New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-24
\D JNTERDEkTION.

Tho blustcrinc mcnaccS Of Russia ana the
curious new triple alliance" II Germany. Russia
and France against Japan contain slight cause
for real uncnsincss They are entirely too r"mi-
nisccnt Of Old Tariton's diIly about the King Of
France who went up hill with 2o,"" men.
The fact is that the japanese have shown them
selves rs wise In peace rs they were WdN' III
war. and have thus PIT Themselves in 4 snbSian-
tally imprcgnablc position Their treaty Ell
pcacc with China Is above lcgtimit" criticism.
The two features of it as at first reported winch
most set the Jingocs Of Europe a bowling were
nothing but products If The notorious caIl1rd-
hatchery al Shanghai. As sllrniscd, there
WAS no truth In the story If an allauc" between
Iapln and Chinr 1t would hay" been m1dn"sS
for the vIct0rs. with power 10 dictate terms 10
grant such "A favor 10 the vanquishcd, from which
thc former would have had everything To- lose
and the latter everything 10 gain. Equally base
less was the report that Japan WAS 10 hay" Sp'-
ciol commercial advantages. China. indeed. Is
10 be opened TO the merchants OF Japan; but "i'"'
on equal terms. To- those Of every other nation
Japan being content with III" natural advantages
Of geographical position.
With these canardS flown away, ANA III" "DJ''-
tions inspired by them disposed OF. what be
comes of the cry for revision or tie treaty 10y
Europcan Powers? II IS mere sound and fury.
sirnifying nothing. On grounds of principle
thcrr is 10 room for intervention. Japan ha-
kent well within bounds Of international law ana
urgctlcc Instead Of the savage greed OF con
ulcst She has displayed n staicSln1nllk" lnod'rH-
lion and clcincncy which European Powers
womb do well 10 initiate But suppose those
Powers. as Is not unusual, ignore all question Of
princ,nlc and 20 in for selfish policy alone, what
then? On such ground thcr" seems no more
likelihood Of intervention. The dominant lac'
In the ease is this. as expressed by "Ihc LONDON
Standard" the other day, that except i'll Il com
mcrcjal scnsc the European Powers have no com
mon interest in the East. Hence, they Will not
enter UPON Joint action. England knows Iuii
well that the present treaty means nc3Iculabe
commercial gain to her. Therefore she declines
10 interfere TO suppose that she VIII exert hrr-
self TO help Russia gain more land aud II strategic
position ON The coast is 10 be madden than II
March hare And whatever notes may isSu"
from thc Ouai d'Orsay, we have no notion that
France Is going to war to extend German trade
or that Germany will raise a hand 10 help French
schemes iu IndoChna. European diplomats
NAV be plundercrs; they are not fools
In the absence Of Il European concert. then. Is
Intervention by a single Power probable. or pos
sbe! We should say il Is mos improbable. IL
Is not to be conceived that the others would per
nit II. If any one Of the four should take Il
single step In that direction it would have at least
two. II not all three of the others upon 1t In full
cry. And 10 have any chance Of success in a
war with Japan, any European Power would
have TO send thither so great an armament as 10
leave itself Mt home dangerously weak and I'M
protected England with her gigantic feet could
do 1t best. But she has made 1t clear that she