Show BLUFF OF nn THE CENTURY C 2 WHY HY FLEET WENT RENT AROUND i d THE ORLD Did Strenuous President o oDid of II United States Try to Awethe Awe Awethe the Japs aPs SENATOR DIXON MAKES MARES MARESI THE PLAIN CHARGE I Says Emperor AsKed Ased Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt to Help Su Subdue due r I Subjects ir d' d That That KALISPELL Mont Oct 28 the Atlantic fleet was cent tent to Japan at atthe atthe atthe the the request of or tho mikado to overawe the astounding astound astound- the mikado's subjects subject was wa-s ing g statement made by Senator Joseph M. M Dixon iu in an address at Kalispell lest lut night I I With seeming earnestness Mr Dixon Diton said sad it was known In Washington long 1 before the tho fleet started on its spectacular lar voyage around the world t that at t the e sentiment of many of ot the people of Japan was likely to bring on war This i rr sentiment was was' not shared by tho the ruler Hand tand and his counselors but was so groat great they could make mako no headway against it i Then it was that the tho mikado decided upon upon a great stroke of oC statesmanship He Re would have h his s great and good goodfriend goodfriend friend at Washington assist him in clearing the situation by sending a ar r large e and Imposing fleet to strike terror terror terror ter ter- to the hearts hews those of of those Japanese who Insisted d en on po cr cro o f wh S sei immense r resources th they y knew nothing I. I It was to be an object lesson Roosevelt was communicated with and after consultation with his conn conn- elors the plan was approved and tho the great fleet et prepared for its trip around J the world After viewing i win the formIdable formidable ble armada the belligerent amon among the I Japanese were expected to slink away JJ amon among the bamboos and make the noises of the clam According to the senator there was wast t nothing heroic heron or or venturesome about this much ert ad advertised ed venture into possible pos- pos eible sible hostile waters as tho the Japanese government o really reaBy requested the moral support of tho the American fleet to perD per- per i D eun a th the swell swellheaded swell headed mob in the emi empire em- em i pire pine of Japan that the Yankees were Jf prepared to eat eLt em cm up on the first Jf sign sign of trouble E The Tho object lesson lesson said the seua seua- for tor was successful even before our fleet reached the tho shores chores of the island t empire |