Arizona republican., 1904-06-17
If Russia Should Win.

dispatch from St. Petersburg a day or two ago was of a nature to contra dict the numerous statements which have been made from time to time te the effect that the czar was anxious to end the war at the first opportunity, after a decisive Russian victory oR land, for instance-he would afford Japan a chance to make peace The later dispatch affirms that it is his in- tention to pursue the war until Japan Is crushed, and that he has determin- ed to sacrifice the lives of a million of his soldiers if that awful sacrifice shall be necessary. And, the pity of it is that this is more likely to be the Rus sian policy. Nicholas has five millto& soldiers, and an endless amount of raw material to draw upoa fer nae.e ssl dierss and huSaaa hfe is he1a eheasly In Russia. Knowing, as he does. that the prestige .ef Russia Is at szahs throughout Asia, the czar is nst likely to permit tile fall Of Pext Arthur aE& the defeat or even aAnihilatien 0S Kur- opatkip's first army to swerva hiRa from his purpose to defeat Japan by the process of attrittoA. PrecaricAs as the Trans Siberian railroad may be as means for transporting aR adequate number of soldiers to the front, it is probable that nothing hat a series of crushing defeats will lead Russia to ask for peace.
 That it is Posssihae Ger Fslassaa ae wir. eventually, cannot be daHbtea at thAs stage of the war, natwiths4an.aisay ths brilliant victories w@R by gaRaa thss faF.. What if Russia does wime
 The eoRseaaeAees to Rsw fFo4M a Rws- i sian triumph are understood ia the United States and England sufficiently well to make public sentiment ever whelHiRgly on the side of Japan. hsst the logical results of a defeat of Japan have been more clearly set down by the New York Sun than by aay ether authority. Says that paper:
 After the tremendous drain of RlSs- sia' s resources, fiscal, military and nay al. which would be inevitable f< JapaM Is coRaueEable enly by exhaustion. it Is Ret -tS be expected that the fOr1aey power would be forth with in a position te reap an the fraits ef victory. A de- cade or two, sbSu htLess would be re. qlIired fsv FecEpeFatiaa and reaeaRiza tioA. IL is plaiR, ksweye, tSeet from thas moment Russia sAoHl4 be ah4e tS jHn- pose haAAslbatilaS teeRs of PeacA, where by her JaPaHsae opponent s&ouIa h, daaaEaed forever ts iasWlar iao%at tisa. the prestige s$ the SASNaSSpSS wcaaA be Rot eAlY sestSRSa. bGt iSaEaeasurabfw em- haneeaf. To the moral influence xhich, theAesfOrth, she wsAA exercise, RoA only all Sxsv Asia, bNt tkrowgheSt oatihestal EVFoFe vest Sf the vlstu%a. there would be scarcely any koMnds. such was tASe e;seet of her ultimate txb- unph @TeT Na3al0on. although, in the 'I1eantims. sAe had keen beaten at Aus teEiitz Rrie@@ana and GyIaa, and had witnessed the capture ef Moscow. heT ancient caR&$al.
 TAeRe esM qfe. we think. no SeaR4 taaae the s~ehtua1, thoHgh perhaps &is- tant, conss%qenoe of tAe definite can eellstioA S< Japan, considered as a fsA~ tor ia the &estiRK oF tke AsiatSc Issa4a- land. would Dc the HeeSs4SlzsaMee eg Russia sFofa the &evant to the Yellow sea and from the Arctic sDcean ts tie Bay of Bengal. At Pekin, at 2,hassa, ct Cabul, at Tu&eraA aAa at CoEstan4k- Repls IesFa4 &sceRseAeY weuA preceas and pave ,t&pe gay GeE advancing aFEa- les. As w0.s e2eaPliRea ia the aSAaz- Ing careers of geRghiz Khan and Tasaa- eriane, naNhihg sssece@as ia Asia Hla success; irresistible Is the spen which Is exercised by military pVS~eSs 0a ths Asiatic iIRagaaathe%, Nor has tAeve ever been E'&roSeah power Sa ~elk fitted to cOnetAate aSed retain Asiatss. subjects. AHtsacEaex is the o~iy fo~sa of government G&tch tAe @TieMtal sEa4a& can comprehend. MOSsSYeF, ts.e MWs- covite bureaucracy habltuaHF eviaees toward snbjugatea aIies He0pbes Se3Y little, if any, of the @ggTavating prfae of race or caste. EEe @cte, Anallg, that long experience has taught BuadhAsts and Moslems alike t&at their religions will be uTlmoiesteA hSssseatA thse F~le Sf the white czaT.
 "In cntral and western Europe aAeFe Is Rot one sincere and NaFsAghte2 fFtemae Of free institutions whe &Sas Rot Se- yeutly hope that Russia naay Se bes&teR by Japan. The absolHtist teEs2e&eies S& the Emperor William II. and the R9e-