Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
The ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

| the line from Orenherg In the southeast to
| Tashkend. whence II will be pushed TO the
Persian gulf. where military eenters may
| be reached readily at Odessa and Moscow.
| Lines OF railways are being projected TO
connect with the Siberian road and with
Teheran in Persia. Prince khilkoff has pro-
posed to st. Petersburg the double-track-
ing OF the trans-Sberian railway. The
Russian army In Manchuria will be
| Withdrawn to Siberia. where 1t can be
| reorganized. Neither England nor Japan
may interfere. for several years at least.
| to raise questions of special interest" In
| the interval Russia win have reached by
rail the Persian gulf.
| Lord Lansdowne, British minister for
foreign affairs, recently addressed the fol-
lowing to Sir Charles Har-
British View dinge. British ambassador
of Treaty. at st. Petersburg:
| THE government of his
majesty believes he can count on the good
| will and support of all the powers in seek
| Ing to maintain peace In eastern Asia. and
| to maintain the integrity and independence
Of the Chinese empire and the principle of
| equality OF commerce and Industry of all
! nations In this country.
| Article 3. touching Korea, merits p1rtic-
| ular attention. That article recognizes In
| the most precise terms the predominant si.-
| uatfon that Japan occupies and Will hence
forth occupy in Korea, and the right OF
Japan to take all measures which might be
| judged necessary to protect Its political,
military and economical interests In this
| ut has become manifest that Korea, of
| Its near proximity to the Japanese empire,
| and because she is not able to maintain her
| independence, she should be submitted TO
| the direction of Japan. The govern
ment of his majesty Is happy to state that
Russia. In the treaty of peace recently con-
| GUIDED with Japan, comedies the point with
| out objection"
The vlscount Hayashi Japanese minis ter
| at London, recently mede the following
declaration to the Agence Reuter-:
| The treaty is conceived in terms so pre-
| else that no comment Is necessary ard l
| have the conviction that 1t will constitute,
| favcr OF peace"
| The Times OF London says: '"Tlrat which
the alliance can do, and should do (and we
think 1t Will dol is to preserve us. aid our
| allies during many years from thu obiga-
ton OF drawing the sword; but our duty to-
ward ourselves and toward Japan Is to
| keep the sword ready and sharpened +"
| The Daily Telegraph is more outspoken:
| England was compelled to renounce under
the pressure of events the principle Ions.
| time admitted by her of her splendid iso-
lation.'.
This treaty is the most important ono
| signed since century by an English minis
| ter, ana We may see In 1t the origin of Il
new era for the history of Asia. This treaty
Is triumph for Lord Lansdowne and gen.
| orally for the tact of English statesmen
! It places Great Britain back in China and
| in the eminent position among European
| nations, which. since ten years. Russia
| caused her to lose.
| For ten years to come Great Britain and
Japan are constituted the arbiters Of the
| destinies of Asia; but in taking upon them
| selves this sovereign power the two nations
promise to exercise it in favor of peace
| they will not be aggressive except the ag-
| gressor be in India or in Korea. The Rus
SLAMS have formally recognized the Japanese
| position in Korea and the English situation
! in India.
The new treaty is not more menace
| for Russia than the doctrine of Monroe is
Tor Great Britain. The engagement made
by the two contracting nations to main
| lalI equal advantages. in a word, the
| regime Of the open door. will insure to the
treaty the support of the United States"
The Standard interviews Sir Charles
Dixie: 1t is probable said Sir Charles,
| that we would have done better not to
! embarrass ourselves with an alliance but
| the treaty should be considered as a pea ce
| instrument. 1t does not affect Russia for
her situations In Asia is decided by facts
| and not by written treaties.
I In reality the two countries most inter-
| ested In the maintenance of the treaty are
| France and Germany.
I For France, the result is entirely sat
| isfactory; the majority of the French have
| not the least desire to extend their possess
siens and responsibilities in the extreme
| orient. =
ut is different with Germany. The treaty
| maintains the integrity of China and strikes
blow at the hopes attributed Germany
| In the Shantung and adjacent regions her
| privileged position is not mentioned in the
treaty; and she shows irritation that she is
| reduced to a-little tongue of land at Khan
| CHOW. the only territory which she may
| claim as valuable IN the extreme orient"
The German press Is violently hostile to
the treaty and denounces Great Britain
| with acrimoHy
| dostlle IN The Post Of Berlin charges
| Germanv Great Britain's re-alliance
| with Japan as anti-European
and declares that: I'VE have great deal
more confidence in the rectitude of the
| japanese government than In the promises
| OF the English.
1--WE confess that British policy has been
| directed with want of scrupIes and con-
| siderable talent in order to attain heI
| actual situation; the entente cordale with
| France, the war Russo-Japanese; the
| peace of Portsmouth, all that is in line with
the new treaty of alliance. These are the
| diverse phases of British policy which sue
| ceeds her period of isolation. 1t Is certain
that King Edward has personally played
an important role in all these projects and
| negotiations"
The Berliner Tageblatt declares that the
| new alliance Anglo-Japanese renders a CO.
! VI ILulOpedH pOWtES ana OlIeiS
necessary in order to ward off the conse-
| qUenceS
| The Local Anzeiger thinks M. White the
| man who may organize a Russo-German
| alliance in the sense of coalition and pos
| sibly assure the adhesion of France to that
| alliance
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! 1t is manifest from Lord Lansdowne's let
ter and the expressions of the Daily Tele-
| hat he of,,ta
| America Of the integrity OF China is
| and China viewed as depending chiefly,
| If not exclusively. upon
Great Britain. Japan. 1t is assumed. will be
content to absorb Korea the United States
appears already relegated to inglorious iso-
| Ia ton.
| Formerly the United States thought so
| lightly of her privileged situation in China.
| indeed of any country beyond her vast do
| main, that her foreign interests were left
| to the care of clerks or the hall porter, a
| mischievous class which terminates in the
bu,ea of all governments. class con-
| temptuously termed comics" by the Illus
trious Gordon. Those days, happily. are