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Show I sec to the Ships and Guns. H We liope that Congress is keeping -watch of what is uoing on opposite our shores in Great Britain .utoss the Atlantic, in Japan across the pacific The saucy protest served upon our Gov- ernment over the school question in San Fran- cisco amounts to a direct denial of the truth of Japan's professions of friendship for the United I This is clear because of the pettiness of the subject o;. which she bases her protest. We will suppose that there was a colony of Americans on I the islanu of Niphon and that some member of that colo.iy was to send word to our Government that American children were excluded from Jap-JBanese Jap-JBanese schools; that, while the same school build-Hings, build-Hings, books and teachers were supplied them that lithe Japanese children enjoyed, still they were not permitted to sit in the same seats or recite in the same classes with Japanese children, would Knot the answer bo that in the eyes of this Govern-Hmont Govern-Hmont Japan was doing the fair thing by American children and there was no possible ground for I It is reasonable, then, to believe that Japan Hseized upon that pretext because she wanted a Hdifference with our country, not an open war as Mvet but the beginning of a difference to culminate EEn war by and by. Across the sea the other way, Ilwe see Great Britain rushing to completion a battleship believed to be invulnerable and laying the keels of three more. Eixcept for our Govern-IBment Govern-IBment and Secretary Hay, China would have been Hrartltfonid when the Allies occupied Peking Uvt years ago. Great Britain wants the great central IHvalley of China, Japan wants the main direction Hand the lion's part of the trade of China. Great Britain ami Japan are in close alliance. When Hapan recuperates a little from her great war, completes two or three ships of the Dreadnaught Hclass. and before Russia can again become a for-nidable for-nidable power, is it not reasonable to believft that Japan and Great Britain together will notify he world that they no longer subscribe to the American open door policy? Is it not clear that f anything would encourage this course, it would the unpreparodness of the United States to Kontest the decision? Japan Is just now selling to the United States merchandise to the amount of $50,000,000 per an-ium. an-ium. She wants that market for a while. Great Britain leans heavily upon the United States for food and textiles. She does not want that tradb isturbed just yet, but her land-hunger from the rsr has been insatiable. Hence it seems to us that Congress should bi anxious to see that our country has a few ships in either ocean equal to the very best and if possible pos-sible more, destructive guns than any other nation can make. If a fight should ever come it would be on the ocean and our boys behind the guns should surel have an even chance. |