New-York tribune., 1898-10-17

OF the Pacific. therefore. We forcsee America as a
great maritime power. whose Crritorial ambitions
| Will not be limited by Hawaii or even by the
Philippines
THE EXPEDITING OF TRANSIT.
Many Of us now living may reasonably expect to
the completion Of the Trans Asatic Railway 70
| followed by the Nicaragua canal. ann from each
terminus VIII radate great lines of giant steam
Meanwhile the Traus-Andne Railway VIII have
American railroad system Will have been carried
northward To Alaska and southward through
cycle Of Cathay will be worth vastly more than
fifty years Of Europe. Even now the sea-oorne
commerce Of the Pacific excoeds tl.c",oD" per
th@ t~'sn;ieth century viii SOC It ioubled
we nave hardly yet grasped tho Importance Of tie
Trans-Siberan Railway IN the aeve.opmen, q the
average Briton. Poking il dlmly pictured as prob
sbiy the remotcri city On tae globe A. present by
the fastest methods of conveyance. II takes i've
weeks to go from London TO the capital Of China.
But Mr.. Moreing pointed ont IN the September
number Of this Review. by the railway one VII
he able TO from London 10 Peking In seventeen
days and tc Shanghai IN twenty days. re ono
will be brought as near to MS as BGmoay sne ONE,
multiply trade. 10 create new trade. and TO stimu-
late social evolution. In her national senil'ty
China seems to have lost the natural forces that
make for regeneration Her conversion Will haNs
to fro N without, and the Oldest empire In ere IRE
world can only be saved ny being DESTROYED. ere
has four hundred millions Of people VINO Know non;
ing OF that mysterious tmnS cailed Presus, @
which W. are every now ana again @ r2io w w @ ars
losing: who care nothing for treaties. VINO are un-
able to distinguish one European rom ahotner e , who
are naturally and nationally adopts in industrial
and commercial pGrsuis ana e1tiS ~nI them @ or from
their long sleep Yet Il is two hundred years zinc.
the wicket Of British trade was opened on me
Canton River Two hundred years and we arc
still striving tc open the door; This long delay
cnsveness our own intercourse with China has
been filed With sins Of omission and commissi9n' oy
Creet Missionaries by rapacious and inscriptions
traders. by non-compromising and tactiess po.Icai
in the development Of the Pacific IS In the mean
time. conditioned on the one side ny tne tes,ess
bilious restlessness Of France But one Gay sne
will cease TO be an instrument and VIII become an
Probably no one is more familiar with the CON-
mercial aspects OF the ians,SSS aFby sa"s ebop.
The surface Of this vast region lying mainly be;
painstakng and capable agriculurists on the so5s
or three in rotation during the year, totsed 3,, 3n
crowded towns and villages of the basin. Thus ws
have opium and wheat so%n VI m gnG s
August; maize and The tall met sown N NJ Nay III nr
ent tobacco indigo with the sweet potato and tHe
taro also cotton. may ne al 10 me ls., ~
stratum Of It's thick population are clai IN ~.
grown and woven In the province, "hich aIso ye.ri
70 Frame Tne celebrated inject wax is prodlct
OF Szechuan. and Of Szechuan alone Coal ana - iron
fpout,1 b@ t"le fuel of the natiyes Petrolenm accom-
panied 10y natural gas ~hien IS y io' roe q, the
mm@nad fhronehont china for is productive brine
wells which have supplied the province WIN @ san
for two thousand year. past. besi.es sclppt!.aSs
~ selfsuficent and We have mere province 22o
SQUARE miles in extent. inhabited by some toIty
millions or ify millions of INDUSTRIOUS n'e"'seh'
and mostly prosperous people. . IL. 81.
And to this promising emporium Of trade ,df1 mo
Besides Szochuan The Yangtse traverse or , Serves
the large and popuoas prGTlnees OF '1tP P,s r6gghiy
speakne the main highway o. an area o SIX SIX oa nCn
dred thousand SQUARE miles nlaDutu nlaDi, S oS a. ,hs
naturally industrious and commerclal prope .ii III ~.
Eastern Hemisphere. II not in the whole WorLl, W,
And the fangTf Coming NewYork Of the Far
Fast"-whose foreign trade even at present eNces''
f5.N0 Ooo per annum
THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF JAPAN
With what is called the new birth o. Japan -. :
new era opened in the Pacac-a ne" factor tact,a ap,
peared in the wor l.problem II The reyou',SSs ,Ss
which began some thirty years ago Nj ,ion,Ss
result OF contact with European c.Vll]au,o" @ @ r,ss
l. To say Of purely external infiuencesmWr .s !,
this new Power in the East But IL was as n'S b.v.
However large part foreign contact ni1lmyy,s,ins nlmy
the art 81 naturally miine'ic people 'hs 'a ,a",
the change lay deeper Sne -. j, ~, r,,ber
amon oons m" modern nations Of the West than among
,he ancient relies Of the Orient Inc Ft's' 49,. I,
trial tra ~ oiitcal ideal created by me uprising o'
democracy Now. this is view ~ Japan ,n', 30
i much ,bat NOR cnmmony entertained in the Wes,
The growth Of Japan Is natural ah1 n ,bo ty;urs
H. non nat ' japan win break down con.t,'t
tona Power. WITH rlghi 10 ionson may
nroceed AZ greater pace than her p3li'iEca Eats.
velopment. In that case sne WI, l" S,aN.o In,
Wr Tokiwo Jokoi has no fear of this tie y issi cSai
fient that before another generation M ~ se,,ied
away Japan will be as firmly ana nal r,a~,e or
under Constitutional government as either fta''
Germany is to-day.
THE CABLE AND ANGIo-AMERl'AN AMI
IN considering the future of the Pacific me 'u,,,
ject OF anle qn conn nkcd teceraphcay vita or
E,stern enplre by four lines OF wire-lD VIA Lsi Liiy
Egypt ,@g agd the nn' RED W Sea c via Germany TuTEs
Russia and the Pacific Coast. tl wa -" ,erorr-
fnendation OF the seborne coner'psc .,G % has no;
favor OF an al-Brtsh cable 10 nc facln Gu 80" esson
hecn acted on. mainly perhaps owlhE 10 ,i.,ssions
that has never been mentioned in pnnlc ,yrapas
Of the matter which Is that dhe "a' ,cc,nr Inks
ia,,."ar ,,,e two ocean cables. are 'onVo..,. 9,
netwrsm netws ~ 'i.n,,Sd states telegraph combination
powerful nv" ,,r ro exists a telegraphr connection
hnt1een "sS west and East via North Amtrl' ~e ro
De All, -, ID no regarded as immune from attack a
lines of war we might have very serlonS ,I Ines
,ons ~ h n nresent circumstances any mope moso
adah,e ar tor imperial purposes than is ne hgo,i
Slo Sloeram has said that II Is Suicidal for us 20 a
pend? II MAJ. however no aIsnrn ,b ma, all Brl,sh
f,ct OF this American impact unoh ,a VI" .iyes the
~ ~, ,mnsrlal intercommunlcaton enpnasitle, W
,,ecess,ty for an Anglo-American p"H "l rro ,or-
rrt.an,ha,lain calls "permanent amity ~ ,oss
nis,dne line. of telegraph with the Fast aal I'm.
tro,,yL ,he dominlons of several for'lsh sat.
Ihinus" . The enmity of of these gonsi hrIe.
Void sever two o more ~ thc'e in's -" ., any
w ~ ROD Sea would be n the mercy y. o.,,s
III ~ m,,'gnrert In fact In the event ~ Wat NNr,e'v
Iuropsan maritime Power We wohIi ~ -, theI
Ilna,1g.nt on the very precarous INK Iisto,cr,
|ane which might be broken AT many ..,s,t 4,
noints Russia makes no secret of IN" ", ,.o,ld y.
~. a,ort of n war with ny her rrst TASK W. t,ia
~. Wv on, on all our wire communication WI bad
and Australia and Il is known that hi'' shor,
"aad,. cabie-cutting ships to dspatch ~" ~,
,,o,tce There seems li;te room % doun, pacl-.
III ,ali in the great depths or the open xis,.
caoI. ifI' - less onsn To attack than any ers,
ing or perhaps any possible alt@rnruNe IN, ,s M.
ti,,lc rerection viii show that, desirsn,r am.,r.
~ ~ 'pr,,ish bond q, wire by wav of Norh n,s.-
nd ,hr Pac,nc It's value VII depend or thr hr.Di,sd
"r tion ~ ''permanent amtv" Win we, ,ha-.-
s,o,cs We cannot Vet count on mat enu .or.