AMERICA'S MAILED FIST

NZ Truth, Issue 122, 19 October 1907, Page 1

AMERICA'S MAILED FIST

In these^days of British pandering to the Government of Japan, it is indeed refreshing "to find that the people of the United States are determined not to put up with any impudence from the men of Mikadoland. Capitalistic cliques may assert as much as they please that this determination on the part of Americans is the result of the work of the "yellow" press ; all we are interested m is the fact, the pregnant £>nd pleasing fact, that the Goyernif „ot of the United States^ias decided to make such a demonstration m the waters of the Pacific Ocean as will convince the white people residing upon the Pacific coast of America that, however much the Government of Great Britain may be willing to humiliate itself to please the Japs, there is one Power that is able and willing lo protect the white wage-earners of the Pacific Slope so that they will be secure from Japanese aggression whatever attitude it may please the Mikado's Government to assume. Many a man will receive encouragement from the presence of the American fleet m the Pacific m his resistance to plutish plots to reduce the condition of tjae American toiler to that of the coolies of Asia.

It appears that even President Roosevelt, who bas hitherto occupied a somewhat pro- Jap. position, lias at last spoken rather plainly with regard to the monkeying of the Mikado men with the rights and standard of life of the dwellers on the Pacific Slope. He has— it is true, man unofficial manner that gives him ample opportunity to explain away his utterance should, he consider it advisable to do so later.— declared that the forthcoming cruise of the battleship fleet m the Pacific under Hear-Admi-ral v Evans is the result of constant diplomatic hectoring of America by* 'Japan. He added that "She resources of friendly diplomacy had been practically exhausted m trying to meet the captious Japanese.

It is certainly .necessary to teach 'Japan a lesson. When the projected visit of the American fleet to the Pacific was abandoned, the tone of the 'Japanese fleet -was distinctly exultant. Japanese newspapers boasted of the powerful army and fleet pos~ jsessed by Japan, and declared that Japan was "always ready to res-j pond to any challenge." It proceeded] loftily to state that if all the American squadrons were sent to the Pacific, Japan would • not be m the least disturbed. Practically, Japan was crowing over a fancied victory. Now, however, that the fleet is, after all, really to be sent to the Pacific, Japan is silent. Evidently. the ruling powers m Japan do not like the look of things. * .* •

The talk about the present attitude of the rulers of the. "United States being the result of the conduct of the "yellow" press is, m the main, bunkum. Some of the papers that are taking an active part m the campaign m the United States against Japan are, it is true, owned by William Randolph Hearst, and he also owns some papers which are alleged to be of a ' •sensational/ character, but these are not all tjie journalistic organs that find it necessary, chiefly because of the attityde of their own readers, to make a' display of sympathy -with the., workers, and to show that ihe arrogant attitude of the Japanese is something that is not to the interest of the people of the United States to tolerate.

Even, if the conduct of the 'American Administration is the result of the agitation recently started by W. R. Hearst, this fact merely indicates the extraordinary influence of this remarkable man. He has determined to become the President of the United States, and, possibly, for this reason, he is making of his chain ol newspapers—^stretching from the Pacific &oast to the Atlantic Coast— effective means of championing the rights of thp people. Just as the newspapers owned and conducted by John Norton have raised a united voice throughout Australasia at any moment ■ when it was imperative that something of special importance should be done— journalistically clone the peoples of Australia aitf New Zealand, so the newspapers owned and conducted by "Billy" Hearst, as he sometimes is.caUedi fcsva. «*

critical moments, been or Immense service to the people of the United States. The journalism of Hearst, like the journalism of John Norton, is "the journalism that does things."

The Japs, it appears, refuse to listen to any proposal from the United States for the stoppage of Japanese immigration. They will, it is said, grant permission to the authorities of the G-reat Republic to regulate the influx of Japanese, but they will not consent to the passing of a law declaring that, henceforth, no more people from. Japan will enter the United States. Well, the Japanese must be taught that white men insist upon being masters m their own country. The Japs are not compelled to go to the United States any more than they are compelled to come to this country, and, therefore, if we do uot want the Japs, as we certainly do not, we, like the people of the United States, will insist upon their exclusion. With regard to the United States the Japs will have to back down ; the countries inhabited by the white people must be kept for the white peoples. j

This is a most opportune time for the British Government to "denounce" the treaty entered into between Great Britain and Japan. The time is propitious for the formation of a great alliance of the white races against the colored races. Now is the time for the white races to take a stand, and let this stand be taken by England and America conjointly. This appears to be the supreme moment of England's destiny. Let England awake to the importance of Ihe issues with which we are now confronted, or let her sink into the position of a third-rate power, or even be absorbed by some other European .Power. The white peoples must unite and cry a halt to aggressive Japan and the colored peril. The first and most .imperative duty of the American'and British peoples is to form an alliance— defensive, and, if need be, offensive— against the yellow- races. Unless this be done, we may live to see the day when Australasia has become a mere colony of Japan ; and the province of British Columbia, Canada, has been handed over to Japan to be administered by a bunch of 'Japanese bureaucrats.

Thrust Into Japan's Face*