New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-09
IO-JAPANESE PACT.
1t Marbs The Nc7c Policy Of Mutual
Insurance against Aggression.
London. september ..

me -t-ase follows another in popular favor
v,rer national interests are discussed ''Splen-
40 ISOLATION came IN when there vas battle
ror empire in South Africa, and the colonies
we're raIyng to the defence Of the mother state.
= 1-ss = new phrase appealing 70 British mag
nation. vet a compressed summary Of long
course of English diplomacy and history sea
- and abstention from Continental alliances
-. The logical sequences 10 insular position.
= -1,e eighteenth century British alliances were
---o-arv Engagements. usually directed against
&c and when the Napoleouic wars came 10
- end there was national conviction tilaI
.,.-+s1 mowers should be left TO settle their
- g~5svances without interference from Eng
- The Cri-1ean Var and Lord Beaconsheld's
s-,,s+-ation against the treaty of San Stetano
-. executions that proved the rule Of non
.-s--for in Euroean affairs. Splendid $50
-.+,o7" defined a long trend Of diplomatic policy
+,-7e when It had been fully rounded out
- = new point Of departure with divergent
-. had been reached. It had its run. d short
-. and now there is q new one with the re
- ~ the Auglo-Japanese alliance. This is
.,,u-,,a1 insurance against aggression That
= the formula used by wen Informed leader
..-s II cautious comments upon the text
-. e. sz-aerent which IS published this morn
= 80 The cue IS provided by Lord Lans-
s--ars ssrUte letter TO the Russian and French
,-,baEsad doris. in which stress is laid on the
..+ thar The obligations OF the coalition can ohIy
- enforced IN the case Of an unproToked at
ark when one power or the other IS oefenolhg
a. +e--iro-iai rights or special interests This
- .-a-z- commentator to explain that the
go. * defensive. not offensive. and that 1t
-, ,-,o+a the interests OF peace and hu-
rnanity.
49,, divergence between new and old policies
---o- he concealed The leader writer's. who
enlarge upon the pacific aspects Of the aIllance
= - defence Of Japanese interests in Corea,
british rule in India, the integrity OF emma ana
=. maintenance Of the open door for commerce.
... earning that national honor has been
,.ages m the Oriental power and that the
sz+so7 Of military organization is now OF para
-,our1 importance. Aruaments must be in
-so=a5 nv land and by sea IN order that ade-
o,7a.e force may be available for olscharglns
he OBLIGATIONS Of this policy Of mutual 1nsur-
snoe against aggression II VIII not De ti-ioU7il
~ @arI+ Of the naval 1rartinets and military
-afor11ers Il as the result OF the new ooalluo'l.
++e 4rhti7r mower Of the feet be not doubled
s75 conservation brought II as the indlspensa-
III. confinement Ct imperial defence There IS
-ro-77A- England unnIindful Of the traalColls ol
-7o-,-ir7-erveution and svayed by new consloeIA-
+fo7s Of the balance Of power in woTIo p0ilIIo0
nd ~ the obligation Of keeping peace among
.-to-s nv powerful ornaments and coah-
7-eoccupied with its own industrial interests
- -. -,e-,- America forced 70 take up the bur
80 ~ world poIftics is not sharper than The
-hs,ge between the isolated England OF COD
,7arfsu7 and the new empire which exchanges
Guarantees with Japan for the security OF lnoia
a,5 5-o-ea the freedom Of commerce ana the
--,.s-+a1z,ce Of the existing order IN China
- -, g * conceded that the new agree
,.-+ does not directly imply the employment
= ~ Tananese army for the defence Of the
-,zg.- frontier the conclusion is inevitable tha1
-. =aTAtv Of the empire won by Hastings ana
Give and a long line Of great vlceroys no
,--za- is dependent exclusively upon thglsh
-7-i15+a-v power and prestige There Is oo0Oie
,,,.~s--+ee with q conquering Oriental race
~roearv associated with the English in India.
-7-s ideals OF British diplomacy have also IN
za-,one change There is a reversion to the
773s,s-cJzian system Of alliances and secret IN
,ze+s,zfnrs For a long period English writ
ore m foreign questions affected 10 despise the
,-a~--s,, method OF making formal engagements
With A11srria-F4ungary and Italy for mutual IN
s,,rarce against sudden attack, and OF supple
,-a-+ir7g these coalitions with neighborly agree
-rerts with Russia and other powers on me
basis Of enlightened self-interest. Ihose were
-. 5svs when the suspicious Englishnnan
counted as many letters in Bismarck as IN IN
,-5g,7a and was under the Cobdenite spell that
,,--+-,-e-va7-fon and seIf-eRac cement in Euro
near affairs we're safeguards OF empire and
,o77--7e-rfa1 prosperity The alliance with Japan
g O 7,roof that England has changed her point
NJ view and accepted the principle that the
,aaca NJ +be world can be guaranteed by coaH-
TONS and r7rera rstious for war. There is also
strong tendency in favor Of close understand
,D-s With one power after another, and an ad-
-usrrnent Of all outstanding differences The
King has Justly been credited with statesnlanlke
saEacity IN creating good feeling in France
when there was an imminent risk that both the
Western powers would be dragged into the con-
fict IN the Far East. Not only have cordial re-
Istfons been established with France but there
has also been q marked inclination 70 have
better understanding brought about with Rus
STA The new alliance is aimed against Russia,
= against any single power. and while IT'S con-
ditfors and obligations are under discussion
there are ingenious proposals from enthusiasts
for reconciliation with the oldtine enemy OF
the Crinea by diverting attention from Man
churia and Afghanistau to Constantinopie and
che Balkans The Interior motive Of erlbroling
Russia and Germany over supremacy in the
Near East nay be too obvious. but the method
Is clearly Bismarckian- Coalitions for mutual
security and close friendly understandings all
around the European circle-that was the great
German Chancelors diplomatic legacy TO the
Fatherlsnd. and IL has been taken up as the
best tradition Of modern craftsmanship by staid,
old fashioned England
There IS one contrasting point of difference.
Open. straightforward diplomacy has been sub
sGtuted for secret intrigue. During Prince Bis
InarcEE closing years he startled Europe with
cynical revelation Of his own duplicity in max
ing alliances and then uuIIsfviu-- them by secret