Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-08
JAPAN SHOULD FIGHT.
SO PRoNoUNcES A PROMINENT
ORIENTAL AUTHORITY.
None But Russia Would Make Anything
Out of Japan -Japanese Have Their
Alsace-Lorrsine pand Can Give the
French Points on Hatred.

London, May 4-There seems to be
little doubt that China and Japan have
both ratified the treaty of Shimoneseki.
which complicates 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 her
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 order is
backed up by the voices of France and
Germany. The voice of France is weak;
no$ 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
ern neighbor, particularly at the out
set of the present Sass reign. For the
past ten years these rela tions have been
much strained, even to the point of
imminent war in 1891. Germany is now
experimenting with a platonic alliance
between the czar and the emperor 1t
cannot last long, but is it profoundly
conceived. 1t tends to weaken French
hatred of Germany and TO wean that
republic from slavish obedience to Rus
sian dictation. and to isolate her still
further.
"a large party in Germany hates En-
gland cordially and is ready to make
any sacrifice for the qualification of
this feeling. This hatred springs large
ly from commercial rivalry. but still
more from the feeling that Garmany's
expansion in Africa has been hampered
oy John Bull. Germany hopes in a
vague way that England may purchase
her goods, will by large cessions in the
dark continent and at present, there
Iore, the emperors government is talk
| ing great pains to array itself with the
enemies of England and the South
Africa and Alsace-Lorraine difffcilties
| are to be settled on the banks of the
Eel Ho and Yang Use Kiang But
Japan has her Alsace-Lorraine. There
Is an island within sight of Japan called
| Saghalien, and there is no Japanese
who would not gladly enlist in a
| war to recover this island, for 1t was
| stolen by Russians in 1875
| was at Toxic the year after this
extraordinary land grab and will tell
Ine 1ury OF the then impotent Japanese
| III Russia gives but half an opportunity
| the army that has just tharshed China
| VIII turn against Russia with infinitely
| finer gusto. That was a land grab
I that we could only appreciate If a for
| eign power should occupy Lond Is
| Iand 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 to 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-
ceived me, am able to say that Rus
sia has in eastern Siberia and nomin.
ally fit to take the field, twenty battal-
ions of infantry; two squadrons OF
| cavalry; ten squadrons of Cossacks
six field batteries equal to forty-eight
guns; two half mountain batteries equa
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 anC
1t would take year before the Rus
slams cuold put an army of 100. 900 mer
In the field near Vldaivostock Russis
alone can't subdue Japan. in spite o.
her army of 100000 men and her many
Cossacks, and Germany can help he
only with fair words, for the reichsta.
won't vote money for war in the east
seeing that the only profit possible will
fall to Russia. France is wise enough
to feel much the same way. The hatred
felt by France and Germany agins
England is not quite so strong as tha
felt by each for the other. John Bull
and Uncle Sam can afford to stand b,
and say: Let the plucky Japanes
take all he can hold. He will max
Infinitely better use of IL than eithe
China has done or Russia can do.
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