The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-01-30
(Official City. State and County
Newspaper)
Foreign Representatives
K SMALL, SPENCER, LEVlNGS
& BREWER
(lncorporated
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Should Interest Mothers

the Far East ana tne MOtnerS OIL
America should be interested. The
situation affects their sons and their
interests in no uncertain manner;
not at present, perhaps. but almost
inevitably in the future.
Since the World War. America has
yearned for peace. It was not a long
war for us, as wars so, but it was an
expensive one and it gave us good
long draught from the bitter cup
which war holds to the lips even of
victors. We want no more war.
But what we want and what we
may get are two different things. We
may see the time, within the mex.
generation, when war will be thrust
upon us.
The threat lies in Japan's apparen.
purpose to dominate China. It has
been carried out ruthlessly and with
4 boldness unknown since the Ger
man Kaiser, prideful in the might of
his war machine. ratified the sword
in Europe. It bodies i'll for the peace
Of the world.
Once Japan controls China, 1t
means the beginning Of q new era
Of development for that country. It
means the organization Of great new
industries which will exploit China's
resources. Unless the Nipponese tenn
per changes, many Of these will be
designed to further the imperial
islands interests In the event Of con-
tlict.
We shall see a growing arrogance
on the far side Of the Pacific. AS
commercial interests clash. we shall
see renewed hostility for nations who
attempt to thwart dreams of world
dominance. There will be trouble
and It may be that trouble will lead
to conflict.
II 1t does. American blood may be
shed again. The hearts Of American
mothers may be torn anew. The lit
tie tots Of today, grown to manhood,
may find soldiers graves on foreign
soil.
Right now the world hopes for
peace and attention is fixed on the
disarmament conference from which,
under present conditions, it is I'M
possible to expect substantial achieve
ment.
The presence Of q woman on the
American delegation to that confer
ence holds especial interest. The
peace-loving folk of the world hope
that her presence there will give voice
to the demands Of the women Of the
world that peace be established on a
definite and permanent basis.
But with the japanese attitude
what 1t is, the hope seems vain. One
nation easily can upset the interna-
tional applicant. Japan appears des-
tined to fill that role. On the
strength Of present evidence she ap-
pears dominated by a worse mania
for war than beset Germany under
the Kaiser. The only thing which
prevents war now is the distance OF
the theater of action from the i'm
portant interests of powers which
might be disposed to resent this ag-
gression.
It Is an unpleasant thing to beat
the drums of war. They have no
lovely sound under any circum-
stances. But the seeds Of war have
been sown within the last few months
in China. They are being cultivated
with tremendous vigor now in the
Japanese occupation Of Shanghai.
Even as we hope and pray for
peace. we are forced to remember
that the seeds Of war have never fall
ed to bring forth fruit in the past.
Mothers should look at the shining
faces Of their small sons and project
their minds IS years into the future.
Whist they may see is not a pleasant
thing.
{ It may be. Of course, that even II
war comes from the situation in
China. the United States will not be