Show TILE OUTLOOK l ASIA SL From Shanghai comes a weekly newspaper with some somo views on world con conditions as these appear to e eyes cs in Asia The writer is an American very verj well Informed and It i is just possible that ho lie Is In a better position to estimate conditions than aro alO those thor ln living iving in either of ot the tho countries about which he f writes This is ir- iran an extract e. from om his letter PH Out of ot the East light lIs Japan has resented San r Francisco's brutal treatment of her citizens the he S iJ walloping sho she administered a to the tho Russ fluss lifted her herout tc out of or the Inferior Race Haec class and placed her in Iii inthe 1 j- j t. t the singing Ing seat seaL SInco Since civilization cf Is the art of ot Jj killing the greatest number of enemies in the shortest short short- 4 oi i. i est cst given time Japan lias 1138 shown a commendable i I t abattoir record She now borrows mone money in Christian Christian Chris Chrls- r tian markets and her views lows on religion ion morals and high explosives aro are tho the a admiration of churches andt and t states state China Japans Japan's bl big y commercial neighbor has had hacI peace letters religion and commerce for thousands of years but since she has shown neither disposition nor ability to rob and ancI slaughter her friends s and customers she was wasel very el properly sat at 1 upon Civilized CI nations have havo stolen her territory I flouted her laws mulcted her revenues an and insulted her bel cr government and her Industrious people have hac been hospitably hospital and enthusiastically kicked and ancI cuffed all aU round tho the world worl China is now going to school to Japan Sho Silo is acquiring civilization and marJ marksmanship and ancI she is learning tho the wisdom t of transforming workers into warriors and ploughshares ploughshares plough plough- shares Into swords s Missionary lonar effort has not been wasted s-asted after all When rhen Chinese citizens were chased and thumped by frolicsome Saxons Anglo In iii tho the West Yest v we o languidly lan Ian advised the Pekin people that we had no law for curtailing ph physical against vivacity no precedent culture and then we sent them a n bill for the injured feelings of or our missionaries reproached b by meddling and minatory mandarins who objected to having their absurd prophets Confucius and derided and damned Wo We told China Chino to learn her place get set off the ma map or get civilized 1 F Japan civilized is Japan captious and Japan Jaan offended offended of of- ikC fended Is Japan chesty and belligerent Japan yells ells across the Pacific What do you OU Yankees mean keeping my children out of ot your our schools like mere merc coolies and ancl Do you want to be rushed If and ancI Bussed out of oC AsIa Togo will vIlI get you if it you ou dont don't watch out Our Strenuous One is sitting up and taking notice We Ve are not to be scared by any brazen bawling Brownie no indeed Thu fact is we hate to have our tra traditional friendship fractured or our trade trado in cotton and cant curtailed We love the meek and lowly Jap and his tact modesty modest and transparent honesty have endeared him bun to us Peradventure Per- Per adventure the Rough Rider is not timorous or mute He knows the folly of oC with buz and explosives it Is wi wiser er to take Time by the forelock forelock fore fore- lock than the tho Orient b by the throat throat and and safer so soan soan an errand boy Is sent tent to Frico eo to effect a working basis between the Cocky East and the Choleric West Vest and while the Red Riot of or th the West howls at the tile Yellow Peril of oC the East and disinterested Europe pats both on tho back bael Theodore talks peace and J fraternity and convinces the Mikado of or unchanging love hove and altruism and that one boil boll does not mal make e ean an epidemic But It is just as v wen well l e to be careful Manila Ianna and Honolulu arc aro next door to Nippon the they arc aro rich richand richand richand and juicy and easy and Russia RusIa is bigger than us Our manners and methods need reforming Prosperity Prosperity Pros Pros- has made us UH rude sassy tassy parvenu The American Ameri Ameri- can moderately well off on and possibly provincial pro was sweet and sane Salle the citizen Croesus of the World Power needs a jolt and some adversity to recall his better days Let us pause and do some somo thinking Japan and jeopardy may not be synonymous terms term but its it's A very cry unpleasant to havo have this 4 Oriental fellow asking questions and running his thumb along alons- the edge of ot his knife I Very likely the tile dissection of American national character is of ot tolerable accuracy It does doesn't doest t harm rt f either man or 01 nation to check the improper expression cx- cx of or bravado And the lesson that the tho corI correspondents correspondent's cor- cor I a. respondents respondent's countrymen needed they have probably j received At the tho same time Ume there is solidity back of ot that r apparent arrogance Japan is not going to build rny 11 foolish conclusions on tho the result of oC its war with r Russia Even though Russia be bigger than the 4 United States it would be bo a a. very el silly Japanese i I Y who would expect an American army to fight tIght as tho the Russians fought ought In Manchuria The Tue safety of or tho lie United States in the present l period will come from the fact that Japan la Is s wise enough not riot to confuse contuse American sol soldier qualities with those of tho the Russian And whether by sea ca or orby orby by land Japan Jar will keep keel the peace I II I |