New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-09
THE CONFLICT IN THE EAST
xrsE VIEWS OF RUSSIAN "CoNChs
u,ovs" IN CHINA AND CoREA-

o.~.o,a, CORRESPONDENT of The Trbuneo
fFron @H Toxic July ~.
Y,,onese friend. a friend and follower
,,,rouis Ito remarked TO me 'he 0''
trg with some perturbation: .,rio,,s
81 Rad Yesterday news Of a rather
= Our alliance with England appe"
- '. brought Russia and France to eA'e"u 49,
- of their own alliance to TINS par %
I'D We daily expect an cfhclal
10 this effect -,+ had
~ - IL asked him if his government hau
.,,e- supposed the Franco-Russiah d'l'-- ~
60 onlv for Europe. 1t is not your nv
lhe"''' ,,,n-,oe II was your with Chiha'
80. hos shifted the political axis SO 'n@' -
RS turned especially upon CHINA 10
" - IN mediate over my Worus' "
:. -,de in japan not TO do So ana 'iiei'
he replied $1,000, ~ moaning
=. cay, not that China had not oeei'
.,;.b,n the scope of their alliance pu' -
,,-o,-isions have been added TO tii"' N0
nant ,. of.ar Won had
.1.-o had always expected that aI'eI '
e,o,en at those powers, they "ouiu IA
e. ,olite words There are cases "Hei "
.,s IN he afraid. or TO haNe-"i'' -,
. the same-the look of it But 'ie> q u,
- .,o,nteraction must evidently rene" "
theI -. Co. the maintenance of the sta
host
tins quo and of peace. anu 'iiei
,.atn anv threat. Could II!
=. o,,a,Iv But if the new provisions
-. 5naI alliance haze In Vle"' I"F "
% o,,+braat,s in China Cianchurlan eApe
80 calls forth this expectation' VIM" -,
,,,a-,ea their cooperative armed lH'O
II could imply a threat CT article of
Pint that is precisely what tne Id
rour own treaty provides 1or' .,so-a+e
o,d the addition was inconsiuei ''e
-,,,o,,oe 10 c,rcurnscribed TO the conIllieeH0S
- a,grass,on from another power "ou'u nc"
x,e1,ad its conservative and oelehsINe
"a would have left the door open 10 .Ne -.
@.i1 instead of being the death kneii-o'
the international concert TOT inc -.4o,,.y
,,,aenc,- Pray. give me credit for lnla' &C. :.
oa,,ror denv the serious likelihood Oh
;.a+,o- because you know how Chinese III
..o,s NAV opportunely hSsppei''
= o-ao,-er because an official notihcauoh Vi
- nv similar reservations to the genera
-.,ctr,1es which they proclaim IN uIllsoh W.
s would be placing face 10 face IN pa'''e "
rav the two dual alliances
A.. ,-;and Iand i may add without indlsere
-ior MARQUIS Ito's(. after some further feiisl n
ebout Manchuria and Yun-nan ana h"ie "
that is TO say, about Russia ana fraiiee' any
-, be had stated how happy he and all his
aS-111p
,on WaIdersee. the estrangement had ceased to-
ward Germany, to whom they were indebted
en- many benefits proceeded to say:
.r really am unbiased. With few friends
Z, the House of Peers not caught by the
enthusiasm epidemic. 1 do not know IL we
ought not to have preferred partaking OF the
tuice instead of keeping watch in oroer
that the mandarin orange should rot on the Tree
China is SO great; there is place for everybody
am doubtful If the of civilization is on
our side In England's plethoric condition the
conservative negative policy in China has an
object IL has not with We have TO guard
on her behalf that of which We do not partake.
really do not know If our industrial and com
snercial development-as Ito calls It's going
20 reap the prodigious benefits which antici-
pated. Let US hope. at the least, Count Matsu-
kata, with Mr.. Megata, Of the Finance Depart
Inent and MI Fukai, of the Bank of Japan. in
their visit to Europe via America, may find
in our ally's pocket the loan sorely need"
And Corea?"
"Ah! That's the question: he said. Elected
from the Liao-Tung Peninsula. could not help
being elected from Corea-'
But the convention signed April %. 1898.
between Baron Nishi your Minister for For
eign Affairs and Baron Rosen. the Russian
Minister provides in its last clause that, in view
OF the large development Of Japanese CONNER
cal and Industrial enterprises in Corea, as well
as in view of the considerable number Of Japan
csc subjects residing in that country, the gov
ernment Of Russia will never interfere with the
development of commercial and industrial rela-
tions between Japan and Corea. Now. in
Asiatic countries-with the exception Of Euro
pean Japan-the preponderance of commercial
and industrial interests always implies a cor
responding preponderance of political influence.
and, in fact, of supremacy. Moreover, in the
same diplomatic instrument Russia disowns
any territorial designs in Corea. do not see'
Therefore, any ground for your fears
Oh that Nishi, He did not suspect Russia s
OBJECT. which TO lull us because her plans
were not ready, and he signed another Ii Hung
Chang-Ito convention at Tien-Tsn another OF
those frebrands, And what did Russia do that
same year, q few months later? She sent to
Seoul as her representative Mr. Pavlof, the
man whose genius for intrigue Count Cassini
had discovered and who had earned his laureis
in Picking by means OF his INSCRIPTIONS deal
ings; the type Of those Muscovite officials Rus
STA calls her 'pioneers-thrown out and left to
their devices-to be disowned if they fail or IL
he government has to fall back, never sent ex-
cept where and when violation of rights and
outrage have 10 be committed. II would be de-
tanning you too long to enumerate all his feats'
unto the last of the telegraph and his con-
sequent boycotting Of the COrean Government
IN word, the object Of his mission has been
10 nulify the convention. Are you aware OF
one Of his greatest achievements? On March
q" 1900. he signed with Corea a convention
which provides that the Corean Government
snail not az any time lease TO any foreign State
or company, Individual. either the island oil
hoJe or any part Of the opposite shore. or any
part Of the coast thence TO Chemulpo. or any
OF the adjacent Islands He has thus. improved