The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-10
A Japanese Professor on Japan's
Demands.

DUnnotAobs
The Revisv OF Reviews publishes In its
October number a translation of the
substance OF an article which appeared
at Toxic In the last issue Of the Togo.
Tho article is interesting because 1t out
lines the terms Of peace on which japan
il successful Is declared likely to insist.
and 1t derives Importance from the fact
that the author is DR.. X. ToMIZU, pro-
lessor Of law in the Imperial University
Of Toxic and one Of the seven professors
who, before the outbreak OF the war,
strongly urged the Mikado' 8 Government
to protect Corea and Manohuria against
Russian aggression. Inasmuch a. Port
Arthur has not yet fallen and Gen.
KURoPATKIN still holds Mukden, 1t may
be thought that DR.. ToMIzU is counting
the chickens before they are Matched.
It is plain, however, that the extent OF
the demands which Japan is expected
by we'll informed persons to make,
should the outcome OF this years cam
paign prove highly favorable to her,
win materially affect her opponents
willingness to enter upon negotiations
for an early termination Of hostilities.
Prof. ToMIzU begins by pointing out
that the evacuation Of Manchuria will
be incomplete unless accompanied with
a announcement of the Eastern Chinese
Railway, the collective name of those
branches of the Trans-Siberia line which
run respectively to Port Arthur and
vladivostok. He recognizes the fact
that, ostensibly, this railway belongs to
Russian private corporation, and that,
according to the rule laid down by the
Hague peace conference, victor in war
Is obliged, at the close Of an interna-
tional conflict, to restore Q railroad, il
captured, to the hand Of its private
owner. The difficulty can be sur
mounted, he suggests, by the Russian
Government buying the railway of its
nominal owner and then oeding it to
Japan. He asserts that such an ar
rangement could easily be effected, for
the reason that the private ownership
of the road is only mask, it being no
torious that the real builder and operator
has been the Russian Government.
The evacuation Of Manohuria having
been perfected by cession OF the East
ern Chinese Railway, what is to be done
with the liberated region? Prof. To,
MIzU holds that administrative authority
throughout Manchuria must be restored
to the Chinese Government, inasmuch
as the preservation of the integrity of the
Celestial Empire is the main object
for which Japan has commended. To
enjoy, he says, in common with all the
nations OF the earth, the advantages de-
rivable from trade with the three Man.
ohurian provinces and from the de-
velopment Of their national resources
is Japan's ultimate aim, compared with
which the question of formal sovereignty
is insignificant. He thinks, however,
that, in order to draw outside capital
into The country Japan should guarantee
the maintenance OF peace and order by
the Chinese officials in Manchuria. This
is a suggestion that neutral Powers are
likely to view with suspicion, for it is
manifest that the proposed guarantee
would be likely in practice to amount
to control.
In Prof ToMIzU's opinion, another
indispensable condition Of peace Is the
oession TO Japan by Russia of the lease
which the latter secured from China Of
Port Arthur and Dalny. 1t is pointed
out that the acquisition OF these two
ports by Japan would be Of vital moment
TO the possessor OF the Eastern Chinese
Railway. IL Ii also evident, though the
professor does not say 50, that japan
would not wish to see Port Arthur 90
cupied as q naval station by any other
Power. Tbs retrooession Of ,saghalien
Ia pronounced necessary, for the reason
that the northern waters Of that island
furnish rich fishing grounds, II might