People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-09
JAPAN SHOULD FIGHT,
so PRoNOUNCES A PROMINENT
ORIENTAL AUTHORITY.
Mono But Russia Would Make Anything
Out OF Japan japanese Have Their
Ahsee-Lorraine .and Can Give the
French Point, on Hatred.

London, May 4.-There seems 70 be
little doubt that China and japan have
both ratified the treaty Of Shimoneseki,
which compllcates the position Of the
European protesting powers. At the re-
quest OF the Associated Press, Mr..
Poultney Bigelow. who has exceptional
maens Of obtaining political informa-
ton, especially in Germany, has written
the following:
Russia Is the power that today calls
upon Japan to drop the fruits OF hel
Victory and take orders from ST. Peters
burg. Russia orders Japan to give up
her foothold on China because. forsooth.
she may disturb that mystical humble
called balance Of power. This ordey n
backed up by the voices Of France and
Germany. The voice Of France is weak;
not because she does not love Russia.
but because she also loves Japan, and
because she hates Germany more than
she loves any country. Germany Is
sacrificing the friendship Of Japan for
reasons strictly political The emperor
desires to show good will for his east
srn neighbor. particularly at the out
set OF the present SASS reign. For the
past ten years these relations have been
much strained, even to the point of
Imminent war in 1891. Germany is now
experimenting with a platonic alliance
between the car and the emperor. It
cannot last long. but Is Il profoundly
conceived. 1t tends to weaken French
hatred Of Germany and to wean that
republic from slavish obedience to Rus
San dictation. and to Isolate her still
further.
ORIENTAL ALSACE-LORRAINE
"A large party in Germany hates En-
gland cordially and is ready n mako
any sacrifice for the qualification of
tails feeling. This hatred springs large
~ from commercial rivalry but still
more from the feeling that Garmany's
expansion in Africa has been hanpered
by John Bull. Germany hopes In a
vague way that England may purchase
ger goods, will by large cesslons in the
eark continent and at present, there
tore, the emperor's government Is talk
Ing great pains to array Itself with the
enemies Of England and the South
Africa and Alsace-Lorraine Difficulties
are 10 be settled on the banks Of the
Eel Ho and Yang Use Kiang. But
Japan has her Alsace-LOrraine. There
e an island within sight of japan called
Saghalien, and there is no japanese
who would not gladly enlist in
war to recover this island, for II was
stolen by Russians in 1878.
1 was at Toxic the year after this
extraordinary land grab and will tell
the fury Of the then impotent Japanese
II Russia gives but half an opportunity.
me army that has just tharshed China
VIII turn against Russia with infinitely
fner gusto. That was a land grab
that we could only appreciate II a for
elSn power should occupy Lond Is
land or the eastern shore OF MARYLAND.
Russia has kept all she has stolen and
wants more. She wants Corea and
above all she wants the very Port Ar
thur which Japan proposes 10 keep.
NO USE POOLING ABOUT 1T.
Japan may be bluffed into surrender
Ing some of her claims. but her true in
tereSts lie in fighting Russia at once
while her army and navy are in good
condition and she can do so with the
gretest ease.
From source which has never de-
celVed me. L am able to say that Rus
STA has in eastern Siberia and norin-
ally mt to take the field, twenty battal-
Ions OF infantry; two suuadrons Of
cavalry; ten squadrons of Cossacks.
SIX neld batteries equal to forty-eight
guns; two half mountain batteries equal
TO eight guns; two Cossack horse artil-
lery batteries equal to twelve guns:
three companies Of fortress artillery
and three companies of sappers. The
recruits for these troops comes every
year from Odessa by way of Suez and
" would take year before the Rus
SLAMS cuold put an army Of 1000 men
IN the field near Vldaivostock. Russia
tione can't subdue Japan, in spite OF
her army Of 100000 men and her MANY
Cossacks, and Germany can helm her
only with fair words, for the reichstag
won't vote money for a war in the east
seeing that the only profit possible will
tall to Russia. France Is wise enough
70 feel much the same way. The hatred
Ie!t by France and Germany aginst
england is not quite so strong as that
feit by each for the other. John Bull
ana Uncle Sam can afford to stand by
and say: Let the plucky Japanese
take all ne can hold. He will make
INFINITELY better use OF II than either
China has done or Russia can do.