The Washington times., 1921-12-18

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Special Cable Dlspatoh. Cepgright,
1881. b. Universal Service.
MILAN. Italy. Dec. l7.-Commo.
dors Perry continues to smile. lower
ing slightly the corner of his mouth.
which IL dented by the Constant use
Of his pipe. carved from . root with
. clasp-knife. In the other, the
symbolic world. he retains his sea-
manly swaggsr like the perfect mari.
ner that he was. He has not abAn-
doned the habit of keeping vertical,
the center of his gravity thus assur.
ing q firm basis for his solldiy
planted feet.
The commodore 10 erect on his two
legs. a. though he were again
standing on the deck of his good
ship SusQuehanna. In truth he does
not show any trace of that un.imely
govt which was his passport to the
other world. On the contrary his
smile changes into q coarse laugh
at the merry suspicion that diplo-
matte govt win not condemn the
Washington conference to imnio-
bility.
Tho Conference Kitchen.
Commodore Perry. smiling. says:
not convoked by regular Prosi-
Dental invitation.
Almost seventy years ago / left
In the waters of YedO Bay, oppo-
site Uraga, q sounding buoy. We
sailors say that q buoy watches
when 1t floats. Well, my buoy has
watched anS u still watching.
do not doub. hlt that my country
men are better informed than I,
but the conference IL apt to con-
found ideas, even In the ssoundsst
Of heads.
when. on July Z, 1858. I cast
anchor before Uraga, had in my
frigate two gun batteries, one COW
cred and the other uncovered; but
had two more batteries, still more
efficacious. One was q battery Of
simple ideas and the other WAS
honest good will. Both were quite
uncovered.
my cook, too, possessed his -
crets. and not even his dearest
scullery servant was able to wrest
one from him. The kitchen Of
the conference II surrounded by
spongers of every country and
quality, but It 10 true that its ~
crets are impenetrable.
Nippon Mice Laughing.
Meanwhile I assure you that all
the mice on the Nippon roofs are
laughing. Following q proverb Of
that country, when the white man
prophecies the future of Japan or
expresses thoughts on the soul Of
Japan, the gracious rodents on
the paper roofs laugh in chorus
INCREASINGLY.
Official representatives of the
Mikado, on the contrary, do not
laugh, do not make gestures or
lutely necessary, but perpetually
keep their faces like the old ivory
and giltwood masks.
The governor Of Uraga, when he
tried to send me to Nagasaki to treat
on my refusal. / never had the
pleasure Of seeing a muscle of Prince
Idzu's face wrinkle.
that when Charles Hughes, with I'M
expected holiness. proposed the de-
struction Of ships, all the white pup
pets jumped as though the wires
had suddenly broken, while the yell
sensible al sheathed sabers of we'll
tempered steel. -
"Fata immota manent. Destiny re-
mi M oh II
nize myself as a man of humble
knowledge, I risk this solemn quo
tation, hoping to augment my All
thority with the illustrious western
lights come to dine in the Federal
Capital.
"Destiny-that is tho vital neces-
sity of the race, that II will power.
that Is the purpose Of aggression
and expansion; and II IL inseparable
and Interchangeable from the plans of
the secretive people whom IT may
honor to introduce to the world
struggle.
This virile truth must be we'll i'm
printed upon the mind Of the people
Of the starred banner who aspire
and who should aspire to q hege-
mony Of the world.
NOt QuoSCAOn Oh JuSt1c0.
There are those who cry, 'Tu-
rope for Europeans, and there
are others answering, Asia for the
Asiatics.' Here 1t is not a question
of Justice. for Justice is yet to come
to man. Tho Son Of Man sacrificed
himself in vain to establish 1t upon
tho earth.
Here is no question Of Justice,
but of power. For q long time yet
the dividers of the world will be iron
mon. And for q long time attempts
at revindications for social trans
formations will be problems Of pow
CT and not Of Justice. acts Of violence
and not persuasion.
1T does not help to waste time In
deploring the harshness of this real
ity any more than 1t helps to won
der why England IL ready to give
back Weihaiwei but keep Hon gkong.
IT pray my God that the reality
of these things enters we'll into your
minds.
"An arrangement Of hypocrisies
Of the conference can have but tho
value Of stratagems In q bloody