New-York tribune., 1921-02-18
Var if Japan
Iingoes Insist,
Congress Told
r:,l;ams. of Washington,
Warns Conflict Is Inev-
liable Unless Nipponese
Tunkers Are Cur.bed
rar More Coast Defense
ueCorniick Tells Senate
Halting of Capital Ships
win Confuse Harding
-. =. T,4o,.ns's s wasasaCton Bureau

-. n. T,f5,sas's Washington Bureau
TAsHTNGToN, Feb. 17.-War be-
s. she United States and Japan is
liable sunless the cooi-headed
s.,asner and diplomats of Japan curb
s, 5emagogues, jingoes and junkers
~ now have the public eye and ear"
g. = warning sounded in the House
.,.sav during an appeal for stronger
p.e;6c Coast defenses by Representa-
.ir John F. Miller, Of Washington. He
Ii there would be no war unless
,,uan makes it. but added that this
.,srtry will never permit the Pacific
! r,ast to become an "unredeemed
jspan'
ii the Senate Senator Mccormick.
j Illinois, recalled that Japan was
.rming herself with call haste" and
3.cIarcd he could not agree that Amer
.sn shipwrights and gunsmiths should
l.y down their tools while Japan
sspsres. He added that he could not
sgree that Limitation of armaments
saouid Dc fixed on the basis of Brit
sa sea power more dominant than
ser IN modern history"
Senator. Mccormick clashed with
Senator Borah, of Idaho. when he
charged that the Borah program of
hating construction of capital ships
psnding a study of their value as
rgainst air and submarine craft would
Hamper and confuse" the President
elect
Borah to Follow Own Judgment
Senator Borah was aroused to de-
clare his independence of the new ad-
ministration. He said that Congress in
the last eight years had been accused
st waiting for an order from the
Waite House" He asserted he would
rot abdicate his Judgment in the next
tour years any more than he had in
the last eight years, and that if Con-
gress saw fit to advertise to the world
that it had no judgment on vital
matter until the President-elect mods it
might do so.
Twill not be a party to it," declared
Senator Borah.
Senator Borah's utterance was taken
II many quarters to signify that he
does not purpose TO bend his opinions
after March to follow the leadership
Of Mr.. Harding and that there is al
ready strong spirit of insurgency
afoct
we are asking for the strengthen
ing Of the defenses along the shore of
the Pacific said Representative Miller
in speaking for the items carried in the
sfortifcations appropriations bill, which
passed the House to-day. "The answer
is to be found in the events as they
come to US day after day from across
the waters,
Hear Sahers Across Pacific
I'VE are not frightened. Nor are we
tinllo. we are just ordinary, practical,
everyday Americans like you, prompt
ed Dy the same motives, responding to
the same influences, reading the same
signs. Every day of the world we hear
the rattle Of the saber from across thu
Pacific. The rattle is louder on the
coast than it is here, for we are 5000
niles nearer the Empire of the Rising
Sun.
we read and we hear that there
snail be no movement toward disarlna-
Ment until Japan has completed her
slgnt-oattiesnlp, eight-cruiser program.
ihere seems TO De q national swag-
ger over there. Only the other day
Vaf PUBLIC press carried Photographic
lspfoductions of the scene in Japan
mere students were publicly discuss
mg the advisability of war with the
saited states. Curt answers and snob-
gsa bearing toward Americans have
'iieady become popular in Japan.
Won't Become "Unredeemed JaDan''
There will be no war with Japan
aaiess she makes it, but it might as
seh De understood now. better than
sss assny time IN the future, that our Pa
S.ns coast states will not and shall NOT
'Sohe an 'unredeemed Japan
senator Mccormick is a member of
gs senate Naval Affairs Committee.
.is views are in harmony with those
s..a majority of that committee. More
essr' the Senator has just returned
,,ua visit to Florida, where he con-
;e.aea with Senator Harding. This
tas ss gave the impression in many quar-
s.,.s s,iae " ne was speaking in harmony
ssa the views of the incoming admin
'''sation sis. with respect to naval policy.
a. aaalhg further TO the interest in
.Ss s ssnarks Of Senator Mccormick was
;re, ~ iact that ne has recently returned
h. [ abroad, where he visited a num-
y;.b = european capitals and conferred
slse : number Of European statesmen,
,,s. Congress delays and hampers the
resent sssss Development of the navy. ac-
Susag Ssmaag "a Senator Mccormick, it ''will
i iSsaper and confuse the President-elect
s5;.l .le discharge of the heaviest duty
'Jsa ne has to perform
VIZ s proceeded to a discussion of
sa.s the Grand Fleet actually did in