The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-09
1.-THE NEW WEST"
OF THE FAR EAST
Scholarly Address of Rev. Doremus Scudder
on the Japanese-Russian
Situation.

action and backed by France and Ger
many demanded that all claim to the
Chinese mainland be surrendered
within fprty-eight hours. Japan
turned TO Britain, but without re-
Spouse. The United States were still
in the leading strings of Washingtons
Farewell. The nation was wild to
I fight but Marquis Ito held her back
and with actual tears the territory won
so fairly was handed back to China for
a mere pittance of 80 million taels.
Since that day the Japanese nation
i has lived but to retrieve her violated
national honor. She has not thirsted
for Manchurian territory for it is by no
means certain that this would not
prove a white elephant for her. Two
courses We're open, diplomacy and war.
! She deliberately chose the former,
I though she set about preparing for the
| latter if by any chance it should be
forced upon her. This is the keynote
of the nations policy for the past nine
years. Japan has not waited war.
Nor has she resorted to it until the re-
| sources of diplomacy have been COM
pletely exhausted.
RUsSIA'S SINUOUs COURSE.
Meantime, what of Russia? The STD
! ry is one of intense interest to stu
dents of International politics. Her
scheme of expansion has demanded
both ManclLuria and Korea. How to
get them without Anglo-Japanese op-
position and at the same time without
forfeiting the respect of the world and
especially the good opinion of the Uni
ted States has been her problem. Her
diplomacy has been exquisite in its
sinuousness and finesse. Up to 1898 it
was the fashion to praise the straight
forwardness of her representations.
The world does not talk that way to-
day. She has become ''perfidious
Carthage" to all nations, for even that
colossal liar Napoleon could not beat
her barefaced record since 1895. Trace
briefly the story.
When Japan yielded Lao Tong to |
China she was about to secure a pledge !
from her to open Mukden and Taku- |
shan to the trade of the world and not |
to cede Manchuria to any other power. |
Russia objected to this as a covert in |
situation as to her motives and France !
kindly advised the Japanese not to /
push this point for fear of woundfng |
the feelings of the Great Bear. The
appeal to courtesy Cat the mouth of the
cannon) was enough for the politest !
nation on earth. With a bow she ac-
quiesced France now came forward !
to help poor. PROSTATE China with the
offer to float for her two loans and |
Russia with equal generosity promised
to see France through by guaranteeing
them. Somehow in the fall of '95 It
became rumored that the usual string
was attached to the Cars munificence
in the shape of Port Arthur. 1t is
cfr hnr 7
long before Russia makes a move I
They serve two purposes-give the
Bear chance to deny them and oper-
ate as therapeutic suggestion to the
rest of the world. When the rumor
becomes fact it has been talked into
ancient history and stirs no ones blood.
OF course the Cars ministers denied
the report with holy horror. However !
some weeks later it leaked out that
China had testified her gratitude to
Russia for her services by granting ;
her permission to run her Siberian rail- Z
way across Manchuria to Vladivo ..D's ,
with an innocent branch to some zee ,
free harbor, presumably Port Arthur.
The British Lion roared and the Bear :
murmured that the har- {
Dor was not to be Port Arthur at all.
but only some place near the mouth of !
L
SO. BY the end of the year the real
treaty was published. 1t secured to >
Russia the right to run her railway
across Manchuria to Kirin and Vladi-
yostok with second line from the lat =
ter point to Port Arthur, and to keep ;
as many troops along the road as 7
might be necessary to protect the sta ),
TONS The handful of guards looked :,
innocent enough when backed by the :
ak of the savage Manchurian robbers =
II whom the world has heard so much
since 1900. Incidentally Russia was :,
also to fortify Port Arthur and Talien-
wan now better known as Dalny, 9
merely as a matter of protection to :
China; of course if there were need =
Russia might use Port Arthur as 9
strategic base in war time. This was =
,nIy Just in return for the protection
guaranteed by two fortified harbors
furnished China without cost. There E
vas a little addendum leasing Russia .
he bay of Kiaochow with China's
promise never to cede any of the places a
O greedy world powers. The Car re-
trained from pushing the Kiaochow =
,art of this agreement-Benevolen :
Russia!
HOW MIR. HAY CAME IN.
IT took the world some time to get
,sed to the thought of this treaty, so
he Bear kept quiet and did nothing
or wear. When Germany, however.
n November of 1897 thrashed China for
numbering two of her missionaries by
eizine Kiaochow. Russia soon moved
Ter fleet to Port Arthur. Again the
British Lion showed signs of restive-
less, and Russia Gained the situation
" the assurance that her ships only
Intended wintering there. Early in
SOS she showed her hand in Korea
.fr. ]. L. Brown. an Englishman IN
,ontrol of Korean finances. was dis
harged, and the inevitable rumor fol-
owed. The post was to go to a Rus