The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22
HOW JAPAN FIGURES.
Has Little to Lose and Much TO aa''
by a War.

washington. IAN. 19.-1nformatlof,
~ronveved to the state department fI,-
day through Japanese official challl,sii
no;nts directly to the conclusion tia
Ianan has determined to fight IoT he1
as to Manchuria and iNoIeil
unless the Russian government iiout'ie
Its present position. ~
No hope is held in admlnlstfalioii ~ ~
c,es that Russia will recede from the
stand taken in her last note, anu ""i IS
regarded as inevitable. .r.,
The state department is now 1ui1s
advised as to what Japan 1nSists ~
and what she intends to do II her oppo-
nent is obdurate. The efforts Inns
land, France and Germany 10 lhuus.
Japan not to engage in hcstilitles, VII
come to nothing.
May Benefit Japan.
This government has been adNlses
that japan feels that she can lose "
more, or very little more, as the resut
of an unsuccessful war With the c2ars
forces. than she would lose now n9
giving way to the Russian proposals
She believes, therefore, that a Val WI
do her no great harm, except IN a hnlll-
r;al way. and may do her an Immense
amount of good.
She holds that the integrity of Chi.
ma and Korea are worth fighting Tor
particularly as, according to her View
one Of them will pass into ltHSsias
possession and the annexation OF I'M
other by Russia be merely poslpches
by an acceptance of the present pan g
the cars government.
Japan intends to have a run tof hel
money at least" was the way the mat
ter was put yesterday by one VINO !:
familiar with Japan's position.
Russia May Be Strengthened.
From its st. Petersburg embassy th'
state department has reports entiiel3
at variance with the idea that wa |
at hand. From Paris and BeFfl, I
| heard that France and Germany wcfs
| preparing to induce Japan to give WAY
to Russia and thus avert q hiead3
struggle which might involve other Iii'
tons. 1t heard also from anothet
source that England was a party 10 tht
movement.
1t is known that the British govern
ment is terribly worried over the Ras'
sian-Japanese crisis and willing TO ttt
much to avert q clash, mainly for TIA
| reason that the outcome might ont!
strengthen Russia's position IN IN
| Orient to the detriment OF England
and might even involve Great Brit&i.
in a struggle with the ambitious Mus
coVite.
Washington Is Not Pleased.
The administration is not pleased, G
might have been supposed, With The us,
surances given to Secretary Hay b
| Count Cassini, the Russian ambassaGos
| on Monday, that the Russian author
| tiles would place nc obstacle in he Wa.
of the full enjoyment by the power
having treaties with China Of all tn
rights and privileges guaranteed l.,
such treaties in Manchuria."
This is taken as an assumption tina
| Russia is hereafter to be sovereign l.
| Manchuria. That idea is resented heg
on the ground that all the powers whtei
participated in the suppression OF lis
| Boxer uprising Of 1900 are pledged /
respect the territorial integrity OF Chi
ma. The United States government
| claims that it has a political as WEI u
a commercial interest in Manchulia
and should that province be annexed
by thetczar, a protest from WashingtG'
is likely to go to st. Petersburg.