The Washington times., 1922-08-20

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Lord Northcliffe had arrived that
morning from Vancouver. His ship
was fogbound at the narrows and
had put In at Victoria. The day be.
fore ! had received a simple wire
from him: Meet me Victoria be-
tween eight and nine tomorrow.
Saturday, morning. want to get
away from people"
At that time I was resting at my
hunting lodge on the northwestern
part Of british Columbia. Mrs.
Vanderbilt and ] jumped into our
car, drove all night oyer-the noun.
tain passes and through the dense
woods. and by 8 o'clock In the
morning reached Victoria.
The ship docked at the outer
wharf an hour later. We, that is
the Victoria editor and !, climbed
aboard. along the steerage gangway
Soon we found ourselves with the
great editor. A band was playing
somewhere outside. and a steward
came to tell us that big delegation
Of government officials was waiting
to escort his lordship" to a break
fast at the Canadian Club.
Escape TO Golf Links.
Lord Northcliffe looked irritated.
Cant you sneak me off the shir
quietly, 1 want to play golf?" he
said to me.
We grabbed his clubs. and few
moments later emerged on the
steerage gangplank bound for my
car which had placed a few feet
off. In II we dashed off through
the gates to the Oak Bay golf
links. On our way we stopped to
gather a Canadian supreme court
Justice. who had served once upon
a time as a reporter on one of the
Northcliffe papers. and a British
major Of artillery.
We arrived at the links at $40
o'clock. There were no caddies
present. l volunteered to carry
Lord Northcliffe's bag, for ! could
see that he was-Snot well enough
to carry his clubs and play a good
game at the same time.
Then we started off across the
links, and ! had the opportunity OF
securing a long talk with the great
publisher-an interview which he
signed for me before we parted com
pany, and which had the pleasure
Of knowing from his own lips was
the first signed interview he had
given on this. continent.
The Yellow Menace.
Its from the Orient that all the
future trouble of the world 10 goine
to arise" said Northcliffe, as he
gazed across the iinks, out toward
the Pacific ocean. THE rest Of the
world ia tired and done up with
war. The Orient hasn't had a touch
Of 1t. They're just aching to get nj
US. And some day II we're not care
full, they will.
What did Japan do In the last
war? Nothing Of much material
help, except to keep out Of the wal
as much as possible and learn al
she could about modern hostilities
America, Europe, Asia. none Of them
are awake to the danger that lies In
the yellow menace Of the East.
"We're all too anxious to please
the Japanese, too much afraid t.
hurt their feelings. We cater ts
their whims and we give In to theiI
least desires. We decry and make
fun Of those who point out to us
our danger.
do you think for a moment the
Japanese would be colonizing on ouI
West coast IL It wasn't for the fact
that they were after something more
than their ten or fifty acres of land
The japanese are not fools. They
are looking toward the future wher
they hope the rising sun will never
set upon the lands which they own
"You Can't Trust Them"
"Yes, I'm afraid of the Japanese
as all far-thinking people Of the
world ought to be afraid Of them
I'm afraid Of anything and every
thing the little yellow man thinks Of
doing. You cant trust them, ever
I'm bound for the Orient, wher,
I'm going to be a schoolboy agar
and study the conditions that make
for the economic situations thai
have arisen in the world today. I've
heard all about them, but now Tn
going to see for myself. II certain
of these conditions are true ir
China, Mongolia, Manchuria, 'ant
Korea, then I'm going to come hacl
home and I'm going to bring thes,
conditions before the pubic ant
ask them, In the name Of everything
they hold dear and precious to thu
British Empire, to disrupt the Anglo
Japanese alliance. II we keep II
surer than fate, we shall be dragget
into an ugly war with another civi
lized natiOn-not so very far s0utl
OF us ut the present moment" .
From this insinuation I knew thai
Northcliffe feared greater Sshan any
thing else at the present time q
conflict arising out Of Great Brit
aims part in being a partner to tn,
Anglo Japanese alliance. / believ,
this Is one of the things he did be
fore he gave up his life, and II hat
a great deal to do with the dis
rupting at the Washington confer
ence Of this obnoxious treaty. Fol
1t was the Northcliffe press tha
advised the British, delegation L
break off the Anglo-Japanese All
ance.
Crowd Followed Him.
We played several games of golf
but by IL o'clock most of the popu
lace Of Victoria had crowded dowr
to the links. and the publisher had
N gaIlery several hundred deep a,