The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-12
AFTER THE WAR.


= Japan to have Korea, the Saghalie
islands and foothold at Annoy: tn
a two powers acting together to chez
t the spread of English, French, Ger
e man and American influence in tn
n Far East
S Such an arrangement could only b
e made. it is probable, after Russia an'
n Japan had fought each other to :
8 standstin. Russia is battling for thu
2 prinacy of Asia and she has by nc
j. means reached the end of her militant
? resources. Japan is straining every
, nerve to retain Korea and get the suzer-
ainty of the Chinese Emperor what
. amounts to that-and hers, so far, has
: been the path of victory. Neither
power would seem to have reached
the negotiable stage, but if passions
cool during the winter now at hand,
the bill of costs may predispose both
the contending nations to seek a basis
OF compromise.
There would be nothing strange in
Russia and Japan becoming friends
and allies. They respect each other
now; and there are enough prizes in
Asia to give each a share. AS for orec-
edents. observe the friendship which
now exists between China and Japan,
who fought bitterly ten years ago;
between Russia and Turkey, hereditary
foes: between England and France,
also hereditary enemies, and the grow
ing entente between Germany and
France Nations cannot afford, for
sentiments sake, to hold grudges and
turn from friendships that might profit
them; and surely, if Russia would
concede to Japan the most of what the
latter is fighting for, Japan could af-
ford to let Russia move towards
Thibet, Afghanistan and the Persian
Gulf and even retain part O.. Man
churia
III such a contingency the United
States would have to look sharp after
the Philippines, a possession which
japan has long coveted. Touching a
cognate matter General James H
Wilson, a speaker at the Mohonk Con-
ference said:
My suggestion is simply this-that |
the United States should. when the war
is over, say to the Philippine people:
IF you can arrange modes vivendf |
with Japan, by which you can agree |
upon a system of government which |
shall be just and right, and which |
shall protect your interests and be |
made satisfactory to US, go and do it, /
It will be remembered that the Fill |
pinos are alien to the white race, but |
they and the Japanese are just as |
much alike in physical attributes as
two peas out of the same pod. The {
Filipinos would naturally fall into a !:
harmonious relation with the japanese |
and thus the japanese Empire would |
be extended to within four degrees of |
the equator. 1t would form buffer i
state covering the entire coast of Asia
and if with Yankee skill for bargain
ing we should insist upon such condi- |
tons precedent as would give US such |
coaling and trading stations as might I
be needed for our use, the, return of |
the purchase money which We gave to /
Spain, and last, but not least, a stipu-
lation for a perpetual commercial ar
rangement which should give the Unit
ed States preferential duties for nat
ural and manufactured products in the |
Island Empire in return for preferen-
tial duties on their natural and manu-
featured products in the United States
it seems to me that We should then
have neighbors on the farther side of I
the Pacific with whom our friendly
relations would be permanent and from
whose commerce We should multiply
our profits just exactly in proportion
to our business with them (Applause.)
The proposition is very simple one.
1t would give Japan a place for her
overflow. population and for her enter
prise for the next fifty years 1t would
leave China free to work out her own
destiny. 1t would give the powers an
opportunity to restrain the rapacity of
Russia, while allowing her an ice-free
outlet to the Pacific. 1t would enable
them to insist upon the Open Door in
Manchuria. And, best of all, it would
give us commercial supremacy in the
Far East as well as in the islands of
the sea without the establishment of
an Eastern empire in violation of the
principles of our Constitution. The
contingency may never arise under
which this suggestion may be worked
out in the way I have indicated; but
the suggestion having been made, it
may be safely entrusted to the hands
of such men as now or may hereafter
preside over the destinies of our gov
eminent. I make it now as my con-
tribution to the cause of permanent
peace in the Far East and feel sure
that if it can be worked out it will pro-
mote the interests of mankind at large.
General wilson's idea is to secure by
this concession, the peace of Asia; but
another and no less important result
would be TO secure our own peace. The
United States cannot hold the Philip