The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-30

Z little book Just handed to Il the public BY
=, - Lawrence. lecturer on Internal lay
s :. The fosss
and Japan. but rather e discussion q ti' rs,
principles OF neutralit B, \, ], m s,srx
reader ot newspa !s now asknE i, himself
yysa Japan Justified H BEGINNING w o'
the Russian fleet The lght of ebruary
IS ) Has Russia the right e search neutral r
ls1i i What is contrnband Of war =. " hat are
the rights OF belligerenss and neutra rails re-
"a s Are Goals, provisions and cotton contra
band Of war 70 .
b. Are 0mail steamers prtvl eyed 8sS
sInents with regard to trade n shl ps z
at large Is Interested They affect the United
States because s country ct Z, d s
( one 4 steamer loaded with provisions hippsd
from Chicago TO the "a !, FL, G l
products-wouid bring the question home %
every citizen OF the United States. VA
How the Quarrel Began.
IN 4 answering the first question professor
the dpanatiSS
warTtoE free from Chinese .lon,ination5
d Gst and Illuminated, Japan was e los.
sessioniot Port rthur and the e tire Lao
3Tung Peninsula. 81, q,
Thereupon lRussIa took Port Arthur for her
that day forward Japan began t. PRE- gE
~ Rqa, YInr oW Spotihb
principle that SKorea's Independence should
intrlnged Or !, msn ace "
81 Russia Il declined to accept the VI princlptc,
and in 1900 occupied the. whole of Manehuria
ATTEMPTED 4 10 seize "a naval station al Ma.
sanpo Failing she secured Immense s G 81
Il tnher me u ss
cessions claimed the right to construct raii--
ways and .tolegraphs and to build for y
Japan F forced Into War. 353
saaS es tso Rossan
lower Yalu was marked down for =. s se,
Element and exper!enee shows that
settlement means much the same t''ils ~
and IN 1893 opened nSS 10
a satisfactory a a reement These. tneEotiatlans
failed Russia would make no onces y rI,n
saa Sts5t,s Admg
Japan took the ALARM. broke on dlpiomate
ans days Ss
Did Japan. Act Treachero
turning shs the
tie night Of February sth, Without a formal
declaration OF war Professor La Ia
N "The accusation & Of treachery rests entire;
the assun'pt,iIGin ina! the ,,tyof
making ma 70 one anoth a formal declaration
OF war before hostilises' Meyfy
every ss war o. the last two centuries has been
commenced without a declarat ton. ~ me
'The constant practice 8hns been tQr inc
kntt orprap arad,s Strlke a euQQeHs NOV
at her unready adyersar ~. 4, !,
hs nS,h psea hn Il
tiation y precedes n period Of hostility. As
relations grow more and more stratne ei i. q
sta,s .
demand. the refusal OF which VIII DO foloWea
by war. 1914 5Ai4 85 4
Declaration Not Necessary.
5.rha rupturegot diplomats relations ,7,is Is the
eoH unIsss the sirst blow fails like bolt
from, the blue. In period Of profound peace C.
redress there Is nothing in II which 50 sayors
quotes tlsutss e snaw
Britain has struck thirty e these !, sudden DID,
f @ssa Sssssf
States five; Concluding his answer to 8thY
a9sWsts0p must ssaat Japan shars:
made against her Instead q being s Ssi.S sn o
violation OF lnterAaIlOnullt
ice what might rd tho n M9te p Ie
aie act Witch y so eos sspress.
H. \ stat cd that Japan must take sM !.,n
measures as she thought ~ for, her s,, 9Mn
safety This merest tyre ~ diplomacy Knows
what this meant. III & Y :, sSsis
Russia in the Red Sea.
Professor Lawrence wrote of the tights Y, q
bsors recent incident q ne se ~ s 9.
ala 10 the verge Of war almost within forty.
sight hours that his dlseussion * me snh,es Sd
have been. ~. I, Z, l, :, ~. !, \. "a,
miral. Wireniis. clearly violated the laws Of
Neutrality In remaining IN IS su,f e S9ss
Great Br.tain quietly protested and Rps 4 9
released the captured ships and recalled the
fleet to the Baltic y, 5 q q n, J, 1
What Is G ontraband OF War?
what 4, eontrabasa q warr This y 2 !, per q
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