The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-01

in the fate Of Europe. She knows
that II is only by making this war o
serious immediate question TO Us that
this country can be induced to saeri-
fee herself moro decidedly for the cause
of the Allies. That 10 the real motive
the American government had in mind
when itAenaeted the; steel embargo. The
reported restriction of America on her
import trade comes from the same mo-
tive! We may expect that as long as
we remRia in the came Inactive and in
different attitude toward the war. both
America and Eng gland viii continue
threatening our business by oil kinds
of, ,embargOes aud restrictions. It is
absolutely futile for US to try to lift
these embargoes and restrictions, with
out satisfying the real interest Amer
lea and England have behind them.
1.-THE effect Of the war has spread
out wider every year and II seems now
that 1t will not stop until the whole
world has been dragged into IL. All
circumstances now eonspire TO drag
this country irrPsistibly into the con
/ flict. ~ If Japan is still inclined to stay
inaetive and Mt the same time eriticise
America and England every time they
enact new probibitory measure
against the business interest of this
country, she has no other alternative
but to fight against her Allies and
submit to the domineering power of
Germany. OF course we can do this
What else can we do, then, but to wake
up and do something to tighten the
pressure of the Attest
Germany Threatens Japan
"In all practical questions that have
/ to do with the development Of the war
situation Russia may wen be elimina-
| ted from consideration. She Is per-
I haps worse than that. She is now an
| advantage to the Germans. Germany
is now transferring all her troops from
! the eastern fields to the western front
in preparation for great general at
tack against the Allied forces on that
front.
1.-THE German menace resulting from
the traitorous action of Russia looms
up even against this country. In the
discussion in the House of Peers, the
question of Russia 5 national indebt.
edness, amounting to 100000, 600 yen
that was paid for her by this country,
was brought up against the government.
The government paid this money, &C
| cording to the explanation Of the au-
thorities, following the example set by
England. It is Just like our govern
ment, the diplomacy Of which Is al
ways nothing but an imitation Of Eng.
land. It is said that the money was
mostly the price for the arms and
munitions supplied Russia by this
country in the early period Of the war.
Now these arms and munitions have
been turned over by the Bolsheviki
government to Germany. The result
comes to this that we have supplied q
large quantity of arms and munitions
to Germany gratis. What ironyi IA.
"Two hundred million yen is no small
amount to the financial resources Of this
country. It is serious question, but
the question does not stop here. The
German menace is now actually threat
emng US through Siberia. The Allies
may be able to defeat Germany in the
end and the German military class may
collapse, but the German people will
remain acting with the same logged
tenacity and the same yearning for the
conquest of the world. If they remain
uncrushed, the peace of the world win
be broken again in future. 1t is re-
ported that German war prisoners in
Russia are all set free and working
vigorously for the future interest Of
Germany in Russia and Siberia. Many
of them are studying the dialects Of
the Russian people and planning for
the industrial expansion Of Germany to
the Far East -