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Show I 'h v I SPEAKING OF JAPAN Speaking of Japan, a good many Americans say, "Let tho war come; wo can lick Japan easy enough." Tho more prudent ones say, "Let tho war como If it must for defense of American honor and American homes." Rut they do not underestimate underes-timate what a war with Japan would mean. True wo have a superior navy; wo undorstand wo have a superior powder for guns; but tho United States lacks somo things which Japan possesses. Thnt is, that fanaticism in tho people to mnko them risk their lives ut nn tlmo for tho mikado and his . cause, and which makes It a sort of question of honor with them when thoy fall, to commit sulcldo as u last uct of devotion to their sovereign. When people nro thus obsessed they are no easy race to subdue, and this is so well understood that we think nothing but a vital principle would over induce in-duce Americans to do anything to Justify or to furnish fur-nish nn excuse fcr Japan to declnro war. No American doubts tho result, but no thoughtful American fnlls to appreciate what tho cost would bo. It would leavo many a homo In tho United States desolate; It would about disintegrate Japan, becauso onco begun, ,tho United States would be bound to fight that empire to a finish. Rut it Is a tnBk which no sensible American wants undertaken under-taken except behind it thero Is a principle, which to 8acrlflco would put us In tho rnnk of nations who have not the pluck to defend our rights, which position tho United States can never descend to so long as sho Is In the Hush of youth, so to speak, among nations, so long as her flag, that has neer been dishonored, must not bo dishonored. Salt Lnko Telegram. , |