New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
Denounced by Mr. il y Hyf
Show ha the Affairs China Is MOI as ne Ve"S"

talk of the bazaars" which has been p...,
wiseacre writer's and correspondent, = W
East for fifty years. Something mystic 49,. HN
il. AYERS Mr. Rea, whereas IL is no, -.
not mysterious at all, but slow. loo,. ~. -"
OF circulating the gossip Of the DAY. pl.F
your heart, Mr.. Rea, the telegraph, exc y,
telephone and the morning paper. hav. ~
the news quality out of tea-house and r.
gossip these ten years past. Try new a.,
am not sure. however, that anytbi,s -
iectionable in Mr.. Rea's article is opi,. w
unpleasant to Americans as his DELHI.
and insulting attacks upon the good co.
the self-respect and the courage az u
American nation in the Mexican and Ir,'
pear war questions, which he puts in n.
mouth of the Chinese hagglers and four.,-.
chafferers of the Picking rug shops and an
houses. IL may also be insane, but /. -.
tainly has the slyness which the sin,.
malevolent and reckless share with N. 4.
sane.
These anti-Japanese articles Of Mr. D..
/ I hold TO be unhealthy and dangerous v,,.
their rooted determination to ascribe sv.-
/ kind of dishonorable practice at all tir,.
and at all hazards 10 Japan, arguing thea,
70 an Indictment TO war by the United S.,,..
upon a nation with which We are a. ne,..
with which we hold sacred treaty relst0..
and with which we interchange a vast .o-
mercc profitable TO both countries. Ana ~
in the supposed interest Of China, a matte,
which truly needs friends in this hour a,
her latest bewilderment. but which shouli
pray 70 be delivered from friends like Y,
Rea.
] fah =.
steady worker for China than Mr.. R,,
Let the latter contrast with his own pro,..
sor Jenks's first words TO the reporters wh,,
he landed in Japan exactly month ago .,
! his way to China:
Japan, China and the United States ous.
TO be able eventually to find a policy N,
will enable all three 10 pursue their cor
mercial aims and to protect their interes,
in this part of the world without friction
In its bland suavity it sounds like a rebus,
TO intolerance, an invitation to spiritual con
munion. Contrast Mr.. Rea with Mr.. Lined,
+ Steffens. whose independence OF viewpor
none may challenge and who in an article o
"California and the japanese in a curres
weekly says:
"What is the answer? Some sor, Of dire,
communication between their people and o.
people. 1t is acquaintance and knowleSg
that are wanting popular knowledge and a,
auaintance Of the two peoples as suei
/ Diplomacy, clever. polite and private, won
clear the dangerous, utterly unnecessary 81,
uation. The United States can't deliver n
American people blind; the Californian
have proved that And while the Japane,
government may now, il should not, and
the long run probably will not, be able 3
deliver blindfolded the japanese nsiicr
Economic pressure will break man-made Law
some day and democracy will burst III
bonds of diplomacy. Why no. try SON
democratic diplomacy
Here is the true, sane controversial spin
/ No saint, no demon in it, but men desln
with men on the plane Of civilized, respor
sible human beings. He suggests "a COZ
vention, small but popular. Of represents
tives, not too prominent. Of the japanese ar
the American peoples" and let them seek
way out of the international difficulty. sue
as II is. No theatricalty, no stab in Il
back, no hypocrisy
JOSEPH 7. c. CLARKE
New York, March q. 1916.