The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-24
Hussia VIII Sow Trouble Asain.

"The Peace that Does Not Satisly
 Is the title of an m arsiSts pEnsssn6r ,n Ges Pani Reinsch, who is recognized as AmeElII AmeI politics. Tn part Professor Reinscn
 The peace terms proposed were mod crate in the extreme. Russia was ask ed to disgorge what she had acquired against her-own solemn pror
 even left the control of the ta
 Manchurian railway, with all t
 plies. and was asked to pay pYa an
 nnity. Defeated at eyer every point point.
 1t, with revolution at home. she
 have had no alternative but to
 had her hands not been strengI
 ment saw a supreme opportunity;
 backing Russia at this juncture;
 many would prevent her total alscon
 aasrt ssTs n recof sdf rpc upon S Europe SSe wou4 enable the CEar to sttne the hasGsnps stsp,; revolution which might ultlmasely threaten the German throne s 1tse.t: arhIts, pu.. of fsurope and would be able to re- ceive from Russia congestion or the very greatest value; arn,s FIom GoTsrnm, me poiq would have been the greatest folly to allow such an opportunity to pass by. and we may be sure the Emperor has France gave in after the Moroccan manifestation, so has. Great Britain been outwitted by the great War decade of unprecedented diplomatic in- competence on the part ot the British
 Poor Japan has been mada to pay support of her friends. It Is not so mulch the loss of the indemnity. that rankles. and that is causing her brave soldiers to commit suicide, but the tact that after all tho sacrifices of blood and treasure Russia, while for time excluded from China. is left every op- portunity to interfere again and to soF
 Never w were brilliant victories more poorly rewarded for while the sna daPss FSs her railway with the accompanying treaty rights over. all the southern- most part of Manchurta. when we goiia has not been touched at all by this treaty. that she will have railway control to within two hundred miles oI Port Arthur through ,nIlne ManehnF'si oF ipeEi1 e1 through Mongolia. we VIII gnaerstahsa .sla that she has b'r no means given up the rivalry for influence in tnlnsai ,hs a brsvery and snccess of the Japanese in war and with all their sacrifices In di- plqmscy they have ea.ss after Hag slI ,SsS Sct SSsrsvsdl sSsn vssilowed z eT to eompiets their Man chnrian campaign. and to drive the de- oaoraIized army of Itnevich entlrely oIt of Chinese dominions, they might have been able to settle matters on more permanent basis. But invited 10 d peace conference by the Power whose Friendship Is considered essential by Japan, her statesmen could not refuse. Then Russia's opportunity had come. and backed up by the active encour- agement of her friends, she won the victory which establishes her pres tige in the Orient, and gives the auto cracy. the power 10 stttia the liberal movement at home. Meanwhile, the British Foreign Office. believing, per haps, that no'hine could go wrong af- ter such victories. was Inactive: the American Government was forced. by the very fact of being responsible for the success of the peace conference. to urge moderation upon Japan: and the American press. an easy victim to the diplomatic smoothness of M de Witte. was apathetic or even hostile. It is not q matter of surprise that under such circumstances the Elder States men of Tokio concluded that even 1T they could win still greater victories through the continuance of the war, diplomacy would again turn them into defeat. given the intense suspicion or the Continental Powers toward all the motives of Japan. With clear per ception of this situation. they mag unanimously .forbere to. hagRle about minor advantages, but freely gave tns and accepted the peace that is break" ing the heart of the Japanese nation.