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Show kp. 1 a ;.( THE CITIZEN & ettc movement, but there is no reason, on that account, to 'jSKoil the whole state in a religious warfare. After all, there is loi nuch danger that we shall lose any of our civil rights simply se cigarettes are placed under a ban. We are quite sure that eople will say to themselves, Thus far shalt thou go, and no They will quickly close their ranks for unyielding re H sistance if any attempt is made by legislators or others to take away any of those rights which Americans everywhere consider fundamental. The spirit of the people is well exemplified in the promptness with which the legislature passed the measure to prevent the teaching of religion in the public schools. There was not enough opposition to it to be audible. A1 I H EVEN ISLAND OF YAP WAS SAVED TO THE UNITED STA TES cooly informed us that the United States 10 cable rights on the Island of Yap our hope that something rastsalvaged for our country at the Versailles conference has van- - 7?tfow that Japan has the Atlantic the cable communications are under the control Great Britain; in the Pacific under Japanese control. Because tipfis a relay station for cables connecting San Francisco and the hrfeh West Indies; Shanghai and New Guinea; Hong Kong and :cott4fralia ; Oklahoma and the Celebes and the East Indian Archepel-i- s important in the affairs of peace and war. Over this of international information Tokio insists on maintaining djsive jurisdiction. Thus we have two powers listening in while vefe attempt to transact our business in Europe and Asia. tneoecent dispatches from Washington and Tokio tell us that Japan ts this right because she was given a class C mandate over ,estip? Under this class of mandates Japan extends her own law to rpl It prevents the operation of foreign cable lines in Nipponese erritory. The Japanese law which is cited seems to be rather but Tokio holds it to be conclusive of Japans exclusive rights, t isjthe law which forbids foreigners to own property in Japan and isfeonstrued to mean that an American cable cannot be operated fecause the land necessary for such operation cannot be obtained hr the Umted States or any of its citizens. n If. Our people were immensely amused when the correspondents told & that the Island of Yap had been stipulated for by President Wilson (luj:that it would be given to the great country which had asked ItjjCOmpensation for fighting the battle of civilization. Many of us fraho&ht that Yap was to be all ours and wondered what values could smdden back of the veil of mystery with which it was enveloped. in our hopes. We were n(j,ut in August, 1919, came the first Hv5:Jn let-do- clear-:eiragpou- se in-lire- ct, wn 34 uiatf ; to by; not to have Yap. The president told the foreign relations committee of the senate that a reservation had been made as to the disposal of Yap when the German islands of the Pacific north of the equator had been assigned to Japan under a mandate C. It was then that Senators Lodge, Williams, Moses and others insisted on a more definite statement and the president replied : No, it was not a formally signed protocol, but we had a prolonged and interesting discussion on the subject and nobody had any doubt as to what was agreed on. ' The minutes of the Versailles conference which have come into the hands of the committee show that regarding the Island of Yap, at least, much doubt exists. They disclose no reservation of any kind regarding Yap in the transfer of the Caroline Islands to Japan. In passing it may be said that these are the islands which stand between the United States and the Philippines like a fortress guarding the passages of the sea. Nothing appears in the minutes about internationalizing Yap, although the president and his advisers understood the islands value as the nerve center of the Pacific cable systems and wanted the United States to have cable rights there. The minutes disclose that the president did ask that the island be internationalized, but his suggestion seems to have been lost in the ice of diplomatic silence. Yap was included in the mandate given to Japan and nowhere is to be found any further reference to the subject by the president. If he insisted upon his claim his words do not appear in the minutes. Yap has ceased to be merely amusing now that the American people understand, as the president and his advisers understood at Versailles, that the island could be a rich asset in developing our transpacific trade and, instead, will be a heavy liability so long as it is a listening post for Japan. i i r . ! FACTS AND FLAWS IN J. ADAM BEDES WAR WARNING Beneath the sparkle of J. Adam Bedes wit and humor was a bad learned how much money the automobile shops had taken in vjessage and a warning. Because he is an optimist he does not allow for parts and repairs. lie discovered that more money had been spent that day on auto parts and repairs than had been gleaned by the without putting into it a pearl of laughter, eallcn'a ear he towns chief industry. iniir' ?11 when one remembers his message one is amazed that When the old cow and the old hen have to sit up nights to meet nflJund it in his heart to be merrv. It told of a world almost ruined .ef war and pointed a difficult path for the return, to normalcy. One the repair cost of autos, said Mr. Bede, it is time to call a halt. Aver-i- s; It was by citing facts and figures of the foregoing variety that )CS reminded of the words of Virgil, Easy is the descent into he impressed uppn his audience the magnitude of the task before the difficult the return. il hi of the eastern states, said Mr. Republican administration at Washington. He pointed out that the be I plere was no election in most administration was being called upon to solve problems that related ede. They just took the census. .It was his way of saying' that the people had put their whole not merely to our own country but to the whole world. While he . lV nito their hope that the Republican party would be able to solve believed that the United States would be the chief factor in restoring jul ' a.e the world to comfort and contentment lie said that it was folly to days. grave and even terrifying problems of these iac leart somc sav that everything would be all right in think this could be done ,in ninety days, six months or a year. B' Another war like the one we have just gone through, said Mr. nety days. This view lie derided. How, he asked, could the world rid of a war debt of $300,000,000,000 in ninety days? IIow could Bede, would destroy the power of the white race and result in the .litiine. world recover in in supremacy of the dark races of Asia and Africa. There is a great ninety days from the death of 50,000000 people ferment among the colored races and if the white race wears itself thcric war, most of them the flower of humanity, and not merely the out with another great war, it will be forced to abandon its leader?wer of its physical being but of its genius? mkif' He told of a curious ship and rule. The Japanese believe that the white race has passed philosopher in Minnesota who had first how much money all of the dairies in a community given over over the peak aiid is going down the other side and that the dark and then races arc sure to take control of the world. If it is true that we have tl toost exclusively to dairying, had taken in during one day . Ippll " i r ! ; , S w post-bellu- m jt I i i in-fif- ed A |
