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Show CHANCE TO INVEST. fcihiba. secretary of tho Tolao' chamber cham-ber of commerce an. I a member of the Japanese trade commission now touring T.hi' country, declares that no one in America knows the exteut- of German efforts throughout the war to obtain -la can s support. Americans, however, have a pretty good, idea of what the jTopasandists tried to accomplish in direction, for the Huns did a vat amount of the same kind of work in the United States. So we are prepared to give Japan the greatest possible .1 mount "of credit for remaining steadfast. !M r. Sh.iba. who visited St. Louis the other day, observed that the Tokio government govern-ment desired the aid of the United States hi developing the orient, particu-u particu-u ! !v Obi na. We have no doubt that ii'it country will provide any amount of c-ipital for such purpose;-, for Asia is one of our iliosen fields. We do not. k-iow to wha extent Jaf MU will b able j to participate w'natev ci invest ments she makes will be on her own acfount and we shall not int.jri'cr". j Who n norma! condit ions return in : Russia, American capital to the amount of hundreds of millions of dollars will be w(ln ed for development pu rr.o;-s, and it will be forthcoming. Wo sluiU j furnish more money for the tamo kind , of work in China if the Chinese imbibe j enough of the spirit of progress to do 1 something in their own behalf anil set- j tie their factional disputes without the j interference of the groat powers. No doubt the Pekin government will be rep- resented 'at tho peace conference. It ! is certain to be recognized in the league i of nations if it makes the demand, for it would be a travesty upon justice to j shut the Chinese out when an effort is being made to make the world safe for democracy not some of tho democratic countries, but ali of them. Hefore the war there was a general disposition upon the part of the European Euro-pean powers and Japan to regard China as a field for future exploitation, rather than as an i ndependent nation. The United 8 tains held an entirely different differ-ent view and endeavored to protect the Chinese in t heir rights. The Chinese themselves, however, while protesting against the encroachments of Japan, failed to erect a stable government. They entered the world war upon the Hide of the entente, but complaint has recently been made that they have failed to do their share iu defeating the kaiBcr. Quite recently representations were made to the statesmen in control , at Pekin that the northern and southern south-ern factions must' get together and 'there were said to be some indications ! that this would be successfully accom-Iplishcd. accom-Iplishcd. Of late we have heard little j about the matter, but we hope that j there will be no more trouble and that the United States, Japan and such other juat 10143 as have money t spare will find a safe and profitable field for investment invest-ment in the oriental country. Agreements Agree-ments have been signed for the protection pro-tection of Chinese territory and all the Chinese have to do is to get rid of some of their ancient superstitions and prejudices preju-dices and make an earnest attempt to keep up with the procession. The Japanese Japa-nese have. pointed the way for them and it is high time for them to awake 'roni the slumber of centuries. If they remain asleep for another generation, there is no hope for them. |