The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-19
A JAPANESE VIEW or
EASTERN SlTuATl0N

It rarely happens that a public speaker
is enabled through q lecture 70 make SO
profound and 80 favorable M Impression.
rs that produced by Or. 1oyokichl
Yenaga, the distinguished Japanese
scholar. author and diplomat, who adj
dressed the Richmond EducAtion Asso.
ciaton, the Woinan's Club and their
friends, in the hall OF the Young Mems
Christian Association, on Thursday even-
Ing last
Tho audience to which DR.. YenaRa
spoke was made up OF the most highly
cultured and thoughtful element N the
city, instructors, students and liternteurs.
who eagerly cmbrac cd the opportunity
to listen to m elucidation Of the coinph-
Gated war problem, in the far East. The
Doctor who was introduced by the Rev.
William Meade Clark Of st. James Epis-
copal Church, met and surpassed the high
expectations that had been formed con-
corning him by the many who had pre-.
ylously known him through his remark
ably clear md vigorous publications. In
tho Forum. Atlantic Monthly and other
high class American periodicals.
In explaining the motives which had
led to the Russian occupation OF Man-
churla and the Russian desire to gnin
a permanent foothold there. the lecturer
called attention to tho temperate CID
mate. Of this part OF Asia, which fitted
1t as an abode Of the white man: to
Its practically unlimited resources and
producttveness; to the fact that, upon its
surface Of $4,000 square miles, n popu-
laton of one hundred million people could
be comfortably supported: TO It's consid-
erahle and established trade with Japan
and the United States
AS IN outlet to tho Pacific Ocean. DR..
Yenaga considered Ydanchurin of prime
Importance to Russia, hampered as that
country was by the watchfulness
of the great European powers, who
guarded the entrance aud exit OF the
Black Sea. and BY the British possession
Of the suez Canal. TO reap tho full
fruits Of Manchurlan occupation, how
ever, Russia must, as the lecturer de-
drive out OF her way the
enterprising American and >ne energetic
Japanese, and shut in their faces "tle
open door" which the two nations have
stood for in Asiatic national and political
affairs. lF5 & 5J
So much consideration did DR.. Ycnaga
give to the portrayal OF Russi,r,s present
attitude and the causes which had moved
IN her assumption Of It, III turning to
1npan, he declared that. in preserving
the territorial integrity OF Manchuria lay
Japans hope Of future progress, and even
IF q nntionul existence. IN his opinion
.
merely preliminary move to her seizure
IF Korea and to the partitionng of the
Chinese empire. Russia, in the present
var, lie declared. was standing for abso-
utisn1 for mediaeva!ism In obstruct!ng
development and civilization, while Japan
represented, hguratively speaking Anglo
saxondom, In seeking for herself for Man
'hurin and for China liberty, equality |
Ind Justice Should Russia succeed, Japan |
No o% Eo,,~ 49, 1.,p
lImed directly ut once menaced by a dart
.ional life and unity, which would be !
speedily and ANONYMOUSLY blotted out.
The lecturer maintained that America
md Americans could not he Indifferent |
o the issues of the war in the Far East.
Their economic and industrial interests
we're at stake In the Philippines. in Japan
md in China, and upon the question OF
he preservation of uAsiatic territorial |
italy concerned II was the first time
n the history OF the world. said Dr.$l
Tenuga, that the nations as represented |
" Europe, Asia and America, had been
brought face to face in mu tua recogni-f
ion and comprehension: mighty results
lung trembling in the balance as the
outcome. which must to a great extent I
affect the history of the future.
In conclusion. DR., Yenaga took up the
question OF the yellow Peril and scout
q IT. declaring that the only yellow
'eril" from which Americans were likely
o suffer was their yellow journalism"
America had been Japan's ,exemplar. in
tructor and model. the source of much
hat now ranked the japanese empire
s an enlightentng and civilizipg factor
Acknowledging this with gratitude. Dr.
renaga bespoke for his country the warm
or the great American republic
n he contest whose end MS vet no man l.
ould see. though he himself. without
eing able to give a reason for it, felt
n unalterable faith dn the final triumph
f the Japanese arms.
The lecturer spoke altogether without
otes. His phrascology and vocabulary
5era remarkable and his eloquence im-
ASSIGNED. His hearers feel that they.
ave certainly-had a. mastery interprcta-
ion Of the situation in the Far East from
he japanese standpoint.