The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-04
ALIEN RACES

RIGA voted to continue as one of the
states Of the British Empire two
years ago, and then he was enabled
to preserve the status only after y
heroic campaign that called forth
every resource of his influence am0ng
people Of his blood and language. But
he will have to fight again; the issue
| is recurrent, like that IN Ireland
England does not believe that Can
ada and Australia could be induced to
take up arms against America in aid
Of japan. But England's diplomacy
his not changed since the days OF the
Crimcan War, when she first began
20 use the Turk as pawn in tie aalae
of International politics. 1t did not
matter if Gladstone, the Christian,
did look with an undisguised hcrror
upon the "unspeakable Turk" he was
Good for something and tina. some
thing was the checkmating of, first
the plans of Russia and again those of
France and Germany. If it had not
been for the unnatural, and probably
assumed friendship of England the
Turk would have been driven from
Europe many generations ago. No
Christian believed that England had
any special love for the Mohammed-
ans or desired for them a permanent
place in the councils of the world;
and it is doubtful now that these
same Englishmen contemplate the es-
Establishment of Japan as one of the
ruling forces in the affairs of the ma
tions. 1t would be more in accord
with the historical policy Of England
to say she is using Japan merely as
pawn, this time, however, not as
one against Russia, Germany or
France, for they are no longer n mem,
ace to her primacy in the politics and
commerce of the world, but against
only one other nation, one whose as
cendancy is overwhelming and over
shadowng, and that nation is, of
course, America.
English craftsmanship of today is
the same as it was in the time of
Napoleon; it is matter Of tradition
and, like the laws Of the Pefsians and
Modes. is not subject to the ever
changing plans and purposes Of men.
Balfour and Lloyd George are follow
ing, in retrograde, the footsteps of
Roseberry, Gladstone, Disraeli, Pal
melstonc, Canning and the Pitts, and
the very simplicity of their method
let other antagonists cut each
others Threats and, if they viii not,
then intrigue, aid and abet until they
do fight-made it always easy Of
as in the recent example of
Protestant and Catholic Ireland.
There is no ethnic sympathy be-
tween England and Japan and there
can never be; but America is getting
too prcpondcrant and something must
be done to hinder her stride. There
fore the game cock Of the East is
pctted and groomed TO strut and crow
at the eagle, whose out
stretched wings throw an ever-in-
creasing shadow over the world.
But the American commissioners at
the present conference know all the
facts, the impossibilities and- the IN
Of the situation, and when
the world is told in plain language
that America has no ends 90 gain
other than those for which mankind
is praying there is likely 10 be a re-
action and the establishment Of q nev
diplomacy. in which the lives and for
tunes If nations viii net be stakes in
the game of selishness or eowardiee.
Japan even may be made TO sec that
England is making her the Turk Of
Asia. another pawn in the hands Of
an alien race.