Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02

LIZ. W0if Won Scn1erDranQ.
not again be transferred by any geograph-
ical cause Therefore, Mr.. Won Schier-
brand contends. the commercial suprem-
acy OF the Pacific viii De final The ma ton
holding that supremacy will. SO far as
human foresight can discern, hold the su-
preme power on this globe
The author considers in turn the equip
ment of our rivals in the Paciffc-the Brit
ish. German. French. Japanese and the
Slav. Regarding the last named he says:
"On the border of the Pacific. on his own
SOIL stands the Slav, brawny and over
bearing. The Americans struggle with
the hardest of all. 1t will not be of the
same nature that with the other ma
tons. For with the latter 1t will primarily
be commercial: not so with the Russian:
II will not even be so much a question or
fighting for the possession of material
things-no, the strife will be of different
character.
First, politically The Russians hege-
mony over Asia must be broken The Rus
sian article of faith-that the whole of the
immense continent by right belongs to him
and must come under his sway-is 10 be
destroyed. His pretension to exclude from
Far Asia all influence and all trade but his
own must be resisted and overcome. His
type of civilization must be made to yield
to ours or at least confined to his own do
miniOns His dOgYna-that the Orthodox
Church of Russia is to have spiritual rule
throughout Asia-must be crushed. In
fine the chief issue hereafter between the
Russian and the American In Asia Will be
for the predominance of western or east
ern civilization.
Between the Slav and the American there
ara some striking resembianceS-
The mertcan nation is numerically one
of the strongest in the world. Russia ex-
ceeds US in numbers. but we nave the
greater rate OF increase, and within gen
GRAFTON both nations will be equal in popu-
IatIon. Since 1850 Russias population has
doubled. ours has trebled- The natural re-
sources of Russia, ike those or the Unltea
1iTrnIfI "a ma
had enormous territorial growth-the Rus
sian likewise. In the nineteenth century
we added more than 2.0O.O0O square miles
to our domain: the Russian added terri
tory Of almost precisely the same size TO
his country. The American as well as the
Russian nation has remarkable powers of
assiuiIa ton, "A fact which goes far to &C
count for unequaled growth on both sides.
The author quotes I4avelaye. who said; "A
hundred years hence, leaving China out OF
the question. there will be two colossal
powers in the world beside which Germany,
England. France and Italy Will be as pig
mies--the United States and Russia
But the author finds the contrasts be-
tween the two nations even more striking
and numerous than The points OF similarity,
only a few of which the author has noted
having been repeated The decisive point
of difference. he declares. is the difference
between their conception Of the best form
of government. The American is the SUI
preme representative of civil and religious
liberty: the Russian is the supreme repre-
sensation of absout!Sm. both in state and
church American civilization is the pro-
duct of the development of the individual
1t means individual responsibility and indi-
Vidual effort Russian civilization is based
on the suppression Of The individual. The
two systems DR. Won SChierbrand holds,
spring from radically different conceptions
and aim at radically different ends. This
development will finally drive the two
tons further apart and finally must bring
on a conflict The result the author does
not doubt. will be American supremacy.
Whatever the outcome of the present war
Russia will Issue from II in a sadly weaken
ed condition. And that will be a telling
Tact IN our coming struggle with her In the
Pacific
The author does not regard Japan as a
rival To he regarded seriously. There is
1leid FOR her certainly he admits, but 1t Is
gather limited. Her exports in rice to Asian
countries may grow considerably. 50 may
ber exports OF beer, textiles. coal. copper
sake, the cheaper grade of hardware and
POSSIBLY later on machinery. Her trade in
Tea IS scarcely susceptible of great expan-
sion. because IL is relished nowhere except
IN Japan itself and in this country. But
1t is only as quite a respectable figure"
that DIR. Won Schierbrand will admit Japan
to the participation in the destiny of the
Pacific.
His entire discussion of the question Is
suggestive and stimulating There may be
those who will disagree with his premises
There may be those who hold that our COM
Nnercial supremacy VIII depend upon our
absorption OF European markets, which
pow have the bulk of our foreign trade and
EDot upon our ability to supply the demands
lof the Asiatic: who may contend that the
Trade of the Pacific Is in the far future as
compared with that OF the Atlantic yet
kthey will find data and reasoning In this
book that are worth profound considera-
kion.
HMY LII ANGELO" BY Anna Yesmsn Con-
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