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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914.
JAPAN’S INTENTIONS.
The summons served upon Ger
many by Japan demanding the with
drawal of the German armed vessels
of all kinds from Far Eastern waters
and the delivery of Kiao Chau to Ja
pan to be eventually restored to Chi
na, is a matter of no little concern
to the United States. It is plain
that under Article II. of her treaty
with England, Japan is not called
upon to make war upon Germany, for
there has been no “unprot oked” at
tack” upon British territory or inter
ests in that quarter of the world.
It is possible that Japan would de
fend the issue of her ultimatum by
reference to that section of the pre
amble which states that one of the
objects of the treaty is "the con
solidation and maintenance of the
general peace in the regions of East
ern Asia and India.” But Japan puts
herself in the attitude of a disturb
er not a preserver of the peace in
pastern Asia when she addresses to
Germany a communication that plain-1
ly means war. Justification for
making war upon Germany not be
ing clearly discernible in the terms
of the treaty, it is natural that there
should be much speculation as to the
real purpose Japan has in view.
Her declaration that she demands
the surrender of Kiao Chau by Ger
many with the Intention of restoring
that leased territory to China is re
assuring, certainly. It was upon the
initiative of Secretary Hay that the
Powers pledged themselves to respect
the territorial integrity of China. But
as Sir Edward Grey said of Ger
many’s assurances with respect to
Belgium and France, Japan’s prom
ise as to the eventual transfer of
Kiao Chau to China is too narrow'.
When nations are at war they strike
at each other where they may. Ger
many not only has Kiao Chau, but
she holds also the Bismarck Islands,
near New Guinea, and the groups
known as the Caroline, Mariana, Mar
shall, and Pelew Islands and a part
of the Samoan group. Should Japan
(teScend upon and seize the Carolines,
the Marshall Islands, and German
Samoa, she would become a very
neighbor of ours in Guam and in Sa
moa, and she would have advanced
a very considerable distance toward
Hawaii. The possession of these is
lands would give her coaling and na
val stations on the direct line be
tween the Panama Canal and the
Philippines. It is not to be supposed
That we could view such changes of
territorial ownership without anxiety.
Japan’s assurances to our govern
ment that American interests in the
Pacific will be in no way threatened
by her hostile dealing with Germany
are to be accepted in good faith, of
course. These are reinforced by the
British statement that Japan will now
confine her warlike operations to the
China Sea. But there is a general
belief that it is the policy of Japan
to assert and maintain for herself su
premacy and control in the Asiatic
waters of the Pacific with a view,
probably, to the ultimate exclusion
of the influence of Western nations.
The import of such a policy with
respect to the Philippines is, of
course, too plain to require pointing
out. While the Philippines are not
a highly prized possession of the
United States, and although we have
declared our purpose to surrender
them into the control of their own
people as soon as they are fitted for
self-government, nevertheless they
are at present territory belonging to
us, and it would be our duty to pro
tect and defend them. For that rea
son when we see Japan about to be
gin a war which would in all prob
ability give her the possession of im
portant stations along the line of our
communications with the Philippines,
we are bound to inquire somewhat
closely into the actual as well as
the avowed purpose of the undertak
ing.
The obvious fact that her treaty
with England in nowise makes this
step obligatory upon Japan inevitably
begets the suspicion that in specify
ing the surrender of Kiao Chau she
has not fully proclaimed her inten
tions. This is a European war. Ja
pan’s participation in the hostilities
appears to us to be unprovoked, and
it is accordingly unwelcome. In the
representations made at Washington
it was said that her purposes had
been frankly communicated to Eng
land. England is at war with Ger
many, and perhaps it would be too
much to expect that she should de
cline the aid of an ally who offered
to assail and annoy her en^my, even
at a point so remote as the coast
of China. But 'we think England
would have been well advised had she
dissuaded Japan from this venture.—
New York Times.
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ALL CENSORED NEWS IS COL
ORED.
Complaints about “colored” and
\ “biased” war news continue to reach
us from people who, says the New
York Times, in spite of frequent ex
planation, yet fail to make due and
necessary and reasonable allowance
for the fact that all the war news
which any American paper can now
get has passed through the hands of
at least one military censor. Officials
of that sort do not allowr any infor
mation to get into print if in their
opinion its publication would be dis
advantageous to Uie side or cause
they serve. •
In. most instances, however, the
influence of the censor makes itself
apparent in the suppression of infor
mation about army movements, and,
in the case of reverses, he inclines
to conceal them from as much of the
public as he can, while he gladly
enough allows successes to be re
ported.
As it happens, practically all the
news of this war must come to us
through English channels and from
men whose sympathies are with the
nations allied against Germany. That
the news, if not exactly colored or
biased—-for that implies intentional
misrepresentation, of which there has
been little or no evidence—is at least
one-sided, is perfectly obvious. But
our readers have been constantly
and carefully informed as to the cen
sorship of every dispatch' written by
correspondents of the London papers,
and surely when only their work was
available it was better to use that
than altogether to abandon the at
tempt to “cover” the war.
Of course not all of the stories
printed are true, but it is true that
all of them were in circulation on
more or less authority in the places
to which the writers were assigned,
and that fact is in itself news of
some importance. As for the charges
of barbarism that have been made,
they have been balanced by reports
of kindly and courteous treatment
coming from the same localities, and
the safe conclusion to draw is that in
war as in peace some men behave
well and others ill,, and that whole
sale condemnation of whole peoples
is never deserved or just.
Makes Chain of Evidence Against the
Blueberry Kid Complete—Body Is
Found On the Yukon River.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 3.—The body of
a woman has been found on the low
er Yukon river and it is believed to
be that of Dutch Marie, who was
murdered by Blueberry Ttftnmy John
son, for whom the police have been
hunting for the past year.
The body was found by prospect
ors, who buried it near the river
bank, but the authorities on the low
er river, hearing of it, ordered an in
vestigation and an autopsy will be
held by the Marshall city authorities.
While the preliminary examination
has convinced the marshal’s office
that the body Is that of the missing
woman, yet they will make sure and
have several men go to the scene
to get evidence.
The finding of the body is believed
to be the last link necessary in the
chain of evidence against Johnson,
who escaped to the states after the
murder of Dutch Marie and her two
companions and although tho police
have been hunting for him he has
successfully evaded capture.
The First Bank of Valdez and the
First Bank of Cordova have been
designated as depositaries of terri
torial funds.
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One parcel 80x140 feet fronting on City Dock . . $250
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NEW joe FDR
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Because
of the tremendous amount of work
at the American ambassies abroad
where this country represents many
of the powers engaged in the war,
Secretary Bryan today appointed
Nelson O’Shaughnessy as tin assist
ant secretary to the ambassador at
Vienna. Mr. O’Shaughnessy was for
many years charge d’ affaires at Mex
ico City and represented this gov
ernment after the retirement of Am
bassador Wilson.
WILLIAMOFWIED
FLEES FOR SAFETY
ROME, Sept. 3.—William of Wied.
King of Albania, has fled from his
country on a private yacht and Al
bania is seething w.'th revolt Tbe
city of Durszzo Las been taken by
the insurgen*s and a new government
has been set up by the rebels.
The Tillikum Club will entertain
the ladies at their club rooms this
evening. The regular monthly affair
has been changed so as to fall on
the first Thursday of the month.
GERMANS ARE 30
MILES IFROM PARIS
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against the aggression of the Kaiser’s
troops. The wonderful work of the
French artilelry with the new 75-mil
l'meter field gun has been a revela
tion to the men in the army of the
allies.
Germans Still Use Solid Formation.
The Germans are still using solid
formation and all day yesterday they
attacked the English lines in magni
ficent solid formation, re-forming af
ter every unsuccessful attack to re
new their efforts to take the position,
forcing the English to give ground,
and at a loss to the Germanys that
almost staggers the imagination—a
loss that eventually must tell upon
V e Kaiser’s troops.
Battle In Air Over Paris.
PARIS, Sept. 3.—Three German
aviators and two French airmen
fought a battle yesterday over this
city and the two Frenchmen forced
the Germans to retire. For twenty
minutes the birdmen fought one an
other, maneuvering their machines
against each other and finally the
Germans turned and flew away for
the German lines.
Germans Abandon Belfort Attack. !
BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 3—The
German advance on Belfort has been
stopped by orders of the war depart
ment at Berlin and the troops have
been entrained and are headed for ^
the Russian border. The recent sue- i
cesses and the inability of the Ger-j
man army to stay the hosts of Rus-!
sians, has forced the German general [
staff to weaken its line on the French
border and to send reinforcements to
Eastern Germany. It is exepeted
here that the French army at Bel
fort will again take the offensive be
cause of the greatly -weakened Ger
man lines
Change Name of St. Petersburg.
LONDON, Sept. 3.—Because the
name of St. Petersburg, the capital
of Russia, is a German name, the
Russian papers have changed the
name and now call it Petrograd.
Roumania To Help Allies.
ROME, Sept. 3.—The entire Rou
manian army of 500,000 men have
been massed in two armies, one for
the invasion of Bulgaria and the oth
er to protect Roumania from Aus
tria. King Charles has given the
Russian government assurance that
should Turkey and Bulgaria turnup
on Servia his government would join
with Greece in attacking the Bulgars
and Turks.
Greeks Are Also Ready. i
ATHENS, Sept. 3.—A complete !
mobilization order was issued here
today and secret mobilization has
been going on for a week because
of the concentration on the Greek
border of Turkish and Bulgarian
troops,
German Losses Heavy.
BERLIN, Sept. 3.—The thirtieth
list of losses has been issued by the
war office and today’s list shows that
in the recent fighting the Mecklen
burger Grenadiers lost 20,000 men.
Other divisions of the army also lost
heavily and the people are beginning
to realize what a toll in lives the
successes of the German army has
required.
Long Lines Watch for Lists.
Mothers, sisters, sweethearts,
daughters and old men, fathers of
boys at the front, hang around the
war office for hours waiting for a list
of the dead to be posted, always
fearing to find among the list tho
names of those whom they love, and
the scenes enacted when names are
thus found is most heartrending.
Few Can See the End.
Pew people here are willing to be
lieve that the vsar will be of short
duration and expect that it will re
quire years to fight out. Many ex
press the belief that Germany as a
nation will be wiped out rather than
submit to Russian conquest.
School Days!
ARE here again and your boy
or girl will need some School
Shoes. Well, this is the place
to get them. A large assort
ment of styles to choose from.
Boy’s Suits, $4.00 to $8.00.
PROFESSIONAL
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Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
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