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Show .mi- . in u. THE CITIZEN saym if ce bi an Ik that it is making steady progress and that this progress inspiration to greater endeavors. That is why Post-- l gcn(ral Hays is to be extolle'd for introducing the welfares alll01lrr the scores of thousands of faithful employes of his zesft ,nent. talfe e in set Jng war was so hideous that man paused in his humanitarian to ask whether it was worth while, whether humanity was the motiot ufort being made for its improvement and happiness. welfare work accomplish what was expected of it? Would r, the despoiler and de- n the ruthless brute, the iotbt war-make- JL of his T atory own happiness would he not render all such effort 5 Uars and centuries was intact; man himself had displayed the qualities that had redeemed him in bygone ages, and fprfl"tnne had come to take up again the task of improving man and standi: , a noble environment. lit-- ; reet HOLDING JAPAN IN LEASH 1 ounce to the Orient return to us occasionally with bits of ailese propaganda as a basis for better understanding between e acct; I nited .States and Japan. that ( ne of these admonishes us that we should put nothing in the forei )f Japans Monroe doctrine for Asia. We are told plainly or IS inference that we may maintain peaceful relations with Japan mo: y rej permit her to have a free hand in China and this free hand is reside illy alluded to as a Monroe doctrine. reco: The Monroe doctrine of Japan bears little resemblance to the Xatio: There never has been a hint in any of the erican doctrine. om tl. dal interpretations of our Monroe doctrine that foreign countries mid be excluded from equal rights in their trade relations with lintme nations of the American continent. Our policy has been one n sto: All foreign nations are free ely of defense against aggression. : leaf rade as they will with the Americas. trvev Japans Monroe doctrine is primarily an aggressive doctrine king to possession. Japan professes to favor the policy of the Leag en door, but it is plain that she reserves for herself the right ould t insists on special privileges in deal-wit- h open or close the door. Japan herr China. Not onlv does she consider it her privilege to seize If j colonize Chinese territories but she maintains the right to I trol Chinese trade for her own benefit and to the disadvantage he rest of the world. Japan distinctly gives the impression that considers herself the owner of China and the master of its trade. This is a position of privilege which is sure to be contested with reased vigor by the western nations. They will insist on John f ys policy of the open door in China. It is true that the European nations are debarred by their The leading nations of ory from preaching to the Japanese. e and some of the smaller nations long ago possessed themes of Asiatic territories and now rule over millions of subjects, trolling their commercial relations and dominating their trade. singular and sudden accident- the United States itself became sessed of Asiatic territory, but we find ourselves in a much more Wable position than Europe to preach the open door, for we c pledged ourselves to grant the Filipinos independence. Naturally Japan argues that if the white races exercised the iodit' djege of seizing control over parts of Asia a yellow race ought re de: to le denied the same privilege. nt jlp'in. however, goes much farther than any European country ond t (Ior against trade. She is not the owner of China i ct be maintains the right to special privileges in controlling Visitors was t: SOT L 1 DCS - trade. ominfluence in the Pacific grows we shall find Japans icy, unless it be corrected, a cause of increasing irritation. And threat V.ritain continues her alliance with Japan and plays the 1 - cccps Ve game of the yellow man the conflict will become a menace to civilization. The people of Australia, New Zealand and Canada understand that Great Britain is skating on thin ice. Nor are the rulers of Britain blind to the perils. They forsce that in case of war between the United States and Japan the British colonies are apt to side with the United States. If British statesmen retain the cunning for which they are famed they cannot but see that the time to correct the Asiatic situation is now. A few more years and Japan will believe that the1 acquies-enc- e of the world has confirmed her privileges and transformed them into vested interests. If we arc to with Europe in obtaining justice the world over we must not be reticent about askings Europe to aid us in working for justice in the Pacific and in Asia. It is no more than a square deal that we are asking for ourselves, for China and for the rest of the world. Within the last week word has come out of Tokio that the government is debating the advisability of withdrawing not only from Siberia but from Shantung. It is a consummation devoutly to be wished and even prayed for, but unless Japanese statesmanship has undergone a sea change into something rich and strange our hopes and the hopes of the world in this regard probably will be disapco-oper- 7ftcr tK; war came renewed struggles among the nations. Then But in the j crime waves to discourage the humanitarian. distress the spirit of charity took courage of st of unutterable A The fabric of civilization still was safe; the good won from he qs 5 ate pointed. REORGANIZATION SLOW WORK Reorganization of the government, President Harding tells us, must wait on abolition of the useless and of the useful. In other words it is proving a delicate and difficult task to remove the barnacles of a hundred years without capsizing the ship. Meantime, the administration will turn a cold shoulder to office-seeke- rs and will dispense with the services of those whose only excuse for holding office is that they need the salaries. The president, who is a kindly man, has discovered the necessity in refusing offices and of being determined and stony-hearte- d emoluments to those whose services are unnecessary. It was Senator Smoot who gave Utahns their first realization of the fact that government offices at Washington were crowded with thousands of useless workers. He expressed the opinion that the war risk department could not begin to function properly until more than half its force had been dismissed. How many employes have been dismissed from the various departments we have not been told, but there is a hint in the presidents speech the old and evil systems of administration render it impossible to make the desired reductions in the working forces immedico-ordinat- ion ately. There will be some disappointment that a sweeping reorganization cannot be effected without delay, but it is wise to move with caution until more efficient systems have been devised. The administration could only injure itself and the country by making a It might win rapturous applause at the time, grandstand play. but it would regret its haste. It is better to bear those administrative ills we have than to fly to others we know not of. The people will rest content in the knowledge that the reorganization committee will do its work thoroughly and that its recommendations will be worthy of the consideration of congress. SOME MERITS OF THE SALES TAX Among the working people a growing opposition to the proposed sales tax is registered. A direct tax always frightens the ultimate consumer because its operations arc so obvious. the Undoubtedly the workers have lost sight of the fact that them and perhaps tncj present excess profits tax is passed on to never realized, though they felt the stress of, another vicious element of the tax. The development of industry, the cheapening of processes of in fact, depend upon a tax that production, the whole cost of living, leaves sufficient liquid capital for investment. A tax that absorbs the has a tendency to produce capital that should go into investment |