The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-15
Our New Boss-Japan.
you May Not" Says She.
Think About Gold.
RosenwaId's Motto,
Arthur BRISBANE
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poWerrul Tort on earth. excepting
possibly Gibraltar. II could be
IN the Far East. another Helgo-
Land. Germany's possession in
NE Nerth sea. that was impreg-
nable until the allies stripped n
ef : weapons. Notifications. and
fighting value.
What do the American people
think Of allowing japan. Eng
land. and France. Japan esueci-
ally. to decide what the United
States may do with its own ter
xitoryf
The idea In FOBIDDING forti-
dcation Of its own property by
the United States is that such
fortification might hurt the feel
ings Of japan. She hoesat want
rs TO be too strong In her neigh
borhood. or for that matter. to
plant any obstacles between he-
coast and the California coast.
She fears, says she, that we
might attack her.
The majority of Congressman
know, If Hughes, Lodge, Under
wood, and Root do not, that this
country has no idea of attacking
Japan.
We invite Europe and Asia
20 Washington, and they decide
what We shall be forbidden to
do with our own territory. And like
mild sheep, we do not for a mo-
ment dream Of telling them what
TO do with their land. It is too
preposterous, too profoundly ash
nine for belief. "
The Republican party Is not
far away from an election that
gave them 7,0o0,00 plurality as
q protest against a Democratic
League Of Nations. Does it in
: tend to return the compliment
and give the Democrats next
time a greater plurality by ad-
vocating a greater stupidity OF
kthe same kind?
The United States Senator
who would vote for a treaty to
Net Japan tell US what part Of
our land we may and we may
not fortify should go to japan
and stay there.
This country does not need
him.
It is inconceivable that Presi-
dent Harding should sign a
treaty with such a clause in it.
The American people want to
govern themselves and their own
territory for a while longer.
They do not need Japan, or any
body from Asia, to tell them
what shall be done with main
land, or islands, belonging to the
United States.
To make it easy" for Ger
many, she will be allowed to pay
thirty-one million marks, seven
million dollars, in gold every ten
DAYS until further orders. War
IA expensive even when it is
over, and in the end it may be
found that Germany, with all
her indemnities, was not the
greatest war loser.
For, as Henry Ford's investi-
gators discovered, EVERY Ger
man factory is busy" and that
A more important than a little
rold more or less. This coun-
try has nearly all of the gold
We gathered $500, 100000 more
Of Il last year-but here we
haven't got "every factory busy"
Somebody should write poem
On the sources Of gold as it
pours into this country from all
over the world. Literally, From
|. Greenland's icy mountains to
India's coral strand" they find
Il. They hunt, dig, and kill each
Jeother for it. It is picked up in
solid Jumps as big as your thumb
In river beds. It is found in
large yellow fakes high up in the
mountains. It is taken from
holes in the ground a mile deep,
and you must grind 1900 pounds
of ore to get one-twentieth of an
ounce of gold.and still it pays.
Gigantic mills crush the ore,
chemists take out gold in par
ticles too small to be seen. In