The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-10-29
HAVE STRONG LOCAL MEN IN THE FIELl

tlon OF Senator Harding unless tnosc
splendid republicans who aided tho
democrats eight years ago In recover
ing the government, join us now In
holding popular control through tho
election OF Governor Cox.
How 90 Fay out.
Upon the presidential election there
are other issues OF tho first magnitude
involved.
First, there is the question as to
how the big war debt Is to be paid.
That OF the Civil war when Wall street
dominated our financial policies was
laid upon the common people, inelud-
Ing the poorest of tho poor.
Scarcely a penny OF It was ever
charged to the incomes or fortunes OF
the rich
But il was levied upon tho sugar for
our coffee. the tobacco for our pipes,
and upon the clothing and the various
other articles OF common consumption.
This war. on the contrary. Is being
paid for largely out Of the fortunes OF
the rich and from incomes that arose
from war conditions.
Tho League Issue.
But tho crownIng issue OF this cam
paign and the major problem of the
world Is that OF the future interna-
tional relations of mankind.
Tho position which we are 10 take
now in our relationship to other ma
tions may turn the tide OF the worlds
future In a measure no less marked
than American soldiers decided the re-
snlt of the iNrorld War
Since as a people. the blood OF the
lentlre white world constitutes our cit
Iixenship, there are bonds OF sympa-
THY eminating from US that cncircle
and embrace the whole OF civilization
We alone among the nations have
Ithe brains, the wealth. the numbers,
1.-THE morals and tho sympathy needed
/ to stabilize world so recently and so
terribly torn by ruthless conflict
The moral effect OF our presence In
the League of Nations. II stands to rea-
son. would exert a greater effect upon
the future peace OF the world than any
other possible human influence
So predominating by reason of this
moral and material power OF ours
would Americas presence be. that the
results OF the war would be accepted.
Without our presence 1t is more
than likely that the central powers
will again divide the world into military
camps in preparation for another and
more deadly war to escape the penal
ties OF this war.
Another era OF competition in mill
tarism could not possibly benefit this
nation. or any nation--not even the
central powers, so much as to accept
and secure the results of this war
however imperfect its settlements may
be.
Under the guarantee of the League
of Nations all could set their faces TO
the future without fear of external ag-
gression All could lay down their
arms and all take up the implements
of peace. Relieved OF the deadly fear
of the past and freed from the heavy
cost of miiitarism all the peoples could
go forward discharging their debts and
achieving greater heights of prosper
| ity an happiness.
! Tho Yellow Peril.
| There lies across the Pacific a
mighty sleeping giant. For centuries
she slept undisturbed by, and uncon-
scious of, Western civilization. Her
| own subjects remained at home and
she admitted no foreigners. Her pop
ulation, numbering four hundred mil
lon people, possesses great natural
power of endurance and are suscep-
tbIle of receiving high degree of in
dustrlal and military learning. In ex-
tent of territory and natural resources,
she is a power of the first rank. In
religion she is a pagan nation. Her
heart is a heart OF stone, cold and
without human sympathy. Her peo-
pie are of the same race as those OF
Japan. The aggressions of the West
ern military powers have annoyed
her. They have set her an example Of
conquest which some day not far dis
tant she may follow unless the white
nations destroy the whole destructive,
vicious system Of militarism now
while they have the opportunity.
Her sturdy. aggressive little neigh
bor, Japan is growing military pow
er. Her subjects are most prolific.
She is oyer-running her own boundar-
les. AS nation she has no scruples
about the ethics of foreign conquest!
The advance tides of her population
already have flowed In laiEe numbers
into several Of our Pacific coast states.
Wherever her subjects go they will, IL
allowed to acquire property. absorb
the very cream of our land and other
productive resources. This Is so be-
cause her standard Of living is lower
than ours. When a high standard of
living and a low one. existing side by
side, compete with each other in the
business world, the people Of the low
standard IL equally efficient, will soon
acquire by reason of their larger saw
ing power the means TO buy out those
or the high standard.
Due to this law and to the high 1
birth rate of the Japanese, we dare
not admit them to our shores.
Yet Japan bitterly resents exclusion
md she is one of the great powers Of
Earth.
Standing alone in the Pacific as an
power she would be a dan
,erous neighbor. Allied with China
he might become invincible.
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