Show 9 T f pat 1 IV I 1 I 1 t to q no of P aa I 1 E an j rep IAN 0 F e V AJI siw luy aci et d al yv ra fk r franf asif 1 by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN all AI the little island in tile caroline archipelago of the y north pacific which just now bulks large in the worlds eye has a suggestive name the dictionary gives various meanings to the word including snappish bark yelp gab to talk noisily to chatter to scold also its as seen by the foregoing kjome pome yap suggests many rhymes including map jap scrap Any anyway fay the island land in itself as inconsequential as 89 its name Is now on the map to stay As to jap and scrap that Is a story jet to be told before the world war you see the united states enjoyed direct cable communication with nith china by wat of yap then a german possession during the war japan diverted the cable routes with the result that american business and press dispatches must now be sent by way of manila on november 9 1920 1020 the united states called the attention of the pow ers to its ita understanding that yap was not to be included in the mandate to japan but was to be internationalized as a cable station yet in De december ember 1920 the council of tile the league of nations controlled by the allied powers po ners approved the north dorth pacific mandate with yap tap included now the united states not only holds invalid the disposition without its consent of any of the territories ceded by the central empires to the allied end and associated powers but pointedly suc suggests bests reconsideration of the action in det defiance lance of american protest approving the award to japan of the mandate for yap and other north pacific islands tills this Is the substance of the american note to great britain france italy and japan now made public by secretary of state II his argument Is that the american interest in these territories derives from american participation in the victory over the central powers that this interest Is recognized not only in tile versailles treaty but in a tile lie mandate terms that president wilson in tile the sessi sessions of the supreme council made the reservation that yap should be interns internationalized and that tile the councils allocation of yap to japan Is not binding 0 the united states because this nation has not ratified the versatile versailles s treaty under authority of which chruch such allocation was made it is a catu cause e of regret to this government ern ment the Ilu glies note says that after ond and despite this protest there have bare been any ally attempt to pass upon drafts of mandates purporting to deal with the pacific islands including yap bud and that EL a mandate should have been approved or attempted to be put into effect which wille while purporting pur to be made in the name of the united states was without the assent of the united states this government trusts that this ac CLAPTRAP CLAP TRAP ON YAP U 8 did hap to take a nap and then the jap chap looking tor for pap seeing a gap likewise a snap old 1 1 d clap A wrap on yap tap so yap 1 19 on the map mayhap the jp on the tb last laet lap mia ml 1 to fo flip alap get gel a tap or a rap or a slap even a scrap verb sap J D S I 1 I 1 I 1 tion which it must assume was taken under a misapprehension hlll be reconsidered ot of course there la Is more or less feeling in both the united stat states es and japan viscount foreign minister ot of japan has officially declared that his government will stand firmly on its mandate over the north pacific I 1 islands formerly owned by germany it seems to be the general opinion of the japanese newspapers that the united states is in no DO position to interfere ter fere because it has not ratified the pence pece treaty and has not entered the league of nations 11 it Is not to be denied that the controversy tro versy over yap in connection with matters rs in china and siberia is a d danger anger spot hut but any talk of war between the united states and japan over yap is mostly yap the plain truth of the matter is that it la Is probably impossible for america and japan to resort to war with the hope of a decisive victory the two countries are too far apat apart L it would strain the resources even of the united states success successfully full y to invade japan japan could not successfully invade the united states neither country has the men or the ships necessary for such an invasion A country that must fight an enemy several thousands of miles across the sea Is at a disadvantage almost hopeless japan in a purely defensive war Is the most pov powerful erful country on earth except america lt it Is this military deadlock between A merlea america and japan that explains many things that otherwise would puzzle the student of oriental affairs it explains the japanese attitude toward the california situation japan knows it cannot use force to change that condition the astute reader will also see its ita hearing bearing upon the siberian sit nation the shantung incident at the peace conference and our former open door policy in china america and japan are therefore still in the stage of diplomatic amen amenities ItIL s where they are likely to remain for a 11 long time incidentally it japan should decide to make war on the united states she would pres presumably strike without warning as she did in the russo japanese war japan la Is not difficult to the japanese are intelligent warlike and industrious they are crowded at home and getting more crowded they are living in cramped conditions on a meager diet naturally atu rally they are seeking to improve their condition by emigration penetration COI colonization and conquest wb they are in california hawaii siberia korea and shantung and would like to be in canada australia and new zealand most nations fight only whet war Is thrust upon them japan considers war simply a policy of state which conditions may or may not make expedient yap tap of course lias has a past the german germalm owned island north of the equator turned over to japan by the mandate include the marianne or ladrone the marshall and the caroline groups from north to south they form a sort of strategic semicircle semi circle around the philippines the Caroll carolines nes 0 of which yap Is one number islands most of which are small atolls their total area Is about square miles the principal islands are babel thol lap square wiles miles and population and 2000 yap 70 and 2 2750 1750 ituk 80 and kusalo 45 and the Carol carolines lues were discovered la in 1527 by diego da rocha a portuguese who named them the eras in admiral francesco fazeano gave them their present name in honor lionor of 0 his bis king charles 11 of spain david okeefe ot of savannah ga recalled the existence of the carolines to the civilized world in 1873 he was shipwrecked and cast up on yap tap thereupon he married a native woman kind and proclaimed himself king of yap spain ousted this self proclaimed king of yap about this time germany cast covetous eyes on the carolines recognizing their strategic position as to japan china the philippines and the dutch east indies so the german hoisted the german flag on yap and other islands in 1885 maln protested the rope pope was named arbitrator and upheld claim granting germany german important trading rights fourteen years later atter after the span ish american war spain sold the carolines and ladrone islands to germany for or guam was excepted as it t had come into the possession of the he united states la in 1898 yap next attracted attention in 1914 when british cruisers destroyed the wireless tireless station and cut the cables A month or so later late r a japanese took poss possession eWon this was a sur alse as great britain had officially announced that japans activities in ie war would not extend beyond the sea in answer to an inquiry assured secretary of state that the occupation was tor for purposes only and would not ie permanent yap together with the other caro line ine islands Is of considerable military importance it lies at the gate of the ae orient americas route to the philippines runs by way ot of hawaii awall El guam yap and manila As ad a japanese naval base it would be a menace to guam erd the Philipp intes |