(The Crimson invites all men in the University to submit signed communications of timely interest. It assumes no responsibility, however, for sentiments expressed under this head and reserves the right to exclude any whose publication would be palpably inappropriate.)

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

Some Tokyo papers have printed a cartoon of Uncle Sam with his sleeves rolled up, who hands Alsace-Lorraine to her mother. Will the Japanese be able to see that cartoon is the best among the symbols which represent the existence of great nations?

We, who have entered the higher institution of learning, seeking the vital elements of American life, can truly interpret the cartoon. For we have seen Uncle Sam, who appropriates billions upon billions of dollars, making the men wear the uniforms of world democracy, and telling them to eat war bread, doughnuts, and molasses cakes in their dormitories. In our classrooms we have been proud to sit among his soldiers, equipped for the full duties of citizenship.

We have splendid opportunities, through the Harvard professors and students, to learn the available lesson--to make our life's achievements larger. We must open mindedly study to appreciate what is good in the customs and ideas of the American people. We are taught how to talk, how to write from left to right, and how to be in close touch with all phases of actual American life. The spirit of higher education, which enables us to see the social and moral activities of Harvard, finds response in our hearts. It shows us a type of education, different from that of Japan, a type which appears most important in preparing the young men for citizenship in a democracy.

Japan has been glad to send us here. She desires us to become the true friends of the American students and to tell them of Japan. She believes that the students can become the real mediators between the two countries. Those of us who are attending Harvard have an opportunity to carry her message to the Americans, and on the other hand to talk to our people through the Japanese newspapers and magazines.

Harvard is doing a great work for us. We appreciate it. And it is largely the Japanese student who returns to his country, who will stimulate and foster international interest and friendship. It is the Japanese student educated in the University, who will interpret to the Japanese nation the virility of American life and American ideals. KEIZO MATSUNO 1G.