Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-09-27

Z. c.;Ieu uA,l August Is, 1914, when
Japan declared war against Germany
the Japanese residents in Berlin were
made the subject of the most sicien-
ing attentions. II was reported that
Japan was going To attack Russia. and
the Germans could not do enough te
show their newly horn admiration for
the yellow race which they had hther-
to so deeply despised. The laps were
carried through the streets on the
shoulders of the populace and kissed
and cheered wherever they appeared
in public
And then Japan declared war against
Germany, Instantly there was Il wild
demonstration in the streets Of Berlin.
which would have resulted most disas-
trously for the Japs who had so recent
ly been hailed as friends but for the
astonishing fact that evei single Jap
had succeeded in getting away from
Berlin before the news of Japan's en-
try into the war became generally
known.
In the absence of Japanese upon
which to vent their spleen, the Ger
mans did everything they could to
make life miserable for those who re-
sembled Japs. The few Chinese who
We're there were terribly treated either
because they We're taken for Japs or
because they We're of the same race.
The Siamese minister, Prince Traidos,
who was enc of my patients, told me
that when his wife and children went
out on the streets the crowds followed
them and jeered, referring to the jap
anese as monkeys and using other OPP
probrious epithets. They even went
so far as to spit in Princess Traidos'
face, and the minister finally decided
to send her and the children to Switzer-
land, although he himself remained at
his post.
/ saw the kaiser shortly after the
Japanese declaration of war, and he
was very bitter against the United
States because Of that development.
'What is your president thinking Of
to allow yellow race to attack
white race! Now the Japanese are at
lacking u-Chau, and America could
have prevented 1t. All that America
had to do was to raise finger and
Japan would have known enough tC
keep her placed"
He spoke in this strain on several
subsequent occasions.
When Kiau-C hau fell he again crit
icized the United States for not having
stopped Japan.
"How can your president allow
| japan to increase in power at the ex
| pense of a white racer" he asked, In
dignantly. Nov China is lost to thu
world forever. America is the ont
power that could have prevented 1t
but now japan has got her fingers OF
China and she is lost to us forever!"
After we were In the war, the kaise
expressed to me his opinion that on
object in taking this step was four
! fold:
First" he said, Wilson wants t,
save the money you have loaned to tn
allies. Second, he wants to have
StdL III tHc pCuSC euDiC. lhiut a.
wants to give your army and navy
little practical experience-unfortu
nately, at our expense. And fourtf
and principally, he wants to prepar
for the war VIII Japan which b
knows is inevitable. The Japanese ar
the ones which your country must loo
upon as its real enemies"
A German officer of high standin
told me just before l left Berlin thu
America had made the great mistak
Of sending ammunition, guns and sur
plies to Russia, via Japan, becaus
Japan had just retained the finel
made American articles and ha
dumped on Russia lot of good-f0l
nothing material of her own in thel
place. my advice to America" he d
clared, lis to cut the throat of ever
Japanese in America and get rid {
the internal danger" He did not su,
gest cutting the throats of all the vi
desirable Germans who We're In Anne
lea md who had already demonstrate
that they were far Here dongero,
than the Japanese had ever been.