El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
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I Editor FL Paso Herald:
/ That was q wise and pertinent re
marx you made in a recent edition q
Z your paper that Criticism OF the
league Of nations plan would be more
effective If the critics had anything
10 suggest In its place and it seems
20 me that Won COuld have added thai
the time for protest against en-
tanEling alliances should have been
made when the United States Joined
these same nations who were then 81
var That step, taken after every
effort had been exhausted 70 remain
neutral was the guarantee that we
would see them through to a final
settlement; and what other way czn
be devised wherein there are less
dangers and pitfalls
We know that 10 insure final sue
cess. we must be in the line OF right
and our president and all the leading
statesmen who are associated with
him are confessedly seeking to serve
not themselves alone but the small
and helpless nations which are abso-
lurely at their mercy.
We should all realize that al this
time. when the forces Of evil were
never so well organized and expert
enced psychologists are telling US
that because Of the intermarria Of
iIebriates, imbeciles, delinquents and
those Of criminal tendencies. the
birth rate among those classes is
about four TO one OF those ordinarily
well born so that without high and
holy ideals and faith in everything
Providence, who is not unmindfuI Of
the conditions that exist. they that
VIII save their life by selfishly iE-
noring the crying needs OF their
neighbors, even though across the
sea VIII far more likely lose II than
by learlesSly doing the right as Cod
gives than to see the right
Now that Germany is beaten to her
knees and all power OF successful re-
slstance is taken away from her, e
would seem the part OF wisdom 10
focus attention 10 those nations
whose ambitions and needs rende,
them viEilant for an opening whereby
they may gain foothold, after which
it VIII be an easy matter to effect an
outlet for their conEested millions. ]
speak Of Japan and China In the
issue OF the Literary Digest Of March
L there is a uonpretentfous article.
first published by the Seoul Press. Of
which II is said The Japan Weekly
Chronicle (Tokio) thinks so well Of
this remarkable article that it prints
il entire" I would call attention 10
"a few statements in this article en-
titled Japan to cast out German
'lultur-' Tt says "In school and
out OF II, our young people are col p
stantly taught Japan's superiority IN
everything The result Of such teach
ing seems to be already apparent
When, as we are stll behind il the
race Of civilization and have much 10
learn from rhe west many young
men OF Japan who should know bet
ter talk Of their country being in the
front rank Of the worlds great pow
ers- There are even among them men
who 80 the length Of dreaming Of
world domination by Japan"
As straws tell the way the wind
blows, expressions OF this nature.
taken with the strides that Japan
has made in the last Il years. when.
not much more than a spot on the
map, she gained a victory over Rus
sIas at that time perhaps one OF the
most powerful nations Of the world
are not to be lightly cast aside. but
should be given the same prominence
mat Japan herself gives 70 them.
even while protesting that they are
not treated seriously" especially as
She advises her people TO return TO
he old policy that required her TO be
humble and made them acknowledge E
.heir inferiorlty and led them TO
learn eagerly from the west, and goes (
ln TO say That was the secret Of Z
Japan's rise in the comfy Of civilized E
nations" +;
IN the same issue Of the Digest
there is q cartoon copied from Der
" ahre lStuJtgar) wherein the lynx, :
4 member OF the feline family. is made ;
10 represent Japan. And 70 one OF
foresight all these things are not E
Without significance. especially when
associated with the scriptural prophe-
lies which foretel that Just such at
rIbutes will belong 70 the nation that
VIII dominate the world in the end Of E
his age and at which time Christ Z
VIII come IN the clouds with great z
lourer and GLORY and --Han HE -~,re 3
4 Righteousness and peace VIII usher
= the millennium when the lion and
he lamb shall lie down together and
hey who trust and serve God win
eigu with him a thousand years
SIRE Lizzie Avfrett u