Evening journal., 1904-02-19
WILL BE LONG
AND BLOODY WAR
CcontInued fr0m First go


them, will become altogether loo powerful
and dangerous neighbor for Japan e
lremain on good terms with. Many OBJ
servers feel that II Russia makes good
lhor hold IN Eastern ASIA ana especially in
The nearby provinces. she win become
"a dangerous neighbor and will ultimately
lendeavor 10 subjusate even Japan iiseif,
While in the last analysts it may there
fore be contended that Japan IS nghnua
for her HE IL must be admitted that she
is also hghtlng the battle OF China. In this
connection it Is vel to remember that
the protocol to the treaty Of peace be-
tween China and Japan gives an interview
between III Hung Ching and Count Ito,
{ In which II is agreed in substance that the
true policy OF Japan and China is that
they shall stand together against the
encroachments OF the European powers.
Should the present war between Japan
and Russia result in victory for Japan.
the union between Japan and China must
necessarily become much closer than Il
has ever been before, and the Yellow
Peril Of Professor Pearson and Emperor
William will become a very much greater
danger 10 the peace and the commerce OF
the word than has Up to this time ever
been dreamed Of"
viii Instruct and Guide China.
what about Japan's futureg"
Japan win necessarily become the
leader of China, and, to give vitality to
the policy, must become the Instructor
and guide to China in everything that
pertains to modern progress. She must
furnish the teachers in politics, mili-
tary and naval affairs, as well as in
the commercial and financial affairs,
and what may be done in war for
China may be correctly inferred from
what Japan has already done for her
self.
1T will be remembered that I'D to
Commodore Perry's expedition, in 1858.
Japan was the most exclusive nation
In the world. China up to that period
had made more progress than Japan.
Since then China has remained com
paratively at .standstiil, especially in
matters Of administration. while Japan
has astounded the world by the thor
oughness ana genuineness OF her ad-
vance, both In the arts Of war and the
arts OF peace. Ii is altogether likely
that under the instruction of the Jan
anese, China win make as much prog
]
did in the last twenty-five. should
this happen. Japan win become the
head of from $50 900 900 to 500 OO0. 900 OF
yellow men. While these men are not
identical In race. they are more nearly
allied to each other than either is 10
the white races; and. after an. II is
lperfectly natural that they should
stand together against the white races
/ AnnIIH IL ~ all . .tI.
that have territorial possessions. or
spheres of interest in Eastern Asia
may in the end find themselves driven
out and compelled TO return to tbeir
own countries. Russia. holding un-
broken territorial possessions from the
Baltic TO the Pacific Ocean. and hav-
ing from 10000. 900 to 40 600 600 of neo-
pie, all white. win be the only power
in the world that could possibly stav
tine hand Of China and Japan when
combined under efficient leadership.
This may an appear remote and i'm
probable, and most people OF the pres
ent time may regard IL as 2 phantom
OF speculation, but when il is remem-
bered that the largest, and probably
the last, deposits OF coal ana iron which
will finally be left IN the world viii
be those Of China, the question as Ia
who shall control these deposits NAV
Become an Important factor in defer
mining the worlds history. In any
event, Russia seems TO be the only
power n the world that is now. or will
then be, able 10 meet the yellow men
with any hope Of success Her terri
itory, while separated from the inter-
Tor Of China by an almost impassable
desert, lies contiguous and much close,
TO outer China than that Of any othe,
country IN the world"
What have you to say on the subject
OF conditions of the Russian people?n
Russia in Poor Condition.
An excellent analysis Of the finan.
lcial and political conditions of m,
Russians is given by George Kennan
the Russian traveller. In a recent mum.
Der Of the outlook He shows they ar,
desperately poor, and that in Old Rus
sia, and especially the black lands o.
the Volga country, the average famil,
group Of eight have only five and one
half acres Of land for cultivation. Thi,
Is entirely insufficient for their propei
maintenance. The movement which
began two hundred years ago from
Russia into Siberia, and eliminated il
the construction of the Trans-Siberiar
Railroad. was a movement for new
land. It resulted in bringing undei
Russian dominion a vast extent of yir
gin land some three thousand rnile
long by from two to six hundred mile,
IN width. The railroad traverses mi,
territory 20 Irkutsk. But the regio,
between Lake Baikal and the ANU
river Is more or less Of a wilderness
and unht for cultivation. The vale,
or the Amur, and especially the coun
try lying south and east, which Il
known as Manchuria, Is a region O
great fertility. 1t contains about 400
600 square miles OF land and is capabl
OF supporting a large population. I
permanently held by Russia it woul,
give her place for millions OF he
impoverished subjects Ii would en-
able the Car 70 give each soldier al
the land he could possibly require /
would only be necessary in the event o
successful war TO bring the familie
OF the soldiers from Russia to the new
land, and thus make a military col
ony which could probably hold i
against the world.
The Russian governing class vii
doubtless see all the advantages TO b
leained by not only firmly hogding tn
valley OF the Amur but by extendin,
their possessions through Manchuria
TO the sea and to the borders Of Korea
AS a result the Car would probabl,
proclaim a crusade which would brlnl
10 him the support of n united Russi.
: Tor the maintenance Of the railroad n
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