The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-02-10
WHAT THE
WAR is ABOUT
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ALL from historical point view by China Japan
Of Port Arthur Taenhwan the adjacent islands and large strip Of
territory running Manchuria
This last indemnity which Japan eNaced from her defeated foe
Wod nave Deen the foundation Tor japanese expansion throughout
Manchura and the final absorption Korea by the Island Empire Had
pan been permitted retain te real and only substantial fruit
OF her vcohe would Immediately have become hrcass power
But important sovereignty would extend
ed ultimately all Manchua and the sparse settled portions OF
this would have given Mkados Empire
tory where her surplus population could have planted Japan
limited and her population is increasing rapidly that has become
physical necessity find the far-reachng Importance of
churia coded Japan by China already ky peoped; but the
provinces further north and these would have fallen the
aggressive little England of the
Therefore the ceon of the southern part OF Manchura Japan
was hailed with enthusiastic delight by the Mkado subjects Me
chants farmers aborers felt that victory that affected them
directly Even coolies had personal interest in this triumph OF Jap
anese and craftsmanship
The familiar with the story election Japan
this newwon territory by the Triple Alliance Briefly summarized
ed the Mado that the permanent occupation by Japan of territory
on the Asac mainland standing to the Of Asia
and OF TIE world These Powers therefore requested Japan give
the territory she China request merely
polite showing Mkado the wisdom such
In reality demand which ships and soldiers
Knowing this the Japanese Emperor Withdrew from Manchuria
crp giving southern Mancua back China issued days
after the ratification of the between Japan and China by which
this very territory ceded Nkado by the Pekn Emperor
The Japanese people angered the point of fury These
words but the facts justify them 1t probable that the
Japanese have been wrought such frenzy their
whole history they by this wrestling from them of the reward
Of their victory China The hatred of the French people for the
Germans hen Asace and Lorraine taken from France not
greater than the bitter indignation OF the Japanese when southern Man
cluria taken from them.
For this Japanese and the Japanese people blamed Rus
Thus began the anagonm OF the Powers face to face
in the Far East This hostility increased when Russia leased
Port Arthur and Iaenwan from China together with the strip OF ter
to surrounding them for strategic points the
whole territory which Japan had from China and from which she
by Triple Alliance Russia
Even before Russia leased Port Arthur and Ianhwan the
which she secured from China extend her Siberian railway
Manchura added TO the excitement of the japanese.
The entire at length and detail article pub
shed The Saturday Evening Post the writer's from Man
chura in the autumn OF 1901 but this brief summary necessary that
reader may Immediately the
basis of the present trouble in the Far East.
That Russia does intend withdraw from Manchura pema
neny least be conceded That the history Rus
advance and the geographical location Korea make probable
that the Gar will ultimately extend his influence and indeed in the end
his tangible power Korea plain all students of geography
and That Japan intends be the dominant in Korea
and hay TO occupy PhSa SHOWN by the Woe course OF Jap
craftsmanship for the last decade and is demonstrated by the
planting Japanese colonies various places Korean soil That
Japan considers pedomnance Korea permanent and
ever-ncreang very existence known all who
familiar with the opinions of Japanese statesmen and the thought of the
Japanese people And that should Russia permanently Man
extend her dominion Korea Japan will be reduced
the Powers Of the world questioned by student Of
the Far Eastern situation
ton time And the complications do appear the
immediate conflict They instructive how
diplomacy the Far
circumstance that has occurred Russia formed the Triple Alliance
and drove Japan from the Asaic mainland
eighth had been fixed day which Russia
evacuate Manchua By evacuation that
Talenhwan of the
territory which she had leased that should Withdraw sixty
thousand railway guards from anchura ITSELF but that
her military occupation Manchua should end and that further
steps should be taken looking her retention of this great
dominion which constitutes the northern portion the Chinese Empire
October eighth and but Russia did Var
given The world informed
in Nanchua adamost mpassabe and undoubtedly this
true said that there had been of those depeda,
tons by the Manchuan bandt which Russia had been vigorously
suppressng since and that the disturbed condition ManChura
required Muscovite power remain there a little longer
! This, too, may be, and very probably is,
But the days passed Russia did Japan
camorous Thereupon the world suddenly
had been quietly gathering the greater effective
her navy into the disturbed The world that
the Gar had accumulated the very possible