Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-02
IApAN,s PROBABLE PEACE TERMS.

Adachi Kinnosuke discusses. in
logically impressive article IN the May
number of the North American Ike
view the probable Japanese terms OF
peace. AT the head of this article the
writer quotes the second section oil the
Shimonoselli treaty, providing for the
cession of Port Arthur to the Japanese
after the war between China and ia
pan, the section which Japan was COM
PEELED to revise by the combined pres
sure Of Russia, France and Germany.
The reassertion of the provisions of
this section Of the treaty. Mr.. kinno-
suke thinks, will be the first item In
the peace terms. The object which
Japan keeps steadily in view IN the
prosecution of the war with Russia,
Is the establishment OF such conditions
In the far east as will absolutely guar
antee her national estistence and safe
ty and the peace terms she will make,
IL she succeeds, will involve conces-
sions which will secure this object.
Mr.. Kinnosuke suggests that Japan
will claim the Russian war vessels now
dis1nantled In neutral waters, as we'll
as the vessels of the Vladivostok fleet,
and that she will require the car to
agree that ne will not send any more
war vessels to the Pacific. The restor-
alton to Japan of the island of Sag
hahn must also be demanded. Man.
churia will be restored to China by
Japan, under guarantee from Great
Britain, the United States and Japan
herself. that the province will never
again be leased or ceded to a foreign
power; and, In return, China Will be
asked to open to the commerce of the
world q number Of her provinces and
ports which are now closed. Japan
would take also the East China Rail-
way, from Hardin to Port Arthur, and
the portion Of Siberia which lies east
of the Amur river. including Vladivo-
stok. Japan proposes to be stronger in
the North Pacific than Russia can ever
be again:
ITO cope with Russia, when Russia
is unit, alive and wide awake to ev-
cry phase of her strength, that, GER
tainly, Is no dWarf's program. For
Nippon, as she stands today, to dream
of such thing is simply to make her
self ridiculous with a madman's de-
slusion 1t is always safest to count
upon your own strength than to depend
upon the sense of justice, humanity
and responsibility of your allies. With
a power, however, that Is unquestioned
mistress of the North Pacific, and
whose flag covers practically the entire
stretch of coast line from the mouth of
the Lao river to Nikolaievsk, with suf-
ficient hinterland to make her sover-
eighty solid, matters will be different.
Then Nippon might be able to sleep
upon high pillow. Now that the un-
happy war is on, every one in the Land
of the Gods, is praying the eight mil
lion gods of his fathers that this shall
be the last of the dark jigoku upon
earth. At the end of our diplomatic
defeat ten years ago, which crowned
our victorious land with crown of.
thorns, we nevertheless We're happy
enough to receive a precious lesson.
And now the people of Nippon are
prepared to do either one of these two
things: to die in this present struggle,
under cloudless sky, death honored
and brave, such as would have been
dear to the hearts Of the samurai OF
old; or to live in such manner that
even the very idea Of aggression upon
their rights would be ridiculous even
in the eyes of the civilized west"