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Show SIMONDS SAYS WAR IS CERTAIN. Hl War is in sight. This is the declara- H lion of Frank H. Simonds, who has H been in Washington studying the work H o fthe arms conference. Ho states H that whatever compromise may bo ar- H lived at In the matter of the Shau- H tunc railroad, the world hereafter B must accept the fact that Japan in H tends to dominate Asia and control Sl- H berla, and Manchuria. H ; Simonds makes the statement that H sooner or later China and Russia must iBiBH ftht for their Hchtn K The Standard Examiner months ago H predicted this situation and said the H presence of the Japanese in Manchu- H ria and Siberia was the biggest prob- H1 lorn before the arms conference. If the Bj purpose of the conference was world I peace. B '. Simonds, in his review of the situa- H "Not a few western experts in Chi- H ese affairs forecast a new antl foreign H agitation in China when the results of H he Washington conference are appre B elated But while not all observers agree as to this point, there In not the smallest disagreement over the main question that China must and will peek by arms and by battle to restore her Integrity and expel the Japanese Invader "Today, as a consequence of the SI berlan episode, as a result of the policy pol-icy pursued by Japan throughout the conference meet, the fact Is unmistakable unmistak-able that tho militaristic and imperialistic imper-ialistic elements In Japan retain their control and have determined to resist all outside Arguments and seek Japan ese destiny on the mainland of Asia This, of course, means war, Just as unmistakably un-mistakably as tho German purposo to expand In Europe led to tho war of 1911 In so far as the Washington conference was designed to promote and procure a condition of suitable peace in the far east. It has failed. Responsibility Tor the failure does not rest with the American delegation, but with the Japanese statesmen "The agreement over Shantung, If there shall be an agreement. Is now more Important In American dom tail politics than any world relation. Even if Japan yields absolutely, and there Is I I no present prospect that she will so far as the Shantung question is concerned, con-cerned, she will remain in Manchuria, I in Siberia, and her long arms will continue con-tinue to reach out toward Mongolia-All Mongolia-All expectation of encountering a now j Japan dominated by liberal ideas. DM bei n dissipated." Ten years from now Japan will be I so, firmly entrenched in Siberia and Manchuria as to be able to defy worlJ sentiment When Japan domlnai" Asia, the Japanese will attack the United States, and, when they do. no rules of war will prevent Japan using submarines as did Germany or poison gas. because the militaristic class of I Japan believes in the HlndonhufV the-ory the-ory of utilizing even force available to gain victor Simonds regards the oming -Uortu as one over which America need not be deeply concerned. To the contrary', wo view it as the most threatening and disturbing Influence bearing on America s future. When Japan masters Siberia and .Manchuria, the population of tho em-Iplre em-Iplre will be larger than that of the I United State? Japanese Industrial expansion ex-pansion will bo moat rapid and Jap aneso pride and self-reliance will be stimulated to a great degree With success written so plainly in thi It Achievements, the Japanese ttIII be quick to resent any reflection on tlx lr international rights and will tolerate no discrimination ne California anti Japanese outbreak will inflame Japanese at home and the seeds of Wat will be sown. Then, after America Amer-ica has been lulled into a sense of ee-curlt ee-curlt by reassuring messages from Japan, the blow will be struck. It will I come as a surprise and be Intended to have a crippling effect It may be a poison gao attack on all the principal I cities of the Pacific coast. ' Now Is the time for America to j study tho possibilities of the future. |