Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-13

to extend her railroad through Manchuria
to the Yellow sea. This was also granted
and Japan saw the territory she had fought
so hard for, and which she had been COM
PEELED to give up. handed over to the Rus
slams, who had been the chief actors in
the compulsion.
THE Japanese were angry and almost
ready TO fight then, but the Russians said
they only wanted Il place for their railroad
and they promised to eyacuate Manchuria
within q certain time.
The japanese assented to this and wait
ed. The time came and went and the Rus
SLAMS remained They gave excuses for
remaining, but they are there today
They are not only there, but have been
pushing their outpoStS farther and farther
down toward Korea, and Japan is afraid
that they will cross the Yalu and go down
the Korean peninsula to the bottom, where
their guns might be mounted within can
non shot of the japanese empire.
The Russians and Korea.
Does that mean that the Russians want
Korean
so the Japanese think" replied Senator
Beyeridge Korea is n wedge-spitting
eastern Siberia from southern Manchuria
1t has better harbors than Manchuria, and
if the Russian could extend their railroad
into it their landing would be farther south
If they do not take it they fear the Japanese
will and that the Japanese in Korea might
be a menace to Russian progress toward
the acquisition of the rest of Asia, which
many of the cars people believe to be
their destiny"
Would the Japanese be satisfied II the
Russians gave up Korea to them?'
Il think So" replied Senator Beverdge.
''They would, for time at least although
this struggle was bound to come sooner or
later. Both nations need territory, and
the Japanese especially so. Both nations
hope to control the trade of eastern Asia,
and each is Jealous and afraid of the other.
If they could combine and become allies as
to the future of China they might have
peace. but that is not probable"
Manchuria and the Japanese.
Tell me something about Manchuria.
senator. What would the japanese have
done with it had the triple alliance let
them stay?"
"They would have made a second Japan
north of the Yellow sea-" replied Senator
Beveridge. 1.-The whole country would have
been speedily colonized by Japanese immf-
grants and Japan would have probably
made it a basis for the acquisition of other
parts OF north China. Japan is not large
country. Without Formosa 1t is not as big
as California. Nevertheless, it has more
than half as many people as the whole
United States. and it's population is rapidly
increasing. Manchuria would have insured
the possession of Korea and would have
been also base for a closer alliance with
China"
A Fight for an Empire.
But is the country worth fighting
about senator?' asked.
Both the Russians and the Japanese
think So" replied Senator Beveridge. Al
most any nation would think so. Manchu-
ria is an empire in itself Do you know
how big it is? 1t has n-growing terri
tory enough to feed the whole of Japan's
forty millions, and it is SO rich in coal and
iron that the Japanese would have made
it beehive of factories. The country is as
bin as France and Germany combined. 1t
is twice as big as New York, New Jersey,