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Show rOJjIOJ.NG THE SEAS,. TOR PEACE. A suggestion is made in a recent work on China that would solve all the iliic.ilies raised by General H'omer Lea, Representative Ilobson. aud others oth-ers with respect to tho peril of ivar between be-tween the. United States and ..lapan. This -suggestion is said Id have . e.onio from the Chinese, "vjho invented ovorything," and who are said lo have anticipated in this suggestion, oven President Tnft'jj arbitration proposals to Great J3ritain. At any rate it was a curious coincidence, that, this suggestion sugges-tion should conto precisely at tho time when negotiations aro a fool, for an unreserved un-reserved arbitration treaty between the United Stales and-Great Britain. The suggestion is for the solt lenient of all peace questions ami warlike com-plications com-plications by the entire American navy patrolling tho Pacific. In return for this service, the British Heel, would patrol the Atlantic, both patrols to be in the interest of peace, and both Hoots to bo nvnilablo for the common purpose; on either ocean at need. It is a magnificent 'proposition, but tho question is' whether it is not of the same sort of magnificence as the chargo of the light brigade at Bala-klava, Bala-klava, which was " magnificent, but. not. war." This proposition, while magnificent, magnifi-cent, may not bo practical. If it were put into e'll'oct, it would mako tho United Stales and Great Britain tho sea police of the 'world. It would at onco crush any idea of a superior Japanese Jap-anese navy, or any war movement; from such a navy. I.t would do away with every possible foar on the part of Great Britain of rivalry by iho Gorman Gor-man navy, or from any possible combination com-bination of Furopcan navies against Great Britain. Germany or France, or both combined, would- bo hopelessly distanced, and their naval ambitions entirely quelled by this proposition. It would bo tho first great practical stop towards international disarmament, in fact making tho armaments of all of tho other powers weak and useless. Tho American Hoot, as an entirety taken ta-ken to the Pacific ocean would so overshadow over-shadow .Japan thnt all rivalry would be hopeless. And it is suggested that the Japanese taxpayers would themselves be the most, eager to welcome such a solution, as ending forever any hope of Japanese domination of the Pacific. The author of tho suggestion urges it particularly in behalf of the Chinese, Chi-nese, who, ho says, look to the United States as the protector of that, empire, and the savior of its territorial integrity, integ-rity, the maintainor of the "open door for all" in trade, and the disinterested promoter of "international peace, that has no designs upon any other nation, either for aggression or for acquirement. acquire-ment. This suggestion is entirely outside of diplomatic channels at present, but it is liablo to get into those channels any day; and if it should, come to a realization, it looks very much as though tho .prospects for the world's peace would thereby not only bo enhanced en-hanced but enforced. |