The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-31


vocatcs OF this proposition TINT Japan
might destroy tho entire Russian navy
and yet fail dismily III her purpose to
tlispossess the Russians Iof & that 5fAstatic
territory whcllsis tho bone OF cunten-
ton? i r r lIssns would accept Il alengo'
TO submit tho entire question 10 the ar!
hitramcnt OF Z: naval contest Japan
might coma OF victorious. but policy is
too evidently in favor or Russia's avoid
ing the sea as farSas practicable at this
stage OF tho wan. and Japan, TO accom-
plisi the purpose for which sha set out
must accept Russia's challenge TO fight
on land. soon OF late While Japan Is
/ bantering Russia TO engage her III ships
and inviting attacks on the soil Of Korea,
Russia Is daily getting stronger and
stronger for that form Of fighting. which
must ultimately be adopted If Japan
hopes to accomplish the object Of this
war. Then, In Its own good time, vast,
powerful. thoroughly equipped and dis
tciplined Russian army will march from
Hardin to the sea, driving Tho Jars into
the Pacific, and up Will go the lndepen-
denco Of Korea in smoke! n.
The Hermit Nation has cast It's lot In
with Japan. and It must share the for
tunes Of wnr. When Russia dIsposes OF
1.-THE laps. It is a post,llate& that Korea will
become q dependency Of Russia.
Much has been the simulated sympathy
Of so.callcd neutral powers. In point
Of fact, have NOT 4 the powers already
given their substantial support to ltnssia2
Existing treaties with those very powers
required Russia t. eevacuato Manechurla
lorg ago. Should the powers Insist upon
II prompt compliance with the terms OF
that treaty, Russia would be forced TO
fall back at least three or four hundred
miles further inland; she would lose tlle
substantial support OF Manchuria. an
extensive country about ;Sl0,0oo square
miles. perhaps the richest province Of
China, with q temperate climate and
strongly inclined to sympathi2e with tho
Slavs. q Thus would the Car DO forccI
10 organize, drill and supply his army
or Siberian soil-both barren and frozen.
gYIadIvostok is at tho Pacific terminus
OF tho Siberian Railway. it is true, hut
tho road runs for miles through Man
Echuriaatofreac hStha tspoint. II, therefore,.
the Russians woro driven from Mai
5churla, no troops nor supplies. could be
transported to Nlndivostok until tho rail-
way could be rebuilt entirely on Siberian
territory. In tho mean imo arc rot the
powers holding China off? Suppose,
China We're FREQ to act. in whose behalf
would the l0o.0O0,O0O Chinese, right at
the seat Of war, take the feld?5a1s it
reasonable to believe that China would
z lie supiness and permit II foreign nation
to mako an arsenal md parade grourd
OF her territory, II she We're not, forced
( to accept the situation? What does this
mean? Simply that England. France.
Germany and tho United States are hold
ing China to keep her from helping the
Japs and that, although Russia Is COM
PEELED, according to tho terms Of Il treaty
with those Very powers to evncuatc
ManchurIa. IT is ridiculous for these ma
tons to declare their lily and sneak
behind newspaper dcclnmations of Japan
ESQ sympathy when the handwriting Is
plain upon the wall that Japan Is doomed
to defeat and ruin. The powers Of the
world are giving Russia all tho support
they possibly car, consistently With tech
meal neutrality, to the end, M doubt.
that when Japan shall have been driven
from the. continent. Korea will belong TO
Russia, ManchurIa Will remain as =
nominal province Of Chira,{ owned and
developed by Russian capital. as 1t has
been up to this time; all ports on the
Oriental coast will be absolutely free,
and Japan itself will be under tho domi-
nation OF Christian powers Just MS China
Is now Thus will follow tint grand
result written or the face OF every quar-
Ter of the globe, and the force OF eau
casian arms will overwhem tho heather
OF tho East and plant christianity In
their land with the sword. So 1t has been
IN India; SO In Africa; so In Australia =
SO In China, and so II Will be II. Japan,
1t seems TO be u decree Of Providence
that no nation shall remain free and In
dependent unless 1t be under the cross
OF Christ. Turkey Is cking out a kind
Of national existence under II permit
from the Christian powers, which is sub
feet to revocation at any time that INFER
national policy may seem to require it,
and at this very Time Japan alone is the
only nation on earth that enjoys lilo
freedom ana dignity Of ar independents
power outside the pale Of Christianity
From IA commercial point Of view tile
leading powers Of The world had only
to fear that Russia, having driven japan
from the continent Of Asia. might close
Oriental ports to the world ana shut
out free commercial Intercourse, which
would be especially Injurious 10 the
United States-a country seeking markets
for tremendous overplus Of production.
II has been held that japan would be
r,ore liberal In her policy. and all her
Oriental ports would be free To Occdon.
tai trade. But. 10 careful student Of
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