UNCLE SAM'S TROUBLES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 3 August 1916, Page 3

UNCLE SAM'S TROUBLES.

UNCLE Sam appears to be finding his international row a hard one to hoe. True, he appears to have emerged, more or less unruffled, from the danger that threatened from Mexico, and he seems to have reached a state of philosophic calm, or indifference, regarding the ungentlemanly treatment he has received from the Kaiser and his Government. But the announcement'that Russia and Japan have entered into a treaty which, among other matters, defines the attitude of the high contracting parties -towards China, has given Uncle Sam "a nasty jar. Indeed, things have come to such a parlous stage as regards Sam's interests both in China and in the Pacific, that the New York Times remarks: "It is high time that we took action." Here, then, is President Wilson's opportunity, perhaps his last before he goes out of office, of showing what he is made of. Pessimists of course, predict another large output of Notes, But, surely, after his experiences, with these missives in the case of Germany, President ' Wont-Row ' Wilson will devise some more effeotive method of protecting Uncle Sam's interests.