The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-17

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NY ~ United 9tateq has eon4
nn1ly kspt On gooA forms with
various nations through it,
1icy o. protecting the nations
S)cA afe threatened with oppfes-
- and ass heing oppfeessd, and
~ Il q looked T. e. : friend. He
70 the necessity Of keeping the
endship OF the various nations.
'The pride IN the past should
ST ut 70 oar sensibilitie1." said
speaker, AFTER tracing the inter-
ution OF United States IN helping
keep Japsn and China from be-
oppfeseed, and speaking on the /
esent problem In connection with
y Japanoee immigration Unless
prevent, there Il liable to be ex.
sdingly dinicult relationA between
! United States and JaIan. tina
lersge japanese do. not want war
II the United States. But this
tstion must be settled coolly and
thout passion. The question
ould be settled with good social
kernatiOnAl sacrifice and coopera-
IN" =
K Traces Civilization.
xDr. Mathews traced the history
the advance Of civilization and
! continual working west; how It
!, Flows the sun. He told of how It
q struck 0 stone wall. aftef
y beeping through the unpopulated
dbtricts, "Civilization now Is to
Dirk in . land which heretofore
! d been kept absolutely foreign to
\ Belf all through history. 1t Is 80
3 west that Il is called east. 1t
! the yellow race. With its millions
q people.
.The great epoch is going to de-
I hop 1t by impact. And in such .
" We cannot grasp. Things have
4 bved 20 fast in the last so years
TIT we can't understand that the
,vhite race undertook to rule the
Mole. world, and not only to- rule
Atebut to grab II. Japan IL the only
teong nation which is not subject
n or owned by q white race. II
yu 90 to Africa now, you can
tlayel the lakes and rivers that Liv-
ikston found and with the same
accommodations that we have here.
HSt 1t was not long. before the
White race undertook t6 carve up
the whole continent, and they did
nc They have appropriated India
and the Asiatic world. Now they've
tSken the Mesopotamia and pretty
lfgely Persia. at least as much as
icy can get OF It, Only few coast
lies of China are open. Seventy
y hrs ago the Europeans got to- ia
b. Then came the United States,
q 1850 we sent over a fleet to open
d trading relations with the coun.
d As the Japanese put it, the
chntry was introduced to the
United States. The Europeans be-
nm to take notice. Today this
country has distinct precedent with
Japan and China because of the
pxying OF the great indemnity"
United States Helps Oppressed.
Next the speaker told of the
Hpxer rebellion and Of how the
d kited States stepped in. Now in
dSmnity money is being used to ed
u1nte Chinese in this country. He
ted Of the famibe there now, and
also of the fact that the United
States would not project CONNER
ctal concession with military pow
efs and how the orient looks to US
a. q friend.
Mentioning the treatment Of the
JGoarese and the Chinese on Ash
AZ soil and comparing it with the
tf6atment given them in this coun-
tn. Dr.. Mathews seemed to think
N II the western attitude toward
u Use people had spread throughout
tn entire country. He mentioned
TIL treaty which said immigration
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