TO hungry wRr-trained neighbors. That
ts the lesson Of history. But 1t is not
enly from that circumstance that dam
ger arises to the people OF the United
btates. We have an unsettled dispute
with japan which antedates the war
In Europe. That dispute is as to the
terms upon which the people of Ja-
pan may come TO this country, and
own lands aud do business here. That
dispute touches yapan's national pride.
6Ae says that discrimination on our
part against Japanese immigrants Ia
tli scront ,o her national honor. That
~ the sort OF dispute which may nash
into war at any moment.
Japan nast End an outlet for her
surplus population. Her people are
free to migrate into China and Korea.
But they do not wish to do so. The
Inhabitants of China and Korea have
. lower standard OF living than the
people OF Japan. Japanese. migrating
eo Korea aad China. cannot compete
industriaily with the natives. They
can. on tho other hand, 30 to Cali
lornia and, even after raising the
standard OF living to which they hevs
been accustomed In Japan. can defeat
our people In Industrial competition.
Japan Is building twelve new battle
ships. Every shipyard In japan Ia
operating at high pressure. Forty
three merchantmen are now on the
ways In tlhe japanese shlpygrds. ia
Ia n Axy of A-
dispute commercial supremacy Ia the
Pacific with us. Also she Is ncreas-
Tag Gn already large transport feet
by which her war-trained troops
might be brought TO our shores. That
fa2y be merely incidental TO her oom-
merctal ambition. Ii may be due to
design. ut all events, 1t is q fact
Aad expert German naval opinion Ia
that Japan Is right nov preparing
deliberately TO attack us. There is II
Japan party openly hostile 10 the
United States Only last month japan
estahlished military education and
training Ia all her universities. She
IN Gyowedly preparing against pos
bible shortage OF junior officers in case
OF war. War with wtomY The Jap
aness area Willy people. They gave
10 notice TO Russia before they at
tackled It.
visoount Chinda. Ambassador from
Japan. recently called at our State De
partrnent. lie intimated rather point
edly that we are not making salts
factory progress in settling our diff
fsrenees with his country about the
sueGtion OF immigration and land
ownership. Is It due merely to chance
that Japan's stimulation of that con-
troversy falls at time when ouI
State Department has its hands full
or more than full. with disputes with
both England and Germany rs to the
freedom OF the seas? Or does Japan
see that our diplomacy is weak, that
II has all but broken down completely
and that the present is an opportuns
time to pave the way Sor an ultiniatum
II the delivery OF an ultimntum shall
be invited by our continual failure u
put ourselves IN readiness TO repel sue
cess.ul attack Ask the people OF ths
Pacific Coast what they think OF ths
necessity Of preparing against the daJ
OF war with Japan.
Our General Btan told us. before tbs
present war began. that Great Britain
could laad one hundred and seventy
thousand men from the British Isles
upon our coast inside a fortnight
What could che do Tow. since ths
British lsles have been turned into ar
armed camp? What could she dc
after the present war shall have
ended? One hundred and seyentJ
thousand mon will then be for Greai
Britain merely color guard" rela'
lively speaking. Our defenselessnest
is utter, abject Admiral Dewey. no'
long since. wrote to Augustus p. Gard
nsr, Congressman from Massachusetts,
II bog to acknowledge tho receipt o.
YOUR letter asking me Il
write you, setting forth my views or
the question OF the possibility OF large
hostile forces landing on our coast
and inviting my attention to an article
by Eric Fisher Wood. The part OK th'
Atlantic Coast mentioned In Mr.
Woods article extends from Eastport
No, TO Cape Henry. Virginia.
II is true that large hostile force ear
land on the open coast wherever trans
ports can get within reasonable dis
lance OF the shore. especially 80 where
their landing is covered by the gun
FIRE Of the naval escort, even though
the landing be opposed by troops.
From Eastport, Me-. to Cap'
Henry, Va, there are but few place'
where large ships cannot approch K
within two miles OF the coast. The,
would prefer to land where there arr
no railroads. and good roads LEADING
TO theiy objective. which would prob
ably be one of our large cities. Sucl
places are numerous along the coas
of Massachusetts, both shores Of Mass
achusetts Bay, the eastern and south
ern shores OF Long Island, and th'
Delaware and Chesapeake bays. Ou
main defense and protection from in
yasion must always rest with the nav,
which must ever remain our first ant
best lire OF defense. This defense. un
less adequate. is impotent; and as be
fore stated, adequacy Is not reache'
until the navy Is strong enough to NEE
on equal terms the navy of the strong
asst nossible adversary" $780, -