Show PUT OUR LAG ILAG I BACK ON THE SEVEN one result of 0 the european at ar should be to put the american nap flag hack back on the seven seas to handle our cOni commerce merce the enactment of the La lafollett FollettO seamans law just before the breaking out ot of the european war was a mistake it has placed the ship ping on the pacific ocean in the hands of 0 foreign countries who are una it to extend their commerce before the law was enacted the finest on oil pacific were under the Anler american can lag flag congress at behest ot ol lalor radicalism gassed laws that put american ships out ot of bugh business tess jal Jip nese acquired best or our ships sc cane they could not be operated under our seamans act in open com neton japans minister ot of marine said of those laws when they were passed that liis his government was very much pleased at what had been done lie he said Is it possible that thai tile the gentlemen of 0 your government are not patriotic in enacting such legislation they seem to me to be designed tor for nothing but to aid the japanese in acquiring commercial supremacy of 0 the pacific your government has hiven given us outright what we expected to spend years and great effort in attaining saturday even lag ing post jan jail 6 5 you can gub american tonnage on the pacific from the japanese today and not even make a d dent eat in one ot of their their millions |