The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-12
DEEP ASH TIC POLICY.

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hibited in the present war in ASIA
The diplomatic policy of Great Britain
is very deep and far reaching. With
the United States and other advanced
nations Great Britain favors the in
: tegrity of China and the open door
lin Manchuria. But its main objective
lpoint is the maintenance of its Indian
Empire. which has been threatened by
Russia. Afghanistan is the central
point of Muscovite and British opera
tons that bear directly upon this
question.
After Russia had virtually nulllhed
the material advantages of the Japan
csc victory over China. and had sown
the seed that is now bearing it's fruit
Great Britain made a treaty with ia
pan. obviously directed against Rus
sian aggression in Manchuria, with an
/ eve to ultimate designs upon Korea.
That treaty, however, threw the onus
| of the initiative upon Japan, and de-
manded no material aid from Great
Britain. unless Russia should form an
alliance. in case of war, that rendered
it essential that the fighting power of
japan should be augmented. This
treaty was followed by the recently
ratified treaties between China and the
United States and between China and
Japan, which concentrate the policy of
the Western Powers upon the "open
door, and. in connection with other
treaties, and especially the favored
nation" clause, throw the influence OF
modern civilization against Russian
expansion and monopoly.
The beginning of the end of this
latest chapter in the history of world
movements appears to be in sight.
Doubtless there is a perfect under
obliga tions, between the British and
the Japanese governments, while the
moral power of Uncle Sam, with which
his material interests correspond, is
mercial freedom and enlightenment in i
Asiatic territory-unquestio rep
resented in the present conflict by the ,
Japanese Empire. The chief element
of Importance, however, in the pres /
emit aspect of the international game Of
chess, is the success, temporary or per-
of British diplomacy. 1t is
that the immediate victories
If Japan, which were anticipa ted in the
columns of the Advertiser, will settle
he final issue of the war, although
hey have a strong tendency in that
Erection. But there can be no doubt
hat the attention of the world is now l
onverged on the military and naval
perations in the extreme East or the I
West, as Korea and Manchu- c
la may be considered. The Macedo- i
lian strain is at least checked, and E
Turkey remains the buffer state in
Europe. The situation in Afghanistan Y
5 relieved and the British are Selling I
n opportunity in Tibet. Russia, af- r
eeted by internal troubles, far more a
nomentous than the telegraph has f
cen permitted to describe, is COM
elled, far from her base and with her
iberfan railroad already cut, to face
he only organized Asiatic nation that t
as been incorporated into American T
nd European progress. The signs are c
minous for Russia, and it looks as if c
american and British ideas, virtually F
apresented by Japan, would prevail. e
II the powers will proclaim neutrality, a
ut general sympathy is against the Y
Luscovite and it viii not be turned by o
ny appeal to the false sentimentality e
the past. i
The last move by Great Britain on g
ne international chess board, in its Y
anne with the Northern Bear, may '
ossibly not be checkmate, but it is t
near to that conclusion. t
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