THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: 0CT0B3R 1. 1918. JAP-D. 5!RELATI0N Baron Yoshiro Explains Ob jects of Japanes Commis sion in Interview. 9 M AS DEVELOPED SINCE WA?. (Correspondence of Tlte Associated Pres..) Rome, Aug. IS. Bebore leaving for the United States, baron Yoshiro Sakatani, president of the Imperial Japanese commission to the economic conference . of the entente powers, held in Paris recently, explained to a correspondent of The Associated Preas the general objects of the Jap anese commission, and discussed, from a financial pomt of view, the relations of Japan and the United States, as developed since the war and as affected by the new Russo Japanese treaty. Baron Sakatani is well known to many Americans as the financier who straightened out the ebbing finances of Japan after the Russo-Japanese war. He for a time, held the position that Corresponds in the United States to that of Secretary of the Treasury. He is also mayor of Tokio. The' other members of the commission are S. Tenruml and K. Yabe, with S. Id zourka acting as secretary. The-com-mission reached Europe by way oi the Siberian railway, crossing from Petrograd to London, thence to Paris, and finally to .Rome. Explains Commission's Plans. Baron Sakatani, who speaks Eng lish -fluently, said: "The Imperial commission was appointed fur the purpose of attending the Paris con ference, and also- of .visiting those countries in Europe now our allies, and of ascertaining in a definite way how the commerce of Japan can be Increased with them, what they can sell us,, and what we can sell them, especially as relates to products they formerly obtained from Germany and Austria-Hungary. There is also the question of delivering goods. Japan has three large steamship lines at present and they are building as rap. idly as possible more ships, as rates in the far east have risen out of all reasonable proportions -since the re moval of German ships from this trade. We are willing to trade heav ily with Europe, since in my opinion Europe will not be so long making up its present war losses as might be thought. Of course the amount of these losses will depend on the length of the war, and that depends on the success of the Russian and other powers' offensives. But should the war end in a reasonable time, the people of Europe will have been quickened by the war spirit; they will work harder to make up their losses. "As regards the relations between the United States and Japan, it must be remembered always that we look with gratitude, upon the United States as the country which sixty years ago put us in communication with the outside world, after a period of 2,500 years of almost non-communication with any other people than those of our own islands,, except a few rare in stances. . ' Reports Are Shifted. "In recent years there have been world-wide reports that the two countries had conflicting interests which would eventually bring them to war. First, the United States thought we might attack her, according to these reports. Now the reports have been shifted the other way, At home ur people are made to believe tha '.ie United States is preparing to at uck us. It is most amusing. I hav nany American friends and of coursi ve discus these things. All of Hi :now that there are all reasons for )oth nations to be friendly. The A'hole body of this talk would be ridiculous in the extreme if it were not that such reports lead to the maintaining of expensive fleets, to the bnilding of coast defenses. I have had some experience in war costs, I think, and 1 know what such foolish ness means in money. "I sincerely believe these report! have a German origin, since German has never wished us well and woul like to see us in difficulties with thi United States, but the United State, and Japan are too far away from eacl other, to have the same jealousies tha exist among the nations of Europe, with neighboring frontiers. "On the other hand, there has sprung up a large commerce betweet. the United States and Japan, and it has steadily grown since the present war, since we have been unable to buy in European markets many sup plies formerly obtained there. With both countries prosperous, our buying has led to return buying in silks and many other articles on the part of the United States. Our own foreign com merce, export and import, reached an average of $700,000,000 yearly before the war and I expect it to be bettei now. Discusses Philippine Question. It has been stated we want th Philippine islands. It is far better foi Japan to have the United States de 'eiop those islands. She is able to spend the money needed to do it and we are not, and it is a fine thing for us and our trade to have peaceful and nrn:nrrlis nf.tcrlih.ira fin matter urhn they are. It is one of the economic I errors of the present, for instance, to suppose that the losses of Europe are the gains of the United States and Japan, because they happen to be sell ing supplies. We are sure to feel those losses in Europe in the end. "Now for the Russian treaty and i span's attitude towards China. It as been freely stated- that the Japan ese are unfair and dishonest in busi ness. I will admit that there is a good deal of truth sn this, so far as concerns us in the past. It must be remembered that when the United States and European merchants began In traHf with ne .liver uaa wnrrh t about one-fifteenth as much as gold among them, whereas, with us, it was worth one-tourth as much, by our coinage act. These merchants took advantage of this situation and ex changed their silver for gold. Oui people here got the idea that foreign ers were tricky and it may be said they retaliated in kind, as a matter of self-protection. Latterly, however, we have started our young men to commercial schools and they have learned international ways of doing business, and I feel sure in the future we will no longer suffer for a con dition which grew out of a miscon ception as to what business meant. 'The Russians and the Japanese have learned and well understood since the unfortunate war of 1904-05 the i ional characteristics of each other, and gradually we have become quite friendly. The new treaty merely puts this spirit on paper, and is not inimical either to English or American interests in China. Explodes Alarmist Report. "Let me right here explode the old alarmist report that the Japanese want a yellow-race domination of the east. I'm sorry to do it, but the facts art that the Chinese are too proud to ally themselves to a little people like ours, and we-have too much sense to see. an ally that could not help" us. Ai alliance, bewteen the United States and Mexico would profit the latter nit not the former. "All the Japanese wart, or ever have wanted, "is a (air chruice to do busi ness in China on an equal footing with England, Russia, France, the United Stales, or any other country. Economically, we couldn't handle the job by ourselves. Japan insists that .here shall -be no outside, armed in terventions, like that of the Germans, who fortified themselves at the port of Kiao-Chow, a port which we have taken from them. Such fortified po sitions constitute a nunace to China and to the interests oi every nation wishing to do business there, and eventually bring about the troubled situation, on a smaller scale, that has I so long existed m the Balkans of Europe. We cannot read the future, but foi the present these are the facts re ?ardmg Japan's attitude, and I am glad to state that The Associated Press has in the past permitted Japan to place the truth before the people of the United States. In so doing, it renders a service to the mutual inter ests of these two peoples." j- Persistent Advertising of Anything That Is Really Worth-While Never Fails. IERE MAN AND HIS POCKETS V Joy and Necessary of Life Abund antly Provided and Fully Equipped. Pockets are among the most useful things ever invented What a small town hick would do for a place to put his hands had he no pockets is hard to imagine. As long as the hands stay in their own back yard, meaning pockets, there is no trouble. But when they stray into pastures new, meaning other men's pockets, then there is the very deuce to pay unless you are shrewd enough not to get caught. No man knows exactly how many pockets he has. If you don't believe it ask the first man you meet. He can't come within four of it. Each suit of clothes is equipped with so many of these repositories that the average "he" can't think right off the reel how many he has got. Give a man a suit of clothes with out a single pocket and he would be lost. Just look what a man carries around in his pockets. Half a dozer, letters, a can of tobacco and a pipe or two or three ciars (more often these arc worn in his vest just ovc: his hearO, a fountain pen, a pencil o: two, a photograph of a dizzy broiler he doesn't want wifey to see, a knife that 'Von't cut anything, a key ring with fourteen keys on it, some stamps JUDGE JAMES R. DEAN Former Judge Supreme Court Candidate for Judge Supreme Court MUMUS- 11 ' Si I &si j-! m J . JOHN C.MARTIN Cantra! City, Nebraska , CaaJUata far Elactiaa m tfaa Naa-aartlaaa Judiciary ball For, Supreme Judge MR. MARTIN ti 86 year of at, waa born and roared at Pitt bu rah, Pa.. whar ht road law for four ya prior to eoMittc to Nobraika. Ht waa adueatad at Wooitar University, Woottor, Ohio, and La farttta Collcga at Eaaton, Pa. Ha carat to Ntbratka In 188S and flnt located at Columbus, waara ha practiced law until 1885, when ht moved to Merrick County, Neb. Ht haa devoted his entire time and energy to the oractioe of the law n thli atate aver ainee, excepting daring the yean 1899 and 1800, when ho waa legal advirtr of tha auditing department of the United States located at Havana, Cuba, un der the military occupation of Cuba. Aa evidence of hit conception of tha dutiea of tha office to which ht aspires, and for the purpose of advising the electors of Ne braska as to his conduct in that office if elected, ba announce tha following. , PLATFORM Equality before the law. Remove the law's vexatious delays. ' Substantial justice unhampered by techni calities. Purify the courts bv severe nunUhmonf for perjury. No Politics or favoritism known an tha bench. "To do the right as God givea me to see the right." Would Appreciate Your Support and j Will Strive to Merit Your Confidence I Henry T. Clarke, Jr. a Chairman Nebraska State Railway Commission . Candidate for Re-Election Henry T. Clarke, jr., senior member of the Nebraska State Rail way Commission, Is the candidate of the republican party to succeed himself. Mr. Clarke submits his candidacy, first, on his long experience in this public work, and, second, on his record while a member of the commission. His platform is simple and easily understood. He is mak intr no promises which cannot be fulfilled. The State Railway Commission was created to set tle disputes betweeti the people and corporations which under take to serve the people. It is to the interest of the public that these disputes be settled correctly, even should de cision be rendered in favor of the corporation. To the best of his ability Mr. Clarke has sought in the past, and will seek in tha future, if elected, to carry out the intent of the people when they created the State Railway Commission to render exact justice to all. This is the foundation principle of the great American govern, ment, and unless the State Rail- way Commission, with its wide powers and multiplicity" duties, adheres to this principle It falls of the purpose the people had when they passed the constitutional amendment creating it. . - Although at eomp.ritiv.l7 vouns man, Mr. Clarkt as, im maok pubM r vlje. Ht ! s Nebraska product Ht w.i born it Bellavut, Nebraska, In HIS, tht on of Henrjr T. Clarkt, tr., ttrritoritl plon.tr ud prominent tltlsea, who helped ehapa tht tarlr carter of tht Infant state. Ht waa educated In tht Omtht public tehooli tnd Uttr rraduaUd from Chleuro unlversltj and from tht It ithool of tht University of Mlehlsan. Mr. Clarkt. at tht utl-nuehlnt candidate, wai twtct elected to tht leflil.tort bjr tht rotert of Dourlta totntr, and ttrvtd hi tht ttOI ttttlon and tht fanou PKfrttiWt teeilon of 1807. Ht wai ont of tht hardttt flshttr.1 In that ttttltn for proa-rtiitvt maaanrtt put through at that tlmt and now on tbt ttatuita of Nebraika in tht inttrttt of tht whole ptoplt. Ht tntroduetd and oonduettd tht fight for tht child labor law, and wat tht author and chltf cupporttr In tht houet of tht terminal tax law. Ht wtl chairman of tht conference tonmitttt ea tht pure food bill and did much to makt It an effective enactment. With other be liever! in fulfilling platform pledget he ltd tht fight for tht direct primary law, Ht wat a ttalwart tupporttr of tht anit-paai law, both in tht 1905 and 11)07 ttt sioni. At chairman of tht houet committtt on tngroned and tnrolltd bills In that ttttion ht to performed hirdutltt that not a miitake wat nadt In tht houtt committee on any law pieced In that union, Mr. Clarkt wat appointed a railway oommliilontr by Govomor Sheldon to fill a vacancy of-a few montht. Ht wat elected for a three-year term In 1907 and for a ill-year term In 1910. Mr. Clarkt played an Important part In the forma tion of that moit monumental work of tht Nebraeka Commlselon, tht revision and reduction- of elaet freight ratet In Nebraeka. Thlt freight reduction order of tht Commletioa, which hat eevrt vast sumi of money already to the people of the state, It now on trial for its existence, and it bthoovta the voters to continue In offict men who thoroughly undtrstand tht outstlons involved and who art now in tht midst of tht fight to tavt the life of that order. p4t J lati 'f V S la i II stuck together, s few rubber bands . memorandum book, a newspaper lipping of something the local pa er said about him, a watch, a few natches. a pocket handkerchief, a uiker chip, a card or two admitting lim to his favorite boie club, a pock :tbook with some money in it, a abbit foot, a clasp off a silk garter inever mind whose), a few cigar store onpoiis. a deck of cards, a pistol, a ecipe Jor curing a cold (the princi pal ingredient of it being whisky), l piece of court plaster, a dream book, a lock of blonde hair (when his turn. v - These are but a few of the things he carries. Of course, it requires a lot of pockets. That's why the aver--age man has between fourteen and sixteen pockets. ' 1 feel sorry for . Adam. He had none. What did he do? Florida t: 11I1C3. Key to Want Ads. the Situation The Bee Wis I SAMUEL H I I SEDGWICK h aa 1,1 ' " HE In Noting for Judge Dean you are voting for a man already versed in the technicalities and proced ure of the supreme court. He proved his ability as a supreme court judge when appointed in 1909. He made a splendid record. Read what other papers say about him: Crete Democrat: "Judge Dean is an able jurist and made an enviable record while a member of the Supreme Court." Mason City Transcript: "Judge Dean was a popu lar candidate at the primaries for Supreme Judge. In a field of ten candidates, where 6ix were nom inated, he crowded the high man closely for first place." Custer County Chief: "Few judges or lawyers are better or more favorably known in Nebraska than Judge Dean, where he has lived 25 years. He is in life's prime. Ask about him and you will in clude his name among the three candidates for whom you can vote for Supreme Judge." of York, Nebraska Candidate for Re-election for o o Judge of the Supreme Court His ability as a jurist has been proven by efficient service on, the Supreme Bench of Nebraska. If returned to his high office, Judge Sedgwick will continue to render the same quality of service which has widely mark ed his public record to this time. Jacob Fawcett Candidate for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Judge Faw6ett was born in Wisconsin; and in 1888 came to Nebraska,' locating at Omaha, where he successfully practiced law until he was elected Judge of the Dis trict Court in 1895. He was re-elected four years later. In 1908 he was appoint ed Judge of the Supreme Court by Gov ernor Sheldon. ' Nominated at the Repub lican Primary in 1909, he was elected in November and is now completing his eighth year as Judge. Four years ago he was elected by his associates as acting Chief Justice, and in that capacity has at all times presided in the absence of the Chief Justice. On the death of Chief Jus tice Hollenbeck, in 1915, his associates joined in a written request to the governor for his appointment as Chief Justice. He is now a candidate for that office on the non-partisan ballot. Judge Fawcett enlisted in the Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry at the age of 14 years an served until the close of the Civil War. He was twice severely wounded. He is a man of vigorous health, of wide experi ence and fearless in his. convictions. The best interests of Nebraska will be served by his election as Chief Justice. " . ii;tianii!iiiia si :a i John M.- Macfarland I Republican Nominee for j STATE SENATOR v I From Douglas County liiiiiiiiBiniiM