The Washington times., 1921-11-20

total Of our population, aware Of and
contemptuous of our national stupid
ity in international affairs and pa
thence under insult and aggression;
installing our altruism and love Of
peace for weakness, Japan without
In the least desiring war with the
United States, has nevertheless
raised the cry Of war as . smoke
screen to hide her operations In Asia.
and to brighten us into q policy Of
disinterestedness In the fate Of
China, Korea. Manchuria and 81
beria.
1t is just as though a gambler had
raised and backraised on no pair be-
fore the draw. only to find his stu
pid opponent meeting all bets and
then proceeding to draw three cards.
In this extremity the buffer real
ICES that his opponent doubtless
has a pair Of aces or kings: where
fore the buffer Is put to the pain.
full extremity of laying down" or
standing pat" on his worthless
hand and continuing the bluff.
JAPAN'S CONTINUED BLUFF.
1t is with the intention OF con-
tinufng her bluff to win the pot
that Japan has sent her delegates
to the Disarmament Conference.
She does not attend with the reno
test idea Of disseminating her policy
in the Far East; she has simply
been forced to meet the ante, raise
and backraise before the draw and
she is not enjoying 1t the least bit.
Her. unworthy suspicion that we
plan a campaign of exploitation, at
her expense. in the Far East has
led her into the disarmament con-
ference, which is the last place on
earth she really desires to go, as
witness her hesitation in accepting
President Hardings invitation to
send delegates; her insistence on
pour parlers as to the subjects to
be discussed at the conference be-
fore she decided formally to accept.
Viewed in the light Of that hesi--
fancy, 1t is probable that her final
acceptance sans a preliminary dis
cussion of the subject-rnatter of the
conference. establishes Secretary
Hughes as a diplomatist worthy of
his portfolio. .........
1t Is a mistake, as will be seen
from the foregoing. to credit the
people Of California with a large
measure of the blame for having
precipitated a noticeable GOODNESS
between Japan and the United
States. which GOODNESS may lead to
war. for the purpose OF averting
which our President has called the
disarmament conference.
1t is true. I think, that our ex.
pertinent in civilizing the Philip
pines was deemed by all intelligent
Japanese task that would be per.
ennial; our failure to safeguard
Hawaii from peaceful penetration"
augured a peaceful attitude and our
inexcusably stupid failure to estab-
lish at Guam a naval base capable
or caring for a huge Pacific fleet
operated to lull still further the sus-
picion Of the Japanese.
THE JAPANESE QUESTION.
Followed therefore. cessation Of
their suspicious grumblings. fol-
lowed also the most tremendous ad-
vance of the Japanese empire in its
march for a place in the sun. Think
Of it. Sixty years ago Japan was a
barbarian nation. .-
Tho so-called question first came
to public notice when tho influx OK
Japanese students in the badly
overcrowded schools of San Fran
cisco, following the disaster Of 1905.
resulted in a newspaper protest,
which at once famed to flame the
smouldering embers Of resentment
against all Orientals, which has sl-
ways distinguished California, 1nd
which had resulted years before In
the Chinese Exclusion Act. The
charm Of an exclusion act Is that II
really excludes. with tho exception of
an occasional Chinaman who slips
over the Mexican border.
Now. what this country does not
realize and what it ought to real
lie is this: While vigorously OK.
GLIDING the Chinese under the Ex-
clusion Act, Californians do not dis
like the Chinese. have lived in
my native State forty years and I,
have yet to hear anybody speak in
aught but praise of the Chinese
race. John Chinaman IL a hard
worker; he gives a fair days work
for a fair days pay; he lie thrifty,
he is a good sport. his word is his
bond and he pays his bills.
For uncounted centuries, dwellsrs
in the Celestial Empire have lived
within hands-breadth of starva-
ton; wherefore. no race on earth
can compete with them economical
ly and 1t was entirely upon econo-
mic grounds that Californians pcO-