The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
The JAP=RUSSIAN WAR.
Some OF the Causes That Have Led 20 the
Struggle.
OUTGROwTH or CHINA..JAPAN WAR.
Russia's Unsuitable Greed for New Territory
and an Outlet for Her Commerce
Through Southern Ports.
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Manchuria that the car snould
let the world know his intentions
with regard to the great Chinese
province. Russia's only reply to
this was to rush extra troops to
her ports in the east and Incl.
dentally to foment small disturb
ances in Manchurla IN order to
demonstrate that il was not safe
yet for Ter to leave. Meanwhile
the mlkado became inslstent-s so
inslStent, IN fact, that the powers
that be at St Petersburg deemed
it necessary to create diversion.
This diversion was characteris.
cally Russian. Affecting TO re-
gard the Manchuria matter as
res adjudicata," Russia began
to encroach upon Korean terrific.
ry. Just what steps she took in
tina, direction the methods Of di.
ploCacy will not permit for our
knowing for some time, but it is
Certain that she sought to break
down the Observation-Disclosures
Of japan in the Hermit Kingdom.
Indeed she went much further
than the proper regard for the
rights of an ostenslbly friendly
nation should have permitted her
to 60. Naturally Japan wanted
to know what she was about. =
Than began negotiations concern
ing Korea. Russia actually had
the assurance 10 propose to Japan
terms with reference TO Korea,
country with which, 50 far as
the facts are generally under
stood, she has as much right to
interfere as the United States
would have the position of"watch-
dog Of Korea" by common con.
sent among the nations of the
world having long since been ac-
corded to Japan by reason Of her
proximity and later because Of
her having fairly won the distinc.
tiou in her war with China. But
the purpose Of the Russian gov
ernment had been accomplished,
and Korea appeared TO be the is
sue, while Manchurla was at least
temporarily, forgotten.
But, shrewd as are the cars
diplomats, the mikado has about
him q few men, like Ito and Ko-
mura. who knew bit about d.
plomacy themselves. They had
permitted the Russians to go on
aud On and on assuming that the
Japs had forgotten that Man
chuna is still on the map. They
were merely biding their time
Therefore when the Russian
statesmen, in response to one of
their notes dealing with Korea
and the issue there, received a
communication fran Tokyo bodi.
ly shifting the whole discussion
back 10 Manchuria, whence 1t
had originally begun and where
itreally belonged, there was but
one thing TO do-assume to ignore
1t. This they did, aud tins Japan
refused 70 accept as being war
rautable position on the part Of
Russia. AS Russia could not well
afford to back down after having
been checkmated m what she had
regarded as very clever bit of
land grabbing, a clash then be.
came inevitable
JAPAN S TRANSFORMATIONS.
But even the American soldier
IS in a measure put in the shade
by the Jap, for the latter is full
to bursting Of enthusiasm born
OF his self assumed dictatorship
OF civilization in the east. Re
garded as nation, Japan is new;
regarded as soldiers, the Japanese
are SO cw that the paint hasn't
yet worn of. But they have the
right spirit, aud they have dem