Show TAP JAI WAR AR SCARE SEE SEEMS S TO IIA HAVE VE PASSED Some clever writer has called tho Japanese the Yankees o of the Orient And tho the people of that faraway tarawa faraway far tar awa away region have have recently given evidence that the title Is If well applied J They have havo Indicated that that they they dont don't want any war with tho the United States That proves they have many of ot tho the attributes of the Yankee Never a Yankee Yankee- wanted to get into an enterprise which would cost him more than he could get out of ot It Never a Yankee but would submit to some annoyances rather than fly Into a a. rage raga and cost himself mone money Never Nevel a Yankee who would not rather bear the ills Us ho had than Hy o others that he knew not of Our merry cousins tho the Japs considered this war proposition up one ono side and down the tho other and concluded con con- eluded the they didn't want to engage in It The moro more they studied the character of the American tho more moro they looked into his hl history tor the tho more the they estimated his re resources so- so sources and tho the lasting qualities he hA was likely to develop In case cage of oC need tho less th they y wanted to slap him In th tho fa face e. e and toll tell him he lie take talce it UI up Baron will not bo he recalled by Ly tho the government at Tokio Tho most the tho Jingoes In Japan could do n against him was to pass S 'S resolutions and burn mn a a. few piles of or rico rice pap paper r. r The They have havo not at all convinced their government that there ther is hI necessity for severing se the fr friendly endly relations with tho the United States s government anI and they are arc not nol likely to But out of or It all tho the United Stat States s has learned something something something some some- thing that will bo be of oC value alue Tho The Pacific will have to be defended The Tho American possessions In distant seas will viIi to be bo taken care of or The Tho national honor Is at stake The national safety ty Is IR Involved Wo We should have o stronger fighting ships ships and and plenty of or them them them-on on the western seas sena and we WI should have a navy that will c care re for our national I Interests wherever vel these ma may be ho In all tho the width and br breadth of oC the world AVe Ye do not need an nn armament like Jlko that of Germany and the tho nations of continental Europe But we tb do 10 need needa n a defensive o provision which will make us secure against anything an any possible en enemy my can bring against us Tho The Japanese In Iii case caso of war could have havo taken talen from us Hawaii and the Philippines The They could have havo had the first st year of or the war pretty much as thoy pleased After Arter that the they would have havo encountered trouble After Arter that the United States would have won and the tho Japanese would have completed their roc rocket ct course by coming i down like the tho stick I Tho The peril for Cor the moment has passed But tho the likelihood likelihood hood of Its returning returning- continues Tho The monaco menace can ho bo re removed removed re- re I moved only by providing plo a naY navy that will be adequate for Cor the needs of oC tho the American nation There is not now much likelihood of a war with Japan But It rests with our people to make It 11 forever Impossible |