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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HERALD
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1914.
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couh policy and should have beeu
raised on the 4th of March; that It
was just, proper, and right to pro-
tect American lives and property
upon the high seas and in foreign
lands. Since the delivery of that
speech the president has raised the
embargo on arum, which was an ad-
mission that "moral suasion," how-
ever high and noble be such a
course, is impractical in dealing with
a semi-barbarous people. So much
of my prediction has come true. 1
turther said that intervention wit in-
evitable, and that when it came, if
we did not intervene then, it would
probaly come by reason of compli-
cation with foreign countries. This
almost proved true in the murder of
Benton, the British subject, and the
excitement growing therefrom. Now,
1 repeat again, intervention is in-
evitable, and the quicker it is done
and over with the better it will b•
with all concerned.
In the 7th of November speech 1
pointed out that there are other con- j
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statement that Ambassador 1'age at
the court of St. James made sport
of the Monroe doctrine by saying,
in substance, that its Intent was to
tell the monarchies of Europe that
we did not "prefer" them to gain
any more land in America, with the
further felicitation of his audience
that we hud built the canal to aid
England more than ourselves, and
doubtless this is the purpose of our
proposed repeal of free tolls for Amer-
ican ships, thus denying ourselves the
continued right to control our own
private property and admit American
coustwise ships free of duty through
the gates of the canal, Just as we
admit theiu through the Cumberland
and Ohio rivers. I observe that
the ambassador has explained his
speech by calling tills "pleasantry."
The Monroe doctrine, and the safe-
guards and wholesome policy vouch-
safed by that doctrine, is too serious
to bur republic to permit an ambas-
sador or official representative to
make a "bust of wit" of it or use
it in "pleasantry." and such unjusti-
fiable use should not only be con-
demned but should be grounds for
rebuke.
True American Policy
This foreign policy is in keeping
with one fundamental academic, but
ditions worse than war, particularly
domination of the Anglo-Saxon by I ^mpractical, doctrine. Such doctrine
inferior races. 1 pointed to the dan-1 contemplateB the abandonment of
ger of the Oriental problem and tht
threatened settlement of this country
by Chinese, Japanese and Koreans,
and the necessity for the extension
of the Monroe doctrine In line with
the L#odge resolution dealing with
the Magdeleua bay controversy, to
prevent subjecting America not only
to colonization by monarchies of
Europe but to the colonization
schemes of Asiatics. In this connec-
tion I desire to nuote an Associated
Press dispatch of March 10th:
"A Japanese syndicate headed
by Baron Takahasha, president
of the Yokoma Special bank,
and Baron Matsui, governor of
tho Dunk of Japan, has been
formed with a capital of $300,-
<100,000 to exploit Mexico's re-
sources and colonize large sec-
tions of the country, according
to today's Issue of El Imparclal."
Two days thereafter, or on March
12th, appeared the startling state-
ment as follows:
"Secretary Bryan stated that
such colony did not, in his opin-
ion, violate the principles of the
Monroe Doctrine. He was as-
sured, Mr. Bryan Bald, that the
Japanese who would settle there
are not soldiers of the Mikado's
army."
"President Huerta, of Mexico is
in accord with the plan to es-
tablish Japanese colonies in his
country. Calico is in the country
which Huerta controls."
Ambassador Chlnda iBsued this
statement:
"I wish to make it plain that the
Japanese government 1b not con-
cerned in this matter except as to the
welfare of tho Imperial government."
Secretary Bryan Usued a state-
ment which confirmed the Interview
of Baron Chlnda. He stated ex-
plicitly that the United States had
given permission to Japanese to
cross American soli.
It would thus seem that we have
a new American policy—that this
government connived at and aided
Japanese colonization of Solioni,
Mexico, where Is found some of the
richest lands in the world.
There can be no doubt of this at-
tempt, and I do not use this example
of danger like Mr. Hobson and
others, as an argument for a larger
navy. Wo do not need a large navy,
we need only to control our own
continent, to husband the resources
at our own door, and to rid our-
selves of the phillipines and of for-
eign expansion, to hold our navy to
a minimum. Tlila done and our navy
could be sunk to the botumi of the
sea and we could Bustaln ourselves
against any and all attempts to con-
quer us, but without It our navy
would prove a pigmy against the
overpowering naval strength of
Japan. I read In the press dis-
patches of March 12th the startling
the old time democratic doctrine—
American doctrine—even the doctrine
of the democratic platform at Balti-
more, to protect the lives and prop-
erty of American citizens on the
high seas and In foreign lands. I
desire to repeat the statement In
seventh November speech aB to the
true American policy:
A sound. Just, and comprehensive
policy consists in this: A well
equipped and thoroughly trained but
relatively small army and navy; the
extension of American commerce to
all seas and ports of the world;
peace, honest friendship, and com-
merce with all nations, entangling
alliances with none; adherence t(
and maintenance of the Monroe doc
trine as the sheet anchor of protec
tlon of republican institutions in the
western hemisphere; the protection
of American citizens, their property,
homes, and families, whether found
In America, upon our borders, or In
foreign landB throughout the world;
the preservation and Integrity of the
nntlon and the glory of the flag; the
encouragement of liberty everywhere
and the extension of republican gov
ernmentB and democratic Institutions
throughout the two Americas— all
this by peaceful diplomacy If pos-
sible, by force If neccBsary.
This has always been the American
doctrine as well aB a democratic
doctrine, and although every breeze
from the border, every wind that
sweeps over the lllo Grande brings
to us the unwelcome tidings of fresh
outrages upon American citizens—
| even American home, family, and
womanhood are not exemptod—how
much longer Is this "watchful wav
Ing," this beautiful policy for the
vultures perched upon the peaks and
mountains of Mexico, "watchful-wait
ing" to devour the flesh from the
bones of the American dead, but,
oh, how distasteful to an intelligent,
self-reBpecting American citizenship.
I find myself disagreeing both with
the president and with some of the
prominent republicans upon what
should be done in the Mexican crisis
1 heartily agree with the president's
policy In not recognizing either of
the contending banditti, but disagree
with his inactivity and lack of
effort to enforce his demands,
conceive that political intervention
such as has been for months con-
ducted in Mexican affairs to be less
Justifiable and more likely to pro-
oke hostility on tho part of Mexico
and tho Latin republics to the south
of us than inrmed intervention to
protect American citizens nnd their
property.
1 do not agree with those promi-
nent republicans who would recog-
nize Heurta, because such recognition
would mean a continuation of the
Diaz regime of pauperism and pluto-
cracy, with all of the landed estates
granted In concessions to foreign
syndicates, and would ultimately
lead to the colonization and settle-
ment of Mexico by Asiatics.
Texas Hangers
When the Associated Press dis-
patches announced the daring deeds
of the Texas Rangers ( I am fond
of that name, "Texas Rangers," or-
ganized by General Sam Houston,
who gave to ub the I.«ne Star state,
und In the early organization of which
my futher was u member, and I re-
member how he thrilled me in child-
hood with the storleB of their adven-
tures, privations, and heroism) 1
was reminded of the teachings of old
John H. Reagan, at whose feet 1
have been fond to sit to learn of the
true wisdom of republican Institu-
tions. Years gone now and anon
Bomeone In Texas would start a
propaganda for division of the state.
Reugan would Immediately respond
by urging that the state never be
divided, predicting that as nationality
would grow beyond proper propor-
tions and become so centralized as to
destroy the local Belf-government of
the states, that that nationality would
cease to protect the citizen from
foreign aggression, but would be
used to oppress the Individual citizen,
and argued wisely that a great stand-
ing army would, as nationality grew,
become larger In time of peace and
that an ambitious and selfish presi-
dent might attempt to overthrow the
republic or some of Its sacred insti-
tutions, and that when that time
came, Texas, by the very largeness
of Its boundaries, would be the only
state capable of sustaining a great
population and thereby becoming a
"balance wheel" between the powers
of the federal government and the
Interest of the people, and therefore
no true Texan ought ever to counte-
nance a division of the state even
for the temporary advantage of In-
creasing its representatives in the
United States senate. This invariably
ended the argument, and Reagan
went to hlfl grave believing the time
would come to prove his prediction.
How quickly I thought of this
when I observed the lack of protection
accorded American citizens by this
strong nationality—grown too strong
by continued effort to usurp state
powers already—neglecting the rights
of American citizens, their homes,
their property, and their families, to
see the spirit of old John H. Reagan,
through the Texas ItangerB, proving
true that prophecy. Therefore I can
but applaud their valor and deeds ot
heroism to protect the American citi-
zens upon our border.
Napoleon and the Giant
When Napoleon Bonaparte made
hlB quick and successful conqueBt
of the Pyramids and Asia Minor, at
Mount Tabor, one of his aides pointed
to the east and observed to the Man
of Destiny: "There lies Asia." He
quickly responded, wisely saying:
YeB, and there lies a giant asleep
in Asia. Don't disturb him. Let him
sleep." But we woke up that giant
with the making of Perry'B treaty
with Japan in the fiftieB, and the
opening of her ports with our navy
in 1863, and with the "open door pol-
icy" In China. From that day this
powerful giant woke up and became
aroused, and we must grapple with
that giant either across the ocean or
permit him to come on our own
shores in direct personal competition
With the religious superstition of
Brahamanlsm against digging in the
earth, they have left their coal and
Iron fields, quite ts extensive as ours,
undeveloped and untouched until the
German concession of recent years.
In a few years they will be making
steel at nine cents while we make It
at nine dollars. So we can not com
pete with him in the industrial field.
The forty centuries of their clvillza
tlon with the four thousand years
of history behind them show they
have lived in peace, civilized, sustain
ing themselves upon agriculture
alone until they are prepared In the
industrial world with hand labor to
ompete with and overthrow our ma-
hlne-made goods and American in
ventive genius. That history further
shows that they assimilated every
race going among them. Every ml
gratlon into China has crumbled by
assimilation Into Chinamen. We can
not compete with him In a hand-to-
liand conflict either In the industrial
or labor world, or in the struggle
for supritnacy of race. We must
grapple with that giant, forcing him
to remain upon his own shore, sus
talnlng ourselves by an exteuslon of
territory upon our own continent and
by a greater development of agrtcul
tural production. To permit him to
come to our continent or any pnr
tion of it, to the extent of controlling
the government, or of becoming the
dominant Influence by reason
numbers, whether It be Mexico or
elsewhere, means the destruction of
the Anglo-Saxon American citizen by
assimilation and making Chinese of
them—all this as surely as fate.
Example of Oriental Cheap l abor
Apropos our power to compete with
the Oriental races, I quote from a
work by F. H. King, formerly pro-
fessor of agriculture physics In the
University of Wisconsin. The title
of this book is "Forty CenturieB or
Permanent Agriculture In China,
Korea and Japan," which work I can
but recommend to every studen of
but recommend to every students of
sociological needs. On page 118 of
that splendid work you find the start
ling statement that in Shanghai
there was constructed in 1910 an
annex to the Astor house. Upon
this house there was employed
eighteen Chinese laborers for a period
of eighty-eight days and the con-
tractor's total cost for this labor was
$205.92. With these conditions the
engine-driven pile driver could not
compete. We also find that In Chek-
Ian province farm laborers employed
by the year receive not over thirty
dollars and board. Do you think
that the American farm laborer could
compete with this? He also says that
at Tsingao, a missionary was paying
a Chinese cook the highest wage per
month, which, including the man for
general work, nd for the cooking,
hiB wife for doing the mending and
other family services, and living at
home and feeding themselveB, all this
for nine dollars and three cents
American money, which Included in
addition, the care of the garden and
the lawn as well as the work for
the house. Think ye that American
domestic servants can compete with
this? We are also told on page
twenty of that work, to quote his
exact language, "Everywhere we went
in China the laboring people ap
peared generally happy and contented
it they had something to do, and
showed clearly that they were well
nourished. The industrial classes
are thoroughly organized, having had
their guilds, or labor unions, for
centuries, and it is not at all un-
common for a laborer who Ib known
to have violated the rules to be sum-
marily dealt with and even disappear
with no questions being asked."
Hence it is assumed that these peo-
ple with such control over their la-
bor organizations and the complete
masters of their own wage that they
are satisfied. Think ye that Ameri-
can labor can compete with such a
wage?
Let's go a little further in this
book and aBk ourselves the question
whether American industry can com-
pete with China. Dr. King says: "In
Chill, as elsewhere, the Chinese
are skilled gardners, using water
for irrigation whenever it is advan-
tageous. One gardner was growing
crop of early cabbage, followed by-
one of melons, and these with radish
the same season. He was paying a
rent of $6.45 gold per acre; was ap-
plying fertilizer at a cost of nearly
$8 per acre for each of the three
crops, making his cash outlay $29.6"
per acre. His crop of cabbage sold
for $103, gold; his melons for $77,
and his radish for something more
than $51, making a total of $232 per
acre, leaving him a net value of
202.53;" that In other crops they go
high as $400 and acre, net, which Is
greater net earning than produced
any forty acre tract of land in
any state of the American republic,
except In alfalfa and some classes of
fruits. Can our farmers compete
with that?
He further says on page 344: "As
to the price of labfir in this part of
China, we learned through U. S. Con-
sul-General Williams that a master
mechanic may receive 21.6 cents and
a ourneyman 7.75 cents, gold. Farm
laborers receive from $8.60 to $12.90
per year, with food, fuel and presents
which make a total of $17.20 to $21.50
cost to the employer a year, which is
great deal less for an entire year
than we pay for a month or even
sometimes a week to efficient farm
labor. He further says that there is
relatively little child labor In China,
due to the cheapness of other labor.
Think ye that American citizens can
compete with such conditions? Let
us quote again to determine whether
American restaurant keeper can
compete with this yellow race.
King states: "It was on this
from Moji to Nagasaki that we were
introduced to the attractive and very-
satisfactory manner of serving
lunches to travelers on the trains In
Japan. At important stations hot
tea Is brought to the car windows
In small glazed earthernware tea-1
pots provided with cover and bail
and accompanied with a tea cup ot
the same ware. The lunches were
very substantial and put together in J
a neat sanitary manner In a three-
compartment wooden box, carefull>
made from clear lumber Joined with
wooden pegs and perfect Joints. Packed
In the cover we found a paper nap-
kin. toothpicks and a pair of chop-
sticks. In the second compartment I
there were thin siloes of meat, chick |
en and fish, together with bamboo,
Bprouts. pickles, cakes and small bits
of salted vegetables, while the lower
chief compartment was filled with.
rice cooked quite stiff and without
salt, as is the custom in the three
countries. These lunches are handed
What Would Easter Be
Without Oxfords
9
Let us answer that question for ycu by
fitting you out in the very newest Spring
footwear. We have the proper shoe for
all occasions and some of them are start-
lingly new and attractive.
The Mary Jane Pump
Has established a place for itself with peo-
ple who care about correctness in their at-
tire. This novel boot, along with the
Tango pump has set the popular chord
humming. Bring the children in for a fit-
ting in the new Easter slippers.
Width AA to EE
The Mammoth
SHOE DEPARTMENT
Dr. |
ride'
to travelers in spotless thin white
paper daintily tied with a bit of
color, all in exchange of 12.5 cents.
ThUB (with tea) tor fifteen cents the
traveler 1b handed through the car
window, in a respectful manner, a
square meal which he may eat at his
leisure."
On page two of that book we find
the following startling facts, that
Japan in 1907 had a population of
46,977,003 persons, supported
20,000 square miles of cultivated
field, which is less than one third of
the area of the state of Oklahoma.
This is at the rate of nearly four
people to every acre of land
2,349 persons to the square mile.
Do any of you believe that the Amer-
ican farmer can compete with the
Japanese farm methods. I may call
attention to the fact that Japan to
day has nearly sixty millions of
people and about fifteen thousand
square miles more of land capable
of being reduced to agriculture, and
this after expensive terracing on the
mountain sides, Just enough to main
tain one more generation, after
which she must either die of self
competition, commit race suicide, or
secure more land, even If she has
to fight for it. Do ycu not imagine
that her cabinet now is secretly
studying the problems of expansion
Is this not the reason for their fur
nlshlng the money for Japanese to
buy land on this continent, and can
you doubt but that she will get all
the concessions possible in Mexico
The same is true of China. You let | and 40 minutes north of 49th par-
ten or fifteen millions of those Asi- allel or fight for It—when I recall
. i
atics settle in Mexico under Mexican (the criminal negligence on the part
concessions, a policy succeeding a of an American secretary of state
like policy of Diaz, and they will be and secretary of war who then said
in a position to dispute with us ev-
ery claim for expansion on our own
continent, because she could then
organize an army on this continent
that will keep us busy while she, by
the combined use of the merchant
marine of China and Japan, can land
more soldierB on the western coast
of Mexico after they, by their com-
bined naval power, now stronger
than ours and likely to continue,
have destroyed the American fleet
We can only compete with the Asi-
atics by keeping them on the other
side of the ocean. In case of war
it is a matter of physical impossibil
we had no need of any more terri-
tory and when warned by an Amer-
ican trader that the sending to Al-
berta, Saskatchefen and British Co- 1
lumbia and twenty-five soldiers (the
same way we acquired Oregon) would
have guaranteed to us a sfrTy'of ter-
ritory five degrees and forty minutea
further north than we now own—a
territory equal to one-fourth of the
continental territory of this repub-
lic, and wherein lies the greatest
wheat belt in the world, and into
which upwards of three hundred
thousand of the sturdiest Americans
have gone annually for more than
ity, with them on the other side ot, ten years, lost forever under a neg-
the ocean, to land soldiery enough l'.gent' policy under the assumption
to interest us in a war upon our] that we needed no more land. I
own land. Should they use the grant you that seventy years ago we
battleships and merchant marine of
the world they could not land them
faster than we could capture and
conquer them with a cordon of
American soldiers stretching from
Vancouver to Panama though they
destroyed our naval fleet.
Our Loss of British Columbia
I grow impatient of a pusillani-
mous peace policy of "watchful-wait-
ing" when I remember from history
that which many old men remember
from experience the old ante helium
Democratic cry! "Polk and Dallas,
54-40 or Fight"—meaning 54 degrees
had all of the land west of the Mis-
sissippi river almost without settle-
ment and that it did look like we
needed no more land but with that
area now settled, what do you think '
will be needed seventy years henWv
or even one generation hence? Do
you not think we need now or will
need quickly every foot of land on
the American continent, and especial-
ly the rich valleys and plains of
Mexico? I will agree with all of
those who advocate getting rid of
the Philippines, because a territory
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White
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Gas Ranges
and
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