New-York tribune., 1895-09-30
FUTURE OF THE ORIENT
POSSIBILITIES OF A STRUGGLE BETWEEN
THE EAST AND WEST.

J. W. BooKwALTER. OF OHIO. DISCUSSES THE
RELATIONS OF ENGLAND RUSSIA AND
cHrNA-PART RELIGION MAY PLAY
IN FUTURE COMBAT.
J. w Bookwalter. OF Ohio. who is close s'uoeh'
of international affairs. Is at the Hotel BRUNSWICK
Mr.. Bookwater expects to 20 TO lndia soon ~
remain for several years. He Is deeply interested u.
the development OF the Orient and the erect u WI"
have upon the rest of the world Mr.. Book"a'.i
Is watching this part the globe closely In speak
ing OF the progress OF the Oriental nations yestei
day. he said: II have spent great many years "a
my life in India. China. japan and that section VI
the world I may be idealist or faoois' ou'
mic thing of saving that everything that is new
IS good and everything that is old Is oad' does no.
suit me. There you have nations WIN .'e ,a'eH ~
power of centuries OF solid growth oehho .ne"
nations conservative to what the west "ou'' ~
a dormant degree Yet those the nations ina. are
VOW coming 10 the front England has reacheo 'he
zenith She must now protect herself ana 'e"
Won that the nation that she fears more to-day ina"
any other is Japan
PLACE OF JAPAN
.rn. world generally accepts the belief that Japan
has awakened from her long sleep ana Is gong "
he a progressive nation from this on. 1hs Is .rue
but she comes with bound that has started 'hos1
Who undertook the work OF reconstructing hei
Every one knows the history OF England ueai"s
with Tgypt The English got hold OF tne hheo'Ne
and ,mbued him with that idea OF progress anu
deveIopment that Nat Goodwin speaks about. HIS
n,-suit was chimerical His Intentions were hohes''
hut he did not have the foresight to see that all TINS
talk about progress and civilization was shpiy
a blind TO sell him machinery and supplies. Later
the Egyptians found this out when a dept oi s'N'-
opo 900 stared them IN the face The ruins OF 'nlis
rustlng railroad tracks and general decay on every
side show where the money went Then Egypt re-
undated the debt. England knew that she would
and this gave her excuse TO lana her soioiers
and occupy the country. That is the history OF her
dealings with Egypt
"She undertook similar method in treating win
Janan France Germany and England got hold OF
Tho Nikado and they got him filed with this idea
of progress and development. Then they SOFA MN
machinery and wsrshps and so on france anu
Germany had only commercial gain IN view ring
land had a more remote idea. She remembered
Fg,nt but she did rot attempt 10 study the changed
conditions In Egypt and India the two races en-
countered are emescu.ated people w'th NIUE
power of retaliation. and once suodued remain So III
Japan II is different There is an antl-iore'eh sem"
rnent there tina; is largely predominant IL was more
10 keep from fighting at home than anything rlse
that led the japan Government to 10 to war Inc
enti-foreigners had become dsgnsied with ths po'
lev The Mkado filled with these IDEAS OF progress
and DEVELOPMENT. burned for conquest ana ne 'n'e"
himself upon Corea It was a quixotic war. but u
demonstrated the latent power Of the country we
know the result Of that war and Japsn's supremacy
in the East
HE NEVER FAILS.
what does England fear? Take u Jap as YOU hnd
him IN this country. He comes here outaWco ana
unable 70 sneak our language. What would any
other man DO? He would fail. The Jap never does
lie succeeds somehow. Take American or on
Engllshman and send him 70 Japan under the same
condition ard tell him 10 get along Pa, nm m, III nd ,nG
win his way o. living in the East he could never
stand the change lie would lal. s,En''ih ihtf, md
their thousands OF years OF training ~ ,n,. re tne
economy the japanese have come 10 POM "ntLe n
y ,hey s ean & rics Of piomacy and trade they
have learned in the East and are they not a,nmd o,
going into japan and taking her trade put
question Of England projecting her interests III @ ,ns
,akme Il her ,rade She the tactics praetsed
,n, in India dn @ nma EEHP o,, IN rSsr- Sse
when / nrgt hintcd at iripartite alliance be-
tween England. Russia and China was laughed at;
make such an alliance for her own safety. II was
always said that knssia intended to come ,brnaesed
such q way OF getting seaport She never really
IT, m She has sHfHS INT Sna ana and Rsss should
form an alliance; that Russia be forced into war
with othsr European Power. and that China
consent to furnish the men Russia now has her
siberian railroad hi,hed to such point that
and a steady stream OF men could be poured INTO
dTer%heimns numbers could be brought that Eu-
rope would be Inundated That is what could be
rosg With tS restest ss n Connects the
two most powerful and unwiedy nations in the
and Russia are natural allies. Japan is still rest
less. and no one can tell whore she may break out
again II she does tnen look ont for war that
will be one Of reconstruction.
on THE VERGE OF RECONSTRUCTION.
'"Tne time has when the world II on
the verge Of the greatest reconstruction that It
has ever seen. When The next great war-or series
Of wars-is fought. II IS going to be one TO adjust
the map of the world forever a hundred years
when means Of communication and interchange
OF news were far and few. there WAS little danger
OF clash. Now, coming closer and closer
together by OF rail and telegraph. The clash
Will come and then the whole world VIII be mate
rally affected.
The war may he prec.pated by religion. The
West has no idea OF the sincerity OF the East.
England had one taste of II. When 1T armed the
a thing or two about Oriental religion with these
guns II was necessary to bite off the end OF the
cartridge to allow the powder TO fan down. The
bullet was CREASED to make 1t pass through the
barrel with less friction. Now IT is part OF the
religion OF the Ilindoo never TO eat meat lie
would rather die than place the fesh OF any kind
o. an animal in his mouth TRen % Eaglishmen En-, were ere
impression that the English were forcing them into
contempt for the religion The news flashed up and
down the Ganges and like a lightning stroke the
i that version. but It's the truth o. the matter
When It comes TO contest between the East and
quantity and quality as represented by the East
You read now of Chinese outrages mission
aries and Armenian massacres They are nothing
the idea that a new religion is going to be fo!sted
upon them 1t may flare up all over the Orient
a. any time and II II does. nothing in the world
stop those peoples With the interchange OF
ideas the adoption OF methods and the intro
duction OF Western greed into the conservative
nations of the orient there is bound to a
action. The anti-foregn element II stronger there
than any other sentiment. The nations are not
emasculated. They don't want 10 be disturbed
but they have been sucked into the whirlpool OF
Eastern action. As every action is followed b.
reaction so 1t will come.
IAN eminent writer once said that II Caesars
conquest OF Gaul that made IL a great empire. SO
~ He carried into the ba rbarous country the
knowledge and civilization OF the Roman empire
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