The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-03-11


s.1.1 Japan. England Is file nafiir
ally Of Japan and China.
FRANCE has close sympathy wi
Russia in these days. Russia has pla
ed an astute diplomatic game.
French, without any underlying inte
est to justify sympathy, have Yield
to Russia great deal Of it Of Sla1
Jealousy of Germany and jealousy
England have been an element in &
Russo-French rapprochement. But a1
er all, the alliance, If it may be call
such. is sentimental rather than y
rious. France has control of terrific
in Cochin China that Is undevelOpS
She may look to the acquisition Of tl
ritory from China along the Coch
Chinese border, but she does not ne
it for military or naval PURPOSES, al
the population there is not an easy d
to control. She is not a colonizing po
er in the ordinary sense. AS agail
the policy of sustaining the integrity
China and Of Japan, France may
said to be negligible quantity.
''The case may be different with q
many. The latter is an ambitious 4
ton as respects foreign markets d
territory. Her people are scatterf
themselves all over the face aof a
earth wherever trade is to be doney,q
taking d share in all opportunities. y
government has not been idle. It'll
shown extreme interest in Asia Min
it has acquired territory in central q
rica; it has seized point Of imme3
vantage on the coast of China.
"The object Of this seizure is not VI
understood. The bare facts are as
lows: After the, secret treaty betwl
China and Russia referred to abs
was made, but before knowledge oi
had become general, Germany set
Kiauchau. Two German missionaI
had been killed, and without walt.
for reparation she made her desc
upon that place. 1t so happens II
back of Kiauchau, in the province
| Shansi. is the finest coal and iron &
in the world. That field is GermaIE
objective point. With German sci
tific skill, commercial quality and ID
ital and Chinese cheap labor, what \
happen in the iron markets of the WI
when Germany enters upon this prs
ised land may be left. to the imagf
tion of the reader. Why talk is put
from Berlin about the yellow peril Il
be left to the judgment Of the real
What will that peril really be w
| Germany is In possession and has
veloped the mines Of Shansi?
1.-THE question whether Russia
Germany are silent allies, the objec
I each being territorial aggression at
| expense of China, cannot ansS
They were allied when they forced
+ pan to release the Manchurian litt
on the gulf Of Pechili after the On
Japan war. They may be still, N
complete understanding as to theiI|
spective spheres Of influence. yssls3l
sonable to suppose that they areI|
though It Is possibte Tint Rusel1
i feel that Germany has thrown
1 across Her march to the south H. f3H
/ proper. and II Ii possible that Germ
may feel that Russian progress
contain a threat against German
troll Of the coal and iron Of Shansl. y
situation is interesting and cle
4 enough indicates that not the iHts&
Of China, but the partition Of Gl
more or less, is involved In the pfai
Germany as well as in those OF Ha3
t "For China, for. Japan, for Eng
and for the United States, GET
purposes in Shansi are matterof&
sequence. If Russia succeeds iif3
churia, China proper might not by
fected greatly. MancFuria III 0t1t
territory, and the loss OF 1t iniettG
AFFECT China more than the LOSS ot'
state of Maine would affect the II
i Of our nation. But Shansi' lies betH
4 Peking, the seat Of governments II
the great body Of the population 81
empire. With Germany In contr0F
capital would have to be abandsl
and a new seat found for the goAj
ment. With Russia In Manchuria3
Germany in Shansi, the partiti1e
the empire would have been ESa
= and the old empire, helpless. would
. an easy victim of further aggresG
: In which France. ItclS and nosi
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