For
that reason alone, our very lack of cohesion renders the aspirations of
Japan comparatively easy of fulfilment unless we wake up and attend to
business."
"How do you know all this, Mr. Farrel?" Parker demanded incredulously.
"I have read translations from editorials in Japanese newspapers both
in Japan and California; I have read translations of the speeches of
eminent Japanese statesmen; I have read translations from Japanese
official or semi-official magazines, and I have read translations from
patriotic Japanese novels. I know what I am talking about. The
Japanese race holds firmly to the belief that it is the greatest race
on the face of the globe, that its religion, Shintoism, is the one true
faith, that it behooves it to carry this faith to the benighted of
other lands and, if said benighted do not readily accept Shintoism, to
force its blessings upon them willy-nilly. They believe that they know
what is good for the world; they believe that the resources of the
world were put here to be exploited by the people of the world,
regardless of color, creed, or geographical limitation. They feel that
they have as much right in North America as we have, and they purpose
over-running us and making our country Japanese territory. And it was
your purpose to aid in the consummation of this monstrous ambition," he
charged bluntly.
"At least," Parker defended, "they are a more wholesome people than
southern Europeans.
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