AMERICA AND JAPAN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 4, 30 September 1907, Page 4

AMERICA AND JAPAN.

Tiie cable messages this morning from the United States and from London indicate thai reeling in America still runs .strong, on tlie attitude of Japan towards tlie great Republic. Ii 'locs not seem at all likely thai the two nations will, on the present occasion, go further than •o show their teeth, but it is perfectly certain that the incident tt'ill have more than a passing '.'ffect on the policy of the United States towards the. outside world in general, and towards Japan |. in-.particular. America's unprepareduess at the moment the trouble occurred on the Pacific coast was evident from the outset, and the embarrassment of the situation for • President liooseyelt was. increased by the clamour of the public and » large section of the Press for a decisive step to he taken to ns:j«rt the rights of the republic. Now that the American fleet has coached .the Pacific, the President is in a better position than heretofore,. and, according to •'.he " New York Times'" correspondent, it would seem that he is now prepared to let- it be seen that the patience of the nation has. been taxed to tin: uoint where endurance ends. A decisive stop in this direction would probably relieve the tension on public feeling caused' by the self-restraint previously practised by the powers at Washington, and would also bring the hot-heads on the side oi Japan to a full sense of the responsibilities of'the situation: •Britain's influence with her ■Japanese ally will no doubt prove a big factor in smoothing over the present trouble; but the racial feeling between the white and the yellow peoples is growing in strength tho world over, uid the future is not without its dark shadows.