The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-01

a WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. s1.-k
high state ot public feeling in Japan
over the complications OF the far east,
centering in China, is shown By the last
press advices received here from Japan.
That the government itself has an eve 4
to the gravity OF the question Is shown
by statement of the prime minister
made in the course Of a reply. TO a dele
CATION. He said: with affairs tending
to dangerous developments as is now (
the case in the east we shall not hesi-
tate to ask the diet for thirty millions.
or even 4o, 900 900 II necessary"
This was only short time before the
premier was forced TO resign. because Z
of the public feeling that the cabinet
was too weak to deal with the descent
OF the European powers upon China.
and the probable .dismemberment Of the Z
latter country Z.
The Jill Shimpo, the most influential
paper in Japan, contains scathing ar
raisnment OF Germany's course. declar-
Ing the occupation OF Kiao Chou shows
that the laws and tenets of!internation-
al morality have ceased to be anything
more than specious p:etense by Euro
ipean powers, and that the ruler by
which their, conduct is really regulated 4
IS. the flesh OF the weak Is. the food of
the strong s. - !,
!. After. declaring that Germany has
thrown of. the mask and has taken the /
lead OF western powers In 81 a greedy
struggle TO deyour5 China, the paper
adds as to the attitude of Japan. TheF
conflagratlonis is on the other side OF the
river, but, the river is a narrow one,
and the sparks may easily fly across
The lesson for Japan Is that q country;;s
security depends solely upon It's
strength to resist aggression. and that
aggression has come almost to her own
gates. 1t will not suffice that she
should be merely on the defenslve!ETc
preserve what one has already 1t Is {
sometimes necessary to add more. / Al
crisis in the orient now confronts Japan
uLlu ilGI tAA AasS eS|aS-fs
voted 10 guarding against the perils
that menace her. Z
The Nlchi Nlchi Shimbun takes &
similar view. declaring that it Is part
OF the plan OF encroachment OF Euro
pean nations upon the east. 1t adds:
Japan has the greatest Interest at
stake in these things, and the Japanese
foreign office should lose no time in OBJ
n nv n N1Aar
Of her purposes. t5s5s VS.
The Kokumin Shimbun says that :
Germany's action is a sequel to the (
three powers (Russia, Germany and
Franco interference with the Japa-S
nese holding Port Arthur. after having
taken that fortress, and that as these
powers are again in colluslon Japan
must diligently prepare herself for
emergency. & Il
The Nippon says the crisis calls for
4 resolute foreign policy by Japan, and
ayers that nothing tends to impair ans
tity more than tame submission to in
;sult and wrong The course of Germany
lis arratgned as fagrant violation of
international law. ri s5i " & ysjSs:;
q The Chuo Shimbun declares that the
time for the partition OF the Chinese
empire has arrived and adds: What
shall Japan do? Shall she join In the,
scramble for pieces Of the doomed state.
or shall she oppose Its partition? In
such crlsis-tha, like OF which has not
occurred since the restoration-the
portfolio OF foreign affairs is In the
hands OF a man in whom the nat!on has
no confidence" ~ f5,iEas tta
7 The Toxic :shlmpo takes the radical
position that It Ia Japan's duty to s0c-
cor China at this juncturc, on she.
ground that the hoasted civilization and 4
Christianity Of the western world Is
slowly trampling down right and justice
In It's descent upon The orient.
Aside from the excited discussion of
the problem in China. the Japanese
press Is mainly concerned In the coun-g
try's extensive naval and military de-
velopment. The expenditures on Ar
mainent expansion this scar. will de J
so6i5,79l yen, and next year GS,25o,o 900 4
yen. q