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-
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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
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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
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