The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-27

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/ OHIO, will be the 'speaker-guest at the
open Forum in the Auditorium next
Sunday afternoon. His subject will he
ia broad aud interesting one--"Prob
Items OF the Pacific"
DIR. John r. Mott, the noted Y. NJ.
c. A. leader and authority, was to have
been the speaker for Sunday, but
some days ago he notified President
X. S. Holmesshe could not come and
the latter then hurriedly arranged
with DIR. Headland who had been
booked as the speaker for Sunday,
February 6. to come week earlier.
Probably no one in the world is bet
ter suited or equipped to discuss the
Pacific subject sbetter than the one
who is to speak next Sunday. and Just
row this is such an important subject
there should not be vacant seat in
the Triple Cities great Auditorium
when he is introduced No doubt in
the course of his address the orator of
the dav will touch upon the possibility
OF trerhle between Japan and the
y httCN fittScs cublttt tlfstt IL Just
now absorbing International attention
DIR. Headlani arrived in the city yes
terday and is the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. f. Evans at the Daytona
Beach hotel. Mrs. Evans is his daugh-
tier and she and her husband have
been spending the latter portion of
their honeymoon here. DR. Headland
is a broadly educated and extensively
Travelled gentleman. and as great men
usually are is of a democratic trend
and easy of approach. He went to
China to live 80 years ago and for Is
years was an Instructor in the Chi
nese college at Picking When question
ed by a News representative regarding
his views as to present condition in
that section of the world, Dir. Head
land very frankly expressed his opin-
ions and he is the sort of man who
has views and Is not afraid to tell the
world what they are. Il am entirely
convinced. he said. chat this eoun-
TRY should never allow Japan or any
other alien country to settle In large
numbers in this country We have one
big race problem and should not court
any other. Japan will not allow any
Caucasian to own foot of land in her
teoantry. and what right has she to
complain of any exclusion act we may
see fit to enact. When our mission
aries have desired to control land for
church purposes over there have been
able to do so only under the trustee
ship OF a board constituted entirely of
Japanese"
Japan and China can never be
friendly" he continued, 'as long as
Japan continues to encroach upon
China, which she has always done
She has already taken great deal OF
territory from China unjustly As a
lost Formosa; in the settlement of the
Japan-Russia war China lost half of
Saghalien. Afterward Japan gobbled
Corea. South Manchuria. and is seri-
ously encroaehing ON Eastern Mag
lella and now has her troops in East
ern Siberia Just recently Japan sol
diers wantonly shot Lieut. Langcon
an American officer. which resulted in
the suicide of his wife. This is being
officially investigated aud it should be,
Japan was given Shantung by the al
lies under its promise that she would
rstore il to China, which she has not
done, and | doubt if she ever in
| tended to"
when President Roosevelt sent the
American feet around the world,
said DIR. Headland, Il happen to know
4 ii was for the sole purpose of salts
flying Japan that our warships could
go anywhere and fight anywhere. He
sent TAFT to study the situation in
Japan for the reason he believed her
Ito be a treacherous nation and liable
Ito cause trouble at any time, and wheI
The recommended that Taft should be
his successor Can unusual thing for Z
President 10 do) it was because ht
felt Taft would be better equipped Il
deal with a crisis. if it should come
THAN any other man in the country.
Thoroughly agree with Lieut.. Hobsoi
that trouble with Japan may come a
an expected moment. We should h'
ion a constant lookout, as Japan is ap
Ito mass unexpected forces about thu
Philippines or Honolulu. | look upoI
Fthe Japanese question as worit
problem. China has been and Away