The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-29
Japan Times Says New Energy Is
Manifested By Gar
MIKlOO SITS UP ANb TAKES NOTICE
wArcHFUL OF DYING OUT OF
REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT AND
TAKING ON OF NEW LIFE.

The Japan Times of recent date In
discussing the marked activity of Rus
STA in the Far East has the following
editorial comment to make:
1T is curious to note that just as the
western dispatches are diminishing in
the frequency of reporting disorders
and outrages in the Russian empire,
quite the reverse is beginning to be
the case in regard to Russia's plans,
rumored as adopted Or already acted
upon in the Far East. Whether this
new development is to be taken as
sign of the gradual breaking down OF
the revolutionary forces in Russia and
of the new energy, which the bureau
cracy finds according to redirect to
the field of it's old dreams, or whether
the phenomenon is the result partly OF
a misconception as to Japan's inten-
tions and partly of a misguided han
kering after a war OF reVenge-War
in peace, or war in arms, or both-We
cannot be deceived of the fact that
the affairs of the Far East Russia is
evincing new activity in a manner that
cannot but arrest attention.
THE practical expulsion of our med
ical practitioners from the littoral
towns of Siberia, the proposed aboli-
ton of the free-port system in Vlad-
ivostok, the projected laying of an
Amoor river railway, the reported col
onizing of Northern Manchuria with
men in reserve, and so on are all
measures that cannot be understood in
any ordinary way, for the reason thai
they are either extraordinary, as in
the case of debarring our physicians,
or contrary to Russia's own interests
as in the closing of VladivOstOk, or
extravagant, as building an AmOor
river railway when the condition of
Russia's exechequer is exciting suspi-
cion, while the establishment of
militia system in Manchuria, to which
the colonization scheme referred to
would amount has no rational ground
for it's justification. Or take the Of
fer to sell out the remaining portion
of the Chinese Eastern railway to the
Chinese: the scheme must be to lso-
late, in one sense, our Manchurian
railway. Take again the persistent ef-
fort to double the single track part of
the Trans-Siberian railway: what
economic persuasion is there to &C.
count for this luxury, at least at the
present juncture?
Attach Much Significance.
1--WE would be feigning Indifference
if we failed to attach significance to
these manifestations of Russias new
ly awakened activity in this quarter of
the globe. But it will be a mistake
to suppose that they put us out in any
way. They only warn us to be on our
guard; at the same time we view them
with a sense Of deep regret, as they
tend to indicate that Russia has no
mind to reciprocate our feelings for
reconciliation and honest cooperation
for the peaceful development of the
Far East. We regret them also for
Russia's own sake. For Russia can
not hope to catch us mapping and
whatever militant scheme Russia may
hatch will not remain uncounteracted
in one form or another on our part
But all this is crediting Russia
with secret unfriendliness toward this
country. For. excepting baseless and
uncalled for insinuations often in
dulged in by her semi-official organs
Russia is to all appearances profess.
ing friendship toward us. What Il
Russia in all sincerity believes that
the measures referred to are rational
ly to her own interest? We should
feel all the more sorry for Russia in
that event. Give proof of bad faith by
remaining in the occupation of north
Manchuria and reap the fruits of the
worlds distrust? Starve Siberians OF
the necessaries of life by closing Vlad
livestock? Waste money by hurryine
works that need not be started? II
these were promoting a nations real
interest. Russia could revolutionize
the worlds economics. If. however
the idea is to be found in the Far
East a fine snug home for the bureau
cracy, for which European Russia will
never again furnish the same luxu
rlous living as in the past. it will be
for the Russian people to look out"