The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-09
Then Tackle England, is the
Intention of Russia.
Such Is Statement Of Lattor'a
Representative.


editor Of the st. Petersburg Viedo-
most, gentleman of the bedchamber
at the court Of the Gar, and conf
Dental friend of the latter. Our es-
teemed contemporary, The Independ-
ent, with its usual enterprise, has Sc
cured an expression of opinion from
the prince, on the Russo-Japanese war
"a subject, adds The Independent, on
which his long service in the Far East
especially qualities him to speak.
We append his exceedingly candid
and confident statement:
Russia will most assuredly crush
Japan, and I look to see her take a
large slice of China to pay the ex-
penses of the war, because it will be
impossible for the Chinese generals to
restrain their troops. They will COM
NIT actual hostilities against the Rus
SLAMS, with the result of bringing on
a war between Russia and China, or
at least such conflicts caused by Chi
nese aggression as will entitle Russia
to very substantial compensation from
the Chinese.
When the situation in the Far East
has been cleared up by means of ulti-
mate Russian victory, which is inevi-
table, there will come a reckoning
with England, who is undoubtedly re-
sponsible for the japanese attack upon
us. England would now like to have
better relations with Russia. She de-
sires to come upon the scene smiling
and philanthropic, blandly advising
peace and holding out her hand to
share with us the spoils Of victory. But
it is now too late. We recognize her
as our old enemy, who has ever stood
in the path of Russian development,
who has by various means held us back
from the sea, has constantly, by means
of her publications and her machinery
for disseminating news, fostered pre-
JUDGES against us throughout the en-
tire civilized world. This last attack
on us is only one of a hundred scores
that we have against England, and
when our war with Japan is ended it
will be not only possible, but also
necessary, that we then proceed with
the long contemplated expedition to
India.
We must crush Japan. We must
disarm her, because she is menace
to the peace of Asia, a disturber who
is an enemy of civilization, and we
must also drive England out of India.
for then only can there be a perma-
nent peace. Russia will then be with
out a rival throughout all Asia, and
the White Car will reign everywhere
from sea to sea.
Save the sinking of few warships
and the defeat Of Russian troops in
one battle, where three thousand men
were killed, the Japanese have practi-
cally accomplished nothing, while at
the same time their losses in killed
and wounded have been as great as
ours and some of their ships have been
sunk
Our early disasters are partly due to
the negligent good nature of Russia
in her dealing with Japan. 1t is true
that at the close Of the war between
China and Japan, Russia interposed to
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to Japan's loss. At the time when
Russia interposed Japan had already
secured all the glory and emolumcnt
which could be gained, and it was Rus,
sia which aided China to pay a war in
demnity of $400,0OO,OOO. BY reason of
this immense payment Japan was able
to equip her great fleet, and later this
powerful weapon was turned against
us, who gave it to the Japanese. 1t
was a mistake in our diplomacy to al.
low Japan to become so powerful, and
the rectiiication of this error will cost
us a deal of trouble. Nevertheless it
will be rectilied and Japan's power fol
evil will be forever broken.
England, France and. believe. even
America, i'll Russia's place, would long
since have taken an opportunity to at
tack and disarm Japan in the interest
Of their own safety, but Russia fol
the past twenty-five years has been al
peace, and all her statesmen have
striven for peace. and her preachers
have preached peace, so that the peo
pie grew to believe that peace would
last forever. Meanwhile we We're busy
growing and extending. as we have
been growing and extending ever since
the seventeenth century. We marked
the japanese and understood theil
qualities, but our size and power gave
us such an immense feeling of security
that we did not think it necessary tt
weaken or disarm them, while the be
lief that they would attack us never
dawned.
1t is only of recent years, compare
lively speaking, that we have been c
neighbor of Japan, by reason of havin.
come to the Pacific coast, for though
Siberia has long been ours and though
we even projected our interests acros.
the Pacific to Alaska, yet nevertheless
we had little contact with the Japa
nese, by reason Of the fact that vas
and almost unpeopled waste lay be