The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26
calm serenity Of temper and
self control which, keeps person ''ll-
RULED III the petty annoyances ana
Ills Of everyday life, Indicate the pos
session Of perfect mental health.
Whv Japan Yielded.

,rhe war between Russia and Japan is
n thing OF tho past. The treaty OF
ncncc has beet, signed hostilitles have
ceased and the contending armies nave
retired each towards It's own territory.
,rhe world at large Is pleased with the
result, but there is dissatisfaction among
some Of the worlds writer's. Among
these is DR.. Paul Samuel Reinsch, pro-
lessor Of Political Science in the Uni
I vcrsity of2Nvitt6hsinIEi RE says In Col
licr's Weekh1rihat through the Interior
cnce Of outsiders RUSSIA has gained an
advantage to which she was not cnti-
tied and that Japan has been unjustly
deprived of the fruits OF her victory. lie
says that in the midst OF her brilliant
naval and military successes, but before
She had yet driven tho Russians entire
Is out of Manchurla, Japan was stopped
by the appeal OF President Roosevelt (,
and persuaded BY her ally to negotiate.
This" he declares nut every advan-s
tage In the hands OF Russia, who thus
gained time and who was given chance
10 Use her consnmmnte diplomatic cum
4 ning.'' lie proceeds:
y 4R"1'hc Peace terms proposed were modcr-
ate in tho extreme Russia was asked
to lisgorge# what she had acquired
nrainst her own solemn promise, was
Gwen left tho control OF the Northern
NManchurian Railway. with all that i'm
plirs,apnd was asked to pay an indem-
t,".r, 9efented ut every point, with 4
demoralized army with ruined credit,
IVAN II revolution Ht home, she would
b have had no alternative but to accept,
l;ad her hands not been strengthened
f.oHl without. The German government
.",1aSsnpreme opportunity. BY backing
Erssia. a this juncturc, Germany would
IS .rrpVrNt Her total discontinue In the Eur
East. and her consequent recoll upon
Europe, she would enable the Car to
Al stin. the nascent revolution which might
ultimately threaten the German throne
Itself butt first Of all. she would be-
come arb,er Of Europe ard would be
abin TO receive from Russia conccs-z
sions OF the very greatest value From
sthe point OF view Of the ccrmlr gov
eminent, it would have been the grcn4.
est folly to allow such an opportunity to
pass by. and we may be sure the En-
Jtror has made the fullest use of 1t.
And as France gave in after the Mo-
roccan manifestation. so has Great Bri-
tain been o,twittcd by tho pf"it War
Lord The result caps the climax In n
decade OF unprecedented diplomatic In
competence on the part OF the British
governments.
Poor. Jnpa.n -sias been made to pay
doubly'for il,cs.!neraI and financial SUP
port Of her -fIiandsa II is not SO much
the loss or the indemnity that raukles,
and that IS causing her brave soldiers
10 commit suicide, but the fac. bat
after all the sacrifices of blood aid
G, :rcssc 4. TiISs.is. while for tlmn eN.
ciuded from s.i;ina, Is left every nppvi-
tunity 10 interfere again and TO SOW
trouble for japan"
This Is an Interesting view, but It
seems to us 10 be prcjndiced and far
from comprehensive. Many persons OF
DR.. Rcinsch's way of thinking seem to
haze the idea that Japan had conquered
her avn terms. That Is simply absurd.
They might as we'll contend that the
Beers had conquered Great Britain be-
cause Of their uniform success In bat
Ties during the first several months OF
the war in South Africa Russia could
have Withdrawn her troops into the
interior and carried on n desultory Wal
until Japan WAS completely exhausted
She could better have withdrawn en-.
1irely from the field and left Japan
In fun control than to have paid the
enormous indemnity which Japan al
first demanded. President Roosevelt
saw this and called upon the two ma
lions to stop and negotiate for peace
rather Than TO continue war which, j
appeared, would never be fought to {
finish.
ia, were the terms SO bad for Japal
as Er. Rcinsch seems TO Think lie
US sees Japan did not set out to con
.;uur I,usslp. nor 10 acquire new terri
Tory, She made war In order to pre-
vent Russian encroachment. Russia hu
leased Port Arthur, had extended II,
siberian railroad through Manchurin
that port, had begun TO COLOMBO
Manchuria and. regardless OF her prom
lse declined 10 eyacuate after the Box
war. This failure caused Japan to fei
that the Gear Intended TO take perm
nent possession of Manchura and IN
this would open the way to the 0
pupation of Korea and the occunat
Of Korea would have threatened
very existence of the japanese lSmpi
All the negotiations carried on pr
yious to the war were designed Ito
n duce Russia 10 abandon explicitly .pl
.entlons 70 Korea and when such ]
gotiaiions failed Japan went to WI
shs declared that she did not int
70 acquire any new territory, but 81
ply TO prevent Russia from commit
trespass. She fought a good hght a
Saye the Russians q thrashing at aim