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Show j THE JAPANESE KEEP US AROUSED. It may of 'may not be true that the Japanese have 6ecret plans regarding Hawaii. The strike of the Japanese laborers la-borers there may or may not be a part of those plans. What's the use of ,' worrying? asks the Butte Inter- Mountain. In the mikado's people themselves absolutely no good faith is to he expected, ex-pected, Tbey invaded Korea while their ministers were discussing peace with the Russian czar. To tho oriental, orien-tal, lying comes as a matter of course. A Japanese fleet could take Hawaii any time. They might also wrest the chief ports of the Philippines from us. But there would Inevitably ensue developments! We cannot sit up nights worrying about these Japanese. Neither can we, except at absurd expense, maintain main-tain In the Pacific a fleet equal to theirs. Let them, if they will, strike a first blow. - The last will be struck y elsewhere. f Dr. Guy Potter Benton,' president of Iianil, Ohio, university, is strong in his convictions. He told auditors at ' Hamilton, Ohio, the other night that the "Japanese are the most immoral people on earth, and the people of the Pacific states who are striving to keep them out of tho public schools are ; patriots." What Is Immorality? Certain things we eschew, the Japanese indulge in. That's the sole explanation. Perhaps the chief objection to the ! Japanese is economic not moral. We cannot live side by side because we cannot compete with them upon an economic basis. |