New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
JAPANESE GENEROSITY" !"
j. W. Foster Lays Peace to That
and President Roosevelt.

Inc outcome of the peace conference not 30
mueh triumph OF Russian diplomacy as It was
generosity and farsightedness on the part of
9apan' said ex-Secretary John w. Foster. at the
Flrth Avenue Hotel Tuesday night There wouldnt t
[AVe oeeh any peace at this time but for President
t1ooseVelt, continued Mr.. Foster He is entitled
70 the gratitude of the entire world for taking the
Lnluatiye in bringing the nations together fully
expected that after the ENJOYS got together they
would not return TO their respective governments
uhuI they had agreed upon peace terms but I
mink no one expected prompt a settlement"
"hen asked about the probable course of Russia,
70 - winch country he United States Min
is'eF Mr. Foster said:
- am inclined to believe that the war and its re-
uaw1ss VIII be good thing for Russia II was an
with the Iaes IOf % her to reach out TO the Pachc
he could "ltte -, saw IL was mistake and did what
1 fousIy Russia will turn her attention 10 in
thing nah2 naHPIh92venents, and that will be the best
but i Is is nd go9d cd man and will do the best he
nave mis- own way ii is for the President of the
United States 10 have his way 0- ''''
Japan could have kept on and smashed the Rus
M San army The people and the army of japan will
the Fana ny disappointed at the peace terms but
ted % a. tnis m time Japans resources very lin
not e6uaI an heT nlable land together and it does
broI9 ces afe almost unlimited The Japs are
Sase ana magnificent fighters but they are not
eo9a7 Ihey viii after little see that peace is
Of STuSenq S1i TO them was invited by the Emperor
and % T 10 assist In arranging peace between China
bad 5ad Japan after the war ten years ago After we
was han
p-0i over II than the Chinese themselves
How about the Chinese boycott or American
goods?" Mr.. Foster was asked
II VIII not amount to much" said he a.The
CiiiilaIlah is like any else He will buy where
ne ne can ouy most advantageously China cannot be
oianhed Tor resenting the insults heaped upon her
pest ciuZens when they come TO this country on a.
'Islt or on business. China does not expect us +o
@44o" her coolies TO come to America but she does
expect ana has right to expect that her citizens
shouIo receive the same courteous treatment as
she accords TO our people. The Presidents order
mas done much TO correct abuses on the part of the
national government toward good Cinnamon. The
trouble that the administration of the exclu-
sion laws almost wholly in the hands of men
in sympathy with the unjust attitude OF labor agi-
tators who object to all Cinnamon
Mr. Foster helped negotiate the sale Of the
Hankow-Canton Railway concession to the Chinese
government In speaking OF the deal yesterday he
said:
There particular hostility toward Ameri-
cans on account of that concession. The men who
got the concession would not carry out the con-
tract to build the road. The concession was for
about eight hundred miles of road, and only ABOUT
thirty miles have been completed. The Cnlnese
government the railroad built. and Will see
IL, now that the concession has reverted, that
the road is constructed without unnecessary delay