Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
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Is it the intention Of Germany's foes
OR some Of them, the short-sighted
ones--to force Japan, il they can, into
| the arms Of Germany? Not that they
can do it; but Is it their intention to
| try to do it IL they can? If not, why
this insulting suspicion of Japans
motives; and why, above all, this hest
| fancy to intervene in Siberia for fear
Japan might not play fair after fur
nishing the majority Of the troops IN
the expedition? For that Is the real
reason of this bewildered hesitancy,
hesitancy from which we are glad to
see that some Of them, and especially
the most commonsense nation IN the
whole alliance, France, are entirely
free. When certain OF the allies say,
"Of course it would be a dreadful thing
to have Russia incorporated into the
German empire, but If we try to stop
it may we not fear that Japan would
do something inexpressibly devilish?"
the answer Of france is comprised in
a shrug Of the shoulders and the one
word, "Bosh!"
What Is Japan fighting for? For
quiet Asia. She wants no quarrelsome
a quiet America. with no quarrelsome
ishbors, that President Monroe de-
clared we would not permit any Euro
pean nation to extend its system to
this continent 1t was for the same
reason that Japan made her alliance
with England. She was in ably fear
of Russia. the Russia Of the czars. The
Russia of the cars is gone. but what
shall that profit Japan if a new Russia,
made Immensely more efficient and
immensely more quarrelsome by a new
car whose throne Is in Berlin, and
whose name is Wilhelm suddenly
glares at her out Of the window of
Vladvostok?
A little history. There never was
any japanese feeling in this
country until after the Russo Japanese
war. The legendary craft, guile, cum
ming Of Japan is not an old legend, it
Is new one, dating from 1905. Until
1905 none Of us had ever become
aware that the Japanese ways were
ways that were dark Who discovered
that there was such thing as the
yellow peril" that the Japanese were
plotting the overthrow Of the white
race? 1t was William Of Hohenzollern.
and we may safely conclude that his
discovery WIS a move in his game. 1t
was taken up by certain newspapers In
the United states and industrousiy
inculcated; but altho William made his
great discovery in 1899, this American
newspaper support did not come to him
until after 1905; and by a curious CO.
incidence it was the support Of the
mo that have Sinco hpPn
aiding him as far as they dared in HIS
war against the democratic nations.
and the same newspapers that have
been trying to sidetrack us into war
with Mexico to keep us too busy TO
interfere with that game Of his.
Just after the close Of the Russo.
Japanese war-during which the
sympathies Of the American people
had been VIGOROUSLY and openly with
Japan-a propaganda was instituted in
Japan and the United States for the
purpose Of setting the two countries at
odds with each other. The distance IS
so great as to favor canards; nothing
is ever denied unless 1t happens to at
tract ministerial attention, such az the
yarn that Japan was negotiating with
Mexico for naval base Mt Magdelena
bay The minor canards went undenied
never getting into ministerial notice;
and while the Hohenzollern propa-
gandlsts were busy sowing lies about
Japan in American soil, they were
equally busy sowing lies about Amer
lea in Japanese soil. 1t was about the
time Of the Russo Japanese war that
the kaiser regarded himself as ready
to begin his war with the world, and
from Mogadir to the annexation OF
Bosnia his progress has been one OF
steps to that end until the Potsdam
conspiracy of 1914 decided that the
time had come to start the confagra-
ton. The Japanese-American propa-
ganda, dating from that time, was
part of the plan.
The reason why the scheme came to
naught was that when war broke out
Japan was instantly confronted with
the demolition Of her object-a quiet
Asia. She cast her sword into the
scale against the kaiser. She has
played fair with her allies ever since,
and has been rewarded for 1t with that
distrust which was created for his own
purposes years ago by William OF
Hohenzollern And now comes the