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Show bjbbbbbjj 00 J MORE TALK OF WAR WITH JAPAN H While Julius Knhn. head of the mill- H iary committee of the house, tried to , H soften hi? words of warning to lapan H in his address in congress on Thurs-day, Thurs-day, the Californian left an unmlstak-able unmlstak-able impression of war Whj Repre H scntative Kahn should have issued his H warning to Japan unless he is fully H convinced the mikado is Irresistibly H moving in the direction, is not dis closed. As a matter of bare facts, the H utierames are to be interpreted a nothing less than uoticc to both Jap an and the Cnited Stales that all the elements of an international quarrel are present Even the head of the peace society of Japan is quoted as having said that if the United 9tates restricts Japanese I immigration by statute Instead of by j voluntary action of Japan, the Hill borwn men will resort to force This would be alaimins. it the American people were so bellicose a j some of the statesmen. So far the Jap attest issue has received only passing atlontlon Irom the masses and not one person In a hundred in this country la concerned over the California aglta ilon Whai a few months will bring orth 00 one can predict with aceu I racy, except this, that constant irrita (ion eventually may cause steps to be taken which will not be retraeeable 1 and then irreparable damage will be done It Japan were to attack ihe I nited States, could the Asiatics hope to ha, j victorious? If the Japanese were able to enlist the Chinese and make of j hem a fighting race, all that part of Asia north of India might give this ! country endless trouble. Bui Japan lis not sufficiently resourceful to keep lup for any great length of time a con fllct such as the ljited States would wage. At the beginning of the strug I gle, the Japanese might gain possession posses-sion of the Philippines and even Hawaii, Ha-waii, hut later the forces of the Rising Ris-ing Sun would be swept off the ocean and then the big ports of Japan would 1 be blockaded. Finally, to avoid bank jrupfcy and industrial wreckage, JapaT I would be forced to make terms of peace. It would be suicidal on the part of the Japanese to challenge the United States, notwithstanding the Japanese, as soldiers and sailors, have the courage, cour-age, the physical endurance and the 1 intelligence to carry on as mighty I conflic t as any nation of their size and j material w ealth. I 00 |