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Show A LITTLE CONTRAST. When Japan heard that certain Japanese in China had been wronged, tho Japanese uniform flouted, tho Japanese flag scorned, and had reason to believe that the lives of Japanese in China wero imperiled, tho Mikado did not send a peace envoy over to beg Ohineso to have a care what thoy wero doing, to quit killing Japaneso if they could do so consistently with their programme, pro-gramme, nor did ho warn the Japanese in vhina that, they had all better come home, since the Japanese government had neither the power nor the intention inten-tion of protecting them, their property, or their homes, in China. On the contrary, con-trary, the Mikado sent a peremptory demand for suitable guarantees for the protection of Japanese residents in China, and insisted on a spectacular apology for such disrespect as had been shown thoretoforo to the Japanese as a people and to Japan as a nation. China promptly complied, and the incident in-cident is presumed to be closed. On the other hand, when Americans wero being murdered in Mexico and their property burned and otherwise destroyed, our President sent a personal per-sonal envoy to see if that barbarism couldn 't bo stopped by Mexico, and at the same time called on Americans resident resi-dent in Mexico to come home; this, of course, upon tho theory that tho United States could neither protect them itself it-self nor induce trhe Mexican government govern-ment to protect them. A few Americans Ameri-cans came home from Moxico on that warning, and now some of these want to go back, claiming that they left Mexico not because they were in any danger, but merely because President "WSlson callod upon them to come home. Our government paid the expense of bringing them away from Mexico, but refuses to pay the expense of sending them back. It is a miserable, futile piece of -business altogether, that is well calculated to bring the blush of shame to the check of every true American. And what was it all about? Simply because President "Wilson had determined deter-mined on moral grounds that ho would not recognize the actual President of Mexico.' Pushing this idea to its logical logi-cal conclusion, it would bo necessary for us to investigate the title of every ruler of every nation upon tho earth to satisfy ourselves that that ruler was rightfully in his official position. As to Great Britain, wo would bavo to decide whether tho Hanoverian line is in fact the rightful ruling house of Great Britain. And we would have to decide a like question in the ease of Spain" and wo might perhaps oven have to go back to the wars of Predorick jotwwojhmjuv right to invade Silesia and wrench that provinco from Austria. Tho whole assumption that we havo tho right to determine who is tho rightful right-ful sovoroign or ruler of a foreign nation na-tion ia erroneous in reason, proccdent, and. practical diplomacy, nnd altogether foolish. It iS' plain that a deplorablo error was made by President Wilson whon ho originally took that ground as to the Hucrtn govofumont In Moxico. And that wrong position hag not in tho loast been cured by tho signal weakness weak-ness of tho steps that ho has taken subsequently in this wholo Mexican business. Nobody wants the Unilod States to intcrveno in Mexican affairs; 'but as a matter of fact, .we have intervened, and if tho intervention which wo havo alroady tyadc were a logical intervention', interven-tion', it would bo our imperative duty to follow it up by force; but this tho American pcoplo would not stand, and they would bo right in rcfusiug to indorse in-dorse it. But the diplomatic intervention interven-tion which is not followed by actual intervention is a flash in the pan, and t makes tho nation that engages in that ridiculous performance tho by-word and the scorn of the world. |